1st look at Raiders’ $158M Allegiant Stadium north plaza podium project

The Las Vegas Raiders are pursuing a $158 million north‑plaza podium project at Allegiant Stadium designed to improve fan access and create a new gathering area. The development would stretch between Dean Martin Drive and Polaris Avenue, incorporating a public plaza, event space and facilities for ride‑hail operations while relocating them from a private parking lot north of Hacienda and clearing space for a planned Boring Co. Vegas Loop station. Las Vegas Stadium Authority president Steve Hill described the concept as “a level that creates a second narrative disconnected Hacienda into the road, starring fans to the northbound entry, which serves as the main entrance, of the stadium.” He added, “Right now, you person to locomotion each the mode down to Hacienda, into the road, into the stadium,” Hill said. “This volition let you entree to a bully information of Hacienda, truthful you don’t person to locomotion each the mode down (to Allegiant Stadium Way). … And it’ll beryllium a gathering point; it’ll beryllium beauteous important size.” Hill noted that more than 20,000 fans currently walk across the Hacienda span to reach the Strip for Raiders games and other large events at the 65,000‑seat venue. To finance the work, the Raiders intend to request up to $75 million from the authority’s waterfall residual account. The Las Vegas Stadium Authority will not act on the request at its Thursday meeting; instead, the matter is slated for consideration at a tentatively scheduled Sept. 2 special gathering. The waterfall account accumulates surplus revenue from the 0.88 percent county tax that funded the public’s $750 million contribution to the stadium’s construction. It receives money after bond‑debt payments, stadium authority operating expenses and other obligations—such as UNLV football’s yearly allocation for missed revenue projections—are satisfied. The funds may also be directed toward stadium capital improvements or used to pay down debt earlier. This is a developing story.