By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
If they’re wearing red or green around Allegiant Stadium, chances are they’re out-of-towners staying overnight in Southern Nevada’s hotels.
And that means hotel room tax revenues. That money is being collected to help pay off the debt the public in Southern Nevada agreed to in order to contribute $750 million to the construction of this 62,000-seat domed stadium.
It’s Utah vs Oregon in the Pac-12 championship football game Friday at 5:14 PM.
The Raiders run the stadium and the NFL team hired an outside company to help then manage the venue. They believe the stadium is capable of hosting 47 dates, including 10 home Raiders games and six UNLV football games a year.
The stadium is more than just the home stadium of the Raiders. It’s a vital part of Las Vegas’s tourism infrastructure and a hotel room tax approved by the Nevada Legislature in 2016 is being charged on every hotel room night bill in Southern Nevada.
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As for both teams, neither has a chance to make college football’s final four. Utah has three losses, including two in their first three games to BYU and San Diego State. The Utes also lost to Oregon State.
Meanwhile, Oregon lost to Stanford in OT on Oct. 2 and then lost to this Utah team, 38-7, on Nov. 20.
It was an impressive crowd of 56,511 in the announced attendance. Most of them wore Utah red and they watched the Utes clobber Oregon again. This time, the beatdown was a Utah 38-10 win after Oregon trailed 23-0 at the half..
The Pac-12 has a strong tie to Las Vegas. The conference stages its men’s basketball tournament at T-Mobile Arena.
Plus, the conference has a team play in the Las Vegas Bowl, which will stage its first game at Allegiant Stadium later this month.
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Before the Raiders-Washington game Sunday, the Las Vegas Bowl will announce its two teams for the bowl game that will be held in this stadium Dec. 30. It will be matchup between Pac-12 and Big Ten schools. The announcement is expected at about 12:15PM Sunday.
Last year’s Las Vegas Bowl was cancelled because of COVID-19.