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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
It’s hardly a big news headline that multiple sports events happen on the same day in Las Vegas.
But on October 15 here in Sportstown USA two major sports events will start only 90 minutes apart and both are each expected to draw more than 50,000 fans.
The South Point 400 is projected to attract 50,000-55,000 fans for the 11:30 AM race, Las Vegas Motor Speedway spokesman Jeff Motley told LVSportsBiz.com last week.
Meanwhile, less than two hours later on that third Sunday in October, the Las Vegas Raiders and the New England will play at Allegiant Stadium at 1 PM.
Raiders games are sellouts and typically announced attendance is in the 62,500 range.
The venues are not close to each other — the Speedway is off Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas, while the football stadium is off the interstate and the Strip. So their events’ traffic will not intersect close to the venues.
And NASCAR and NFL fans have some overlap, but they do draw different demographics that allows both events to draw more than 50,000 fans to their respective sports spectacles in Las Vegas.
Both events also draw many out-of-towners, who pay for hotel rooms with the hotel room tax helping Southern Nevada pay off its $750 million-plus debt on the bonds that helped finance the construction of Allegiant Stadium.