Las Vegas Stadium Authority approves $75 million for upgrades to 6-year-old Allegiant Stadium

LAS VEGAS (AP) – The Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved $75 million in public funds Wednesday toward a $158 million upgrade to ease the path into the north entrance at Allegiant Stadium.

Key points

• The Las Vegas Raiders will pay for the rest of the project at the 65, 000-seat stadium.
• "Allegiant Stadium is a critical community asset, " remarked Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
• Raiders President Sandra Douglass Morgan attended the Stadium Authority session, but did not address the board.

What happened

For context, the Las Vegas Raiders will pay for the rest of the project at the 65, 000-seat stadium. It opened in 2020 at a cost of $2 billion.

"Allegiant Stadium is a critical community asset, " remarked Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. "It is driving tourism right now more than ever at a time we need to drive tourism. We all know that the tourism drives the economy. Keeping that stadium at its current level is a high priority for all of us. It is the requirement and the law, but it's particularly notable for our community."

Raiders President Sandra Douglass Morgan attended the Stadium Authority session, but did not address the board. She additionally did not speak to The Associated Press afterward.

The bottom line

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