No longer an NFL fan either .... but this stadium construction situation ...I find to be very interesting and reminds me of the old Corps saying ... "PROPER PLANNING PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE!"
It appears to me that no deep thought was given prior to the selection of the current 63 acres of vacant Las Vegas land that the Raiders apparently paid millions for when there is so much other available desert land which is not confined to a predetermined space whatsoever.
Here's another bit of info on why the current piece of property may not have been the best selection .....
STADIUM PARKING ....
Parking at the new Raiders stadium will prove much harder to come by than a ticket to the game.
The Russell Road site purchased by the will hold less than 15 percent of the parking spaces required for Clark County to certify the 65,000-seat stadium for occupancy
The team needs the certificate in order to begin work on the $1.9 billion stadium.
The tight 30-month construction calendar to be ready for the 2020 NFL season leaves little room for delays in permitting.
A recent study found that just 2,400 of the 16,250 parking spaces needed will fit on the 62-acre site acquired by the team for $77.5 million and that those 2,400 spaces likely will be reserved on game days for luxury suite holders, club seat ticket holders, players, coaches and team staff.
The Raiders still could attempt to purchase additional parcels in the vicinity of the stadium to create more parking spaces, but asking prices for such land jumped precipitously as expected following NFL approval of the Raiders relocation in March.
In addition to the lack of available parking at the stadium, analysis showed Flamingo Road, Russell Road and Tropicana Avenue would suffer major congestion from game-day traffic going into and out
of the facility.
Nearly 20,000 of the tourists expecmted to attend each game would walk to the stadium from various Strip hotels.
That heavy flow of pedestrians would require the construction of a dedicated pedestrian walkway adjacent to the Hacienda Avenue overpass.
The report suggests building the walkway wide enough to handle a future monorail station at Mandalay Bay.
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