By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
While the Vegas Golden Knights do not require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for fans to attend home games and allow fans to not wear a mask at T-Mobile Arena games, the Las Vegas Raiders are forging ahead with their vax requirement for games at Allegiant Stadium.
Once again, the Raiders will have their COVID tent open in two Allegiant Stadium parking lots Saturday and Sunday for tomorrow’s Raiders vs Bengals game.
The Raiders have had the vaccination requirement in place for six games so far.
More than 46,000 fans have entered the tents and used the in-person alternate screening to deal with COVID-19 vaccination issues.
More than 15,400 have received their first vaccinations in order to attend Raiders home games. The vax shots were either onsite when offered on game day or on the day before game day, while others received vaccinations at off-stadium sites before the game and were verified to attend the home Raiders game.
Of these fans, more than 1,200 fans have received vaccinations at Allegiant Stadium.
About two months ago, the Raiders said about 700 season ticket holders representing 1,800 tickets requested refunds or rolled over their ticket deal to 2022 in response to the Raiders’ vax requirements.
Allegiant Stadium fans are allowed to not wear masks because they are vaccinated.
At Golden Knights games, many VGK fans do not wear masks despite the state’s indoor mask mandate and nobody knows whether they are vaccinated or not. In fact, the Golden Knights own in-house entertainment routinely show mask-less fans on the arena’s center-hung scoreboard. Even the team’s hockey brass do not wear masks.
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The Raiders host the Cincinnati Bengals at Allegiant Stadium Sunday at 1 PM. Both teams are 5-4 with two-game losing streaks. The Raiders have coped with a season of adversity with a head coach who resigned because of toxic, offensive emails and two top draft-pick players who have been waived because of serious off-field problems.