“The truth is I think it beats everybody’s wildest expectations. At least one Las Vegas official seems to be moving forward with a most positive take.Ĭlark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom was originally against public funding for Allegiant Stadium. Many will always have negative opinions about public funding for Allegiant Stadium.
Strong economic impact helps people move past public funding no-no 536,570 of the 1.7 million people that attended events at Allegiant Stadium in 2022 came during the last few months of the year thanks to a handful of Raiders games. The fourth quarter of 2022 brought many visiting fans to Raiders games. Last weekend concert-goers from around the country descended on Allegiant Stadium for two sold-out nights of Taylor Swift’s “Era’s” tour. Hill says that number is somewhere in the 40% range.
The Stadium Authority was projecting 27% of attendees at Allegiant Stadium would be from outside of Las Vegas. Stadium Authority Chairman Steve Hill says that the projections for out-of-town visitors for Allegiant Stadium events are way ahead of projections. This makes sense as neither team is from Las Vegas. Notre Dame football game in October were from out of town. One-off sporting events brought even more visitors from out of state. Then again, Las Vegas isn’t a typical football town. This isn’t a normal distribution for an NFL game. A whopping 69% of the fans at the game were from out of town. According to an article by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 65% of the fans at the last five Raiders games in 2022 were from “out of town.”įans of the New England Patriots showed up in enormous numbers for the Nov. While this is the home stadium of the Las Vegas Raiders, tourists occupy the majority of seats during home games for the Silver & Black. Around 40% of Allegiant Stadium attendees are from out of town The venue is drawing events that would have never come to Las Vegas such as sold-out BTS and Taylor Swift concerts, international soccer matches, and major college football games. Being home to an NFL team is one thing.Īllegiant Stadium is becoming as big a draw as some of the most popular Las Vegas casinos. The stadium is outperforming even the loftiest projections. This was the most public money used to build a stadium in the US. To build Allegiant Stadium, and draw the Las Vegas Raiders away from Oakland, the state contributed $750 million to the $2 billion stadium. Before opening, there was some concern about the viability of the 65,000-capacity stadium in a city built on the backs of massive Las Vegas casinos. Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas drew 1.7 million people for a variety of sporting events and concerts in 2022.
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