It is well known that the United States of America are home to some of the most spectacular and luxurious stadiums in the world. Among them, the enclosures of the National Football League (NFL)where the Allegiant Stadium de Las Vegas Raiders It is a property that is not only the home of the silver and black team, but is also considered one of the most efficient show buildings on the planet.
Allegiant Stadium en numbers
The ‘Death Star’as it is also known Allegiant Stadiumin reference to the space station from the iconic film saga Star Warsbegan construction on November 13, 2017 and received its certificate of occupancy on July 31, 2020.
Their first duel took place on September 21 of the same year with the victory over the New Orleans Saints en Monday Night Football; However, their first game with an audience was until September 13, 2021, when the Las Vegas Raiders managed to beat the Baltimore Ravens in dramatic fashion, on a Monday night game.
With a reported cost of $1.9 billion, Allegiant Stadium is the second most expensive stadium in the worldonly behind the SoFi Stadium. It has a capacity for 65 thousand spectators and is expected to provide an economic benefit of 620 million dollars a year, in addition to generating six thousand permanent jobs in the south of the state of Nevada.
As if that were not enough, It is located at 3333 Al Davis Way in Paradise, Nevada.very close to the famous Las Vegas Stripin addition to also being home to the University of Las Vegas NCAA team. 28 thousand tons of structural steel were used for its construction, making it heavier than the Statue of Liberty in New York.
Other interesting numbers from Allegiant Stadium:
12 miles (19.31 kilometers) of concrete were used in the drill shafts that serve as the stadium’s foundation. This represents three times the length of Las Vegas Strip.
It has three floors, 44 escalators and more than 2,300 televisions inside the stadium.
It has 95 thousand square feet (8 thousand 825.78 square meters) of space on the field.
There are 72 individual motors that give power to the sliding field tray, which has a weight of 19 million pounds (more than 8 million 618 thousand kilograms), almost as heavy as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
It has 105 thousand yards of cubic concrete, equivalent to 257 miles (413,601 kilometers) of sidewalk. Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
Show off the 92-foot-high (28.04 meters) torch in memory of Al Davis, historic owner of the Raiders and father of the current owner Mark Davis.
Sustainability projects
As if that were not enough, Allegiant Stadium is committed to having rules that promote a sustainable developmentfocusing these efforts on a wide variety of projects where waste separation, energy optimization and water waste reduction stand out. This in addition to coordinating with community efforts and promoting the inclusion of team members and their guests in sustainable practices.
Waste separation: The Las Vegas Raiders House currently recycles, composts, reuses and donates about 20 types of materials. Likewise, it has a scrap collection team dedicated to sending the 12,000 pounds (5,443.10 kilograms) of food scraps that average per month to provide feed for local Las Vegas livestock.
Energy efficiency: Among the venue’s efforts to save energy is the stadium roof, which is composed of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE). This provides benefits such as climate adaptability, insulation performance, self-cleaning, long life and is made of recyclable material. Along with having a cooling tower, chiller plant and high-efficiency air handling units, among others. As if that were not enough, Allegiant Stadium runs on 100% renewable energy produced in Nevada.
Water saving efficiency: Allegiant Stadium has numerous markers to allow appropriate water management decisions to be made. At the time of its construction, a series of arrangements were taken into account to mitigate excessive water use, thanks to which it is estimated that around 535 million gallons are saved per year. The stadium also has irrigation station systems, using the water that has been accumulated for the planters on the outskirts of the venue.
Super Bowl, Copa América and Wrestlemania
More to its credit, Allegiant Stadium not only hosts the Las Vegas Raiders and the University of Las Vegas home games season after season, but was also chosen to host the Super Bowl LVIIIthe 2023 Pro Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Pac-12 Football Championship Game, 2021 Gold Cup Final, 2021 Leagues Cup Final, 2023 Nations League Final and three games of the 2024 Copa América, including the Quarterfinals between the Brazilian National Team and its similar team from Uruguay.
Likewise, it serves as the house of shows such as concerts for artists from the likes of: Guns & Roses, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Billy Joel, One Republic, BTS, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Los Bukis, The Weekend, Imagine Dragons, Grupo Firme, Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Beyonce , Ed Sheeran, among many others. In addition to being casa del Summer Slam de WWE en 2021 and the next Wrestlemania 41.
