The Death Star | |
Location in Nevada Location in the United States | |
Former names | Raiders Stadium (early proposed renderings) Las Vegas Stadium (planning/construction) |
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Address | 3333 Al Davis Way |
Location | Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
Coordinates | 36°05′26″N 115°11′2″W / 36.09056°N 115.18389°W |
Elevation | 2,190 feet (670 m) AMSL |
Operator | AEG Facilities[1] |
Executive suites | 128[2] |
Capacity | NFL: 65,000 (expandable to 71,835) Soccer: 61,000[3][4] |
Record attendance | 63,969 (2024 Vegas Kickoff Classic, USC vs. LSU, September 1, 2024) |
Acreage | 62 acres (0.25 km2) |
Surface | Bermuda grass (Raiders) Artificial turf (UNLV) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | November 13, 2017 |
Built | 2017–2020 |
Opened | July 31, 2020 |
Construction cost | US$1.9 billion[5] ($2.24 billion in 2023 dollars[6]) |
Architect | MANICA Architecture HNTB |
Project manager | ICON Venue Group[7] |
Structural engineer | Arup[8] |
Services engineer | Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.[9] |
General contractor | Mortenson Construction McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.[10] |
Tenants | |
Las Vegas Raiders (NFL) 2020–present UNLV Rebels (NCAA) 2020–present Las Vegas Bowl (NCAA) 2021–present Vegas Kickoff Classic (NCAA) Triennial | |
Website | |
allegiantstadium |
Allegiant Stadium is a domed multi-purpose stadium located in Paradise, Nevada, southwest of adjacent Las Vegas. Opened in 2020, it is the home field of the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Rebels college football team. The stadium also hosts the Vegas Kickoff Classic in early September and the Las Vegas Bowl in December. The stadium hosted Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024 and will host WrestleMania 41 in April 2025 and the College Football Playoff National Championship game in January 2027.
The venue is located on about 62 acres (0.25 km2) of land west of Mandalay Bay at Russell Road and Hacienda Avenue, between Polaris Avenue and Dean Martin Drive, just west of Interstate 15. At $1.9 billion, it is the second-most expensive stadium in the world. Taxpayers shouldered $750 million of the cost of construction.[11] Construction of the stadium began on November 13, 2017, and its certificate of occupancy was issued on July 31, 2020.[12] Due to the stadium's round and dark exterior design, it has also garnered the nickname of "Roomba" because of its resemblance to the automatic vacuum cleaners of the same name.[13]
Construction began in November of 2017 and the stadium will house 65,000 fans at full capacity.