Allegiant Stadium Manager Holds Two-Day Event To Discuss Job Opportunities At Raiders’ Stadium
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
Even if your NFL team is going through a few business hiccups (case in point: two team presidents dispatched in two months), there are always jobs to be filled at the palatial, high-tech stadium.
And when you’re managing a $2 billion football venue like Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, there’s nothing like a subsidized NFL stadium to add a little glamour to the recruitment pitch.
The Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium held something called the “Allegiant Stadium Gridiron Pitch” Tuesday to entice local and small businesses owned by women and people of color to find out info about “future business opportunities and mentorship.”
On hand was Neumiia Duncan-Reed, director of human resources and community affairs for ASM Global, the outfit hired by the Raiders to manage the domed, 62,000-seat stadium. Joining her was Katrina Dorsey, the stadium’s community affairs manager.
Last year when the same recruitment event was held, 30 vendors were what ASM Global likes to call “engaged” in the event. This year, it’s up to 60.
The legislation that created the $750 million public subsidy specifically included language requiring a community benefits plan that stressed local, minority, women and small businesses/vendors at the stadium.
With the spirit of the state stadium funding law in mind, ASM Global is holding the job opportunity event Tuesday and Wednesday.
The stadium offered a small taste of the program to the media today. Take a look at the participants.
LVSportsBiz.com spoke with Duncan-Reed for a few minutes after a woman for a local staffing agency gave her pitch to a handful of folks sitting in chairs.
Duncan-Reed mentioned ASM Global, which has 100 full-timers running the NFL stadium, was looking for managerial, operations and technical staffers.
The Raiders have eight regular season games this upcoming season, but there are other concert events that the stadium hosts.
Southern Nevada is raising more than $1 billion in hotel room tax dollars over a 30-year debt repayment period in order to contribute the $750 million in public money to help pay for the Raiders’ stadium. It’s the biggest single public funding source for an NFL stadium in U.S. history.
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