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Best Seats at Allegiant Stadium
Allegiant Stadium cost $1.9 billion and looks like it. The black exterior with its light-up strips sits a half mile west of the Strip, and the whole thing is sealed under a transparent ETFE roof that lets daylight in while the air conditioning holds the interior at a fixed temperature — which matters more than you’d think in a city that hits 110 in September. Sightlines are excellent almost everywhere because there are no support columns and no legacy compromises; the building is fifteen years newer than most of the league.
The honest reality: parking is limited relative to the crowd, rideshare surges hard after games, and if you’re staying on the Strip the walk over the Hacienda Bridge will beat both. Everything else about attending here is easy. Your seating decision comes down to atmosphere versus price, not sun exposure or obstructed views.
Seating Overview
Here’s the thing nobody tells you before they buy: the entire lower sideline at midfield is club seating. Sections C109–C115 and C131–C137 occupy both sidelines between roughly the 20s, and they’re sold as a premium product with lounge access. That means every non-premium lower-bowl seat in the building is a corner or an end zone. Once you understand that, the whole pricing structure makes sense, and so does why the 300 level is a better buy here than at most stadiums.
The 100 level runs 101 through 144. The 200 level holds loge boxes and suites along with reserved seating. The 300 level is the main upper bowl, with a 400 level above it for the biggest events.
Best Non-Premium Seats
Lower sideline, sections 106–108 and 116–118 on one side, 128–130 and 138–140 on the other, row 10 and up. These flank the club blocks and are the closest you’ll get to a true sideline view without buying club. Rows 10 and higher matter because below that you’re fighting the players, coaches, and camera cart on the sideline for a clear look at anything near your end. The tradeoff is that you’re paying near-club prices for none of the club amenities — no private entrance, no lounge, no in-seat ordering. Worth it if a sideline angle is non-negotiable for you.
Lower end zone, sections 101–103 and 143–144 at the north end, 121–125 at the south. Section 101 sits dead center of the north end zone and 123 sits dead center of the south. You watch plays develop straight toward you, which is genuinely fun for red-zone possessions and useless for reading anything happening 70 yards away. These are the cheapest way into the lower bowl and they put you close enough to hear the line calls. Most of the end zone sections top out around row 27, so even the back row is close.
Upper sideline, sections 310–314 and 335–340, rows 1–15. The 300 level is steep, which works in your favor — row 12 up here feels closer than row 30 in a shallower bowl. You get the coaching-tape view: formations, route combinations, where the safety rotates before the snap. You give up the visceral proximity, and you’re a long way from the field for a stadium this size. This is the section I’d point a football-brain fan toward before anything in the lower bowl.
Best Value Seats
Upper sideline, sections 310–314 and 335–340. Same sections as above, and the value case is simple arithmetic: you’re paying a fraction of lower-bowl sideline prices for the better tactical view of the two. In an open-air stadium the upper deck carries a weather penalty that partially justifies the discount. Here it doesn’t — the roof is fixed and the building is climate controlled, so the only thing you’re actually giving up is proximity.
Upper corners, sections 306–309, 315–320, 341–344. A step down in price from the upper sideline and a small step down in view. The geometry at the 300 level is forgiving enough that a corner still gives you the full field. If the sideline sections are priced high for a division game, slide to a corner rather than dropping to an end zone.
Budget Seating Options at Allegiant
Upper end zone, sections 321–328 and 345 through 305. The genuine bottom of the market. You can see the whole field — the modern bowl design means there’s no such thing as an obstructed view here — but you lose depth perception on everything happening at the far end, and you’ll find yourself watching the video board more than you’d like. For a first visit where the point is experiencing the building, they’re fine. For a game you actually care about, spend the extra and move to a corner.
The 400 level, when it’s open. Only sold for the largest events. Cheapest seat in the house by a wide margin, and you’re a long way up. Take it if the alternative is not going.
Our Pick
Upper sideline, sections 310–314 or 335–340, rows 5 through 15. Best combination of view, price, and comfort in the building, and the climate control removes the usual argument against sitting high. If someone visiting Vegas for their first Raiders game asked me for one recommendation, that’s it.
Best Seats at Allegiant Stadium for Concerts
Concerts reconfigure the floor into sections A1–A5, B1–B5, and C1–C5 with the stage typically at the south end, so the seating logic inverts completely. Floor rows 10–20 in the A sections are the sweet spot — close enough to see faces, far enough back that the sound has mixed. The floor is flat, so anyone tall in front of you is a problem from roughly row 15 back.
If you don’t want the floor, the lower bowl closest to the stage — sections 101–105 and 140–144 for a south-end stage — gives you elevation and a clean sightline. Avoid sections 119–123 for a south-stage show; you’re directly behind the stage or looking at the back of the video wall. Check the specific stage configuration before buying, because it varies by tour.
What to Avoid (and What’s Worth Trying Once)
Lower corners, sections 104–105, 119–120, 126–127, 141–142. You’re paying lower-bowl money for a diagonal view where half the plays develop away from you at an awkward angle. Nothing is obstructed, but you’ll spend a lot of the game on the board. If you want to be close, buy an end zone for less and get the better angle; if you want the angle, go upstairs and pay less again. The corners are the one part of the lower bowl I’d actively steer people away from.
Standing room and terrace tickets. Sold for some concerts and special events. Fine for a show where you’re standing anyway. Poor for football, where three hours on your feet competing for a rail spot stops being fun somewhere in the second quarter.
Worth it once: section 101, dead center of the north end zone. The view is compromised — you’re behind the goalposts and everything at the far end is a rumor. But you’re looking straight down the field at the Al Davis Memorial Torch with the retractable Strip-facing windows behind it, and when they open those for a night game it’s the single best sightline in the building for something other than football. Do it once for the picture.
Premium Seating Options
Premium here breaks into four tiers: the field-level club behind the north end zone, the two sideline club-seat blocks with lounge access, loge boxes on the 200 level, and a full range of suites from the 100 level up. The building was designed for this market — it’s Las Vegas — so the premium product is genuinely better than league average rather than just more expensive.
The Best Premium Experience
The field-level club spanning the north end zone, operated by Wynn Resorts as the Wynn Field Club. Roughly 11,000 square feet at field level running the width of the end zone, with 29 booths, four bars, two DJ booths, 42 televisions, and a 9-by-35-foot LED screen. It is a Vegas nightclub that happens to have a football game attached, and it’s the only thing like it in the NFL.
Understand what you’re buying. You’re at field level behind the end zone, so when the ball is inside the 20 nearest you it’s the best seat in the stadium, and when it’s at the other end you’re watching a screen. Guests enter through a dedicated lane at the north end and doors open three hours before kickoff for Raiders games, two hours before non-football events. Standing-room access is sold separately from table reservations, and tables come with bottle service and a food menu at Vegas nightlife prices.
Who it’s for: bachelor parties, client entertaining, groups who want the night to be an event. If you want to analyze route concepts, this is the worst expensive seat in the building.
Best Value Premium
Loge boxes on the 200 level. This is the one I’d actually spend money on. You get a small private box seating two to four with oversized seating, a personal television at each seat, in-seat food and beverage service, and access to the 200-level club spaces — most of the suite experience without the suite price or the obligation to fill sixteen seats.
The math works because the alternative products both fail small groups. Club seats give you lounge access but you’re still in a standard seat waiting in a line. A suite is priced for a corporate group and feels cavernous with four people in it. The loge box is the only premium product at Allegiant built for a couple or a foursome, and the per-person cost lands well under what a suite works out to. If you’re spending real money on two to four tickets, spend it here.
Other Premium Options
Club seats, sections C109–C115 and C131–C137. The two lower sideline blocks, one per side, each feeding a large climate-controlled lounge — the Twitch Lounge and the Modelo Cantina Club — with central bars, upgraded concessions, couches overlooking the field, private restrooms, and a private entrance. Food and drink are not included; you’re paying for the seat location and the space. These are also the only sections in the building with in-seat mobile ordering through the Raiders app, which on its own is worth something when the second-quarter concession line is forty deep. Best value in premium if you care more about the game than the party.
Suites come in more configurations than most stadiums: end zone suites and club-level suites on the 100 level, executive prime suites and owners’ suites on the 150 level, traditional suites and corner suites on the 200 level. The 150-level owners’ product includes access to a lounge with all-inclusive food and beverage during Raiders games, which is the tier where the economics start making sense for entertaining.
Suites & Group Options
Suites run from roughly sixteen to twenty-eight guests depending on tier and include private restrooms, climate control, catering options, and VIP parking. Corporate groups and milestone celebrations are the buyers — you’re paying for privacy, service, and a room of your own. Book through the Raiders premium sales office or a suite broker; brokers frequently have better availability for single games, since teams hold most inventory for full-season buyers.
Allegiant Stadium Seating Chart
Allegiant Stadium seats 65,000 for Raiders games and expands to roughly 72,000 for the largest events — Super Bowl LVIII, the Final Four, major concerts. The bowl is conventional: the 100 level runs sections 101 through 144 with club blocks at C109–C115 and C131–C137, the 150 level holds suites, the 200 level holds loge boxes, suites and reserved seating from 201 to 248, the 300 level runs 303 through 347, and a 400 level above that opens for the biggest events.
Section 101 is centered on the north end zone; section 123 is centered on the south. The home bench sits in front of sections C132–C136. Lower-level rows run as high as 40 in the sideline sections and top out around 27 in the end zones.
Here’s a link to the official Allegiant Stadium Seating Chart to view all sections and pricing.
How to Get Raiders Tickets
Division games move differently than everything else on the schedule. Chiefs, Broncos, and Chargers visits draw travelling fanbases into a city people already want an excuse to visit, and prices climb steadily from about six weeks out rather than dropping the way they do in most markets. Buy those early. Non-division games against non-playoff teams are the opposite — inventory sits and prices soften in the final week, particularly for weeknight games.
The Vegas quirk is that a meaningful share of the building is neutral or opposing fans on any given Sunday, which means secondary inventory is deeper here than in a traditional NFL market and the spread between listings is wider. It pays to actually compare across platforms rather than buying the first reasonable price. Ticketmaster is the official partner and holds face-value inventory for most games; the secondary market usually wins on selection and often on price for the less attractive matchups.
Skip anyone selling outside the stadium. Resale on stadium grounds is prohibited and enforced, and a bad mobile transfer at the gate ends your night.
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Events at Allegiant Stadium
Being in Las Vegas, Allegiant Stadium hosts events year-round beyond Raiders games. Here’s a guide to upcoming events at Allegiant Stadium, The Park at Park MGM, and The Sphere. Major concerts, UFC fights, college football games (UNLV Rebels, Las Vegas Bowl), international soccer matches, and Monster Jam all take place at Allegiant throughout the year.
Allegiant Stadium Bag Policy
Clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC bags up to 12 by 6 by 12 inches, or a one-gallon clear freezer bag. You can also carry a small non-clear clutch or wallet up to 4.5 by 6.5 by 2 inches in addition to a clear bag. Tinted and colored bags are out even if they’re technically translucent.
Backpacks are prohibited — including clear ones over the size limit — along with fanny packs, cinch bags, diaper bags, camera bags, binocular cases, seat cushions, and strollers. Binoculars themselves are allowed, just not the case. Cameras are permitted if the lens is under six inches fully extended; detachable-lens cameras, GoPros, tripods, monopods, and selfie sticks are not.
Bag check is available at three locations for $20 per bag, cashless only: North in Lot B just south of Hacienda Avenue, West at 5455 Polaris Avenue, and East in Lot E. It opens when the entries open and closes an hour after the event. Strollers can be checked for the same $20.
Cashless Stadium and Key Policies to Know
Cashless Stadium: Allegiant is fully cashless — parking, concessions, retail, box office, tours, everything. Debit, credit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay.
If you show up with cash, use a Cash-to-Card kiosk. There’s no fee, you can load up to $500 per card, and the balance works anywhere debit is accepted afterward, so nothing is stranded. Kiosks are in the Northwest Entry Lobby on the 050 level, behind sections 102 and 124 on the 100 level, at the Coors Light Landing behind section 203 on the 200 level, and behind sections 318 and 341 on the 300 level.
No re-entry, and it applies to the parking lots too. Once you exit the stadium your ticket is dead, and once you exit the lot your parking pass is dead. Plan around it — this catches out people who want to move a car or step outside for a cigarette.
Smoking Policy: Allegiant Stadium is completely smoke-free inside, including cigarettes, vaporizers, and e-cigarettes, in accordance with the Nevada Clean Air Indoor Act. Designated smoking areas are located outside the stadium. If you need to smoke, you must use these outdoor areas, but remember the no re-entry policy means you can’t come back inside once you leave.
Accessibility: ADA seating with adjacent companion seats is available throughout the bowl, and guests holding accessible tickets can enter through a dedicated accessible lane. Wheelchair escort service runs between the gate and your seat on a first-come basis, requested at any Guest Experience location — note that staff cannot push a personal wheelchair or escort you to concessions and restrooms.
Here is an overview of all of the gameday policies at Allegiant Stadium.
Getting To Allegiant Stadium
Allegiant Stadium is at 3333 Al Davis Way, directly west of I-15 between the Russell Road and Tropicana exits, less than three miles from Harry Reid International. If you’re on the south Strip, walk. If you’re anywhere else, the answer depends on your budget and your patience.
Walking from the Strip
The Hacienda Bridge is the route, and it’s better than most people expect. The bridge itself is 0.3 miles and takes ten to fifteen minutes from Las Vegas Boulevard to the stadium gate, with the full path under a mile. On game days and major events the entire path closes to vehicles, so it’s pedestrians only, and staff manage the flow at both ends.
From Mandalay Bay, Luxor, or Excalibur, budget twenty to thirty minutes door to door — the bridge is short, but getting from a room deep in a casino tower to the boulevard eats ten minutes on its own. From mid-Strip properties like Bellagio or Aria it’s forty-five minutes to an hour, which is doable but not something I’d recommend in August. Walking saves you $40 to $80 versus parking or a surged ride, and it completely sidesteps post-game traffic.
One caution: the bridge is exposed with no shade. For a 1:05 kickoff in September, that walk is genuinely hot. Go earlier than you think, and remember you can bring an empty collapsible bottle to fill inside.
RTC Game Day Express
The best-kept secret in Vegas gameday transportation, and it doesn’t touch the Strip. RTC runs dedicated buses direct to Allegiant Stadium for all ten preseason and regular season home games from six off-Strip casino properties: Red Rock Casino Resort Spa in Summerlin, Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, Santa Fe Station in Centennial Hills, Sam’s Town on Boulder Highway, Aliante in North Las Vegas, and the M Resort in West Henderson.
First departure is thirty minutes before gates open, with service roughly every thirty minutes from most locations and hourly from Aliante and Sam’s Town. Last departure is one hour before kickoff. Return trips start about thirty minutes after the game ends. Fares are a fraction of a rideshare — check the RTC app for current pricing and to buy passes.
This is the right answer if you’re staying off-Strip, visiting family in Henderson or Summerlin, or you simply want to skip the Strip circus entirely. It’s the wrong answer if you’re staying mid-Strip, where you’d be travelling away from the stadium to catch a bus back toward it.
Rideshare and Drop-Off
Rideshare pickup and dropoff is in the front half of Lot N on Dean Martin Drive at 5285 Dean Martin Dr, with traffic directed southbound. General and taxi dropoff is at the corner of Diablo Drive and Procyon Street, with a walking path to the southwest entry.
Expect $15 to $25 from the Strip before a game and two to four times that immediately after. The move is to not request from the stadium at all. Walk over the bridge to Mandalay Bay or Luxor — the stadium has specifically worked with both properties to handle overflow rideshare — and request from there. You’ll wait less and pay less. I learned this the expensive way after a $120 surge ride following a Raiders game, and I haven’t requested from the stadium since.
Allegiant Stadium Parking
There are far fewer spaces than seats, so this requires advance planning. Lots open four hours before kickoff for Raiders and UNLV games and clear one hour after the event ends. Single-game passes are sold through SpotHero and must generally be bought in advance; MGM Resorts operates additional lots sold through ParkMobile. Paying on arrival is availability-dependent and not something to count on.
A few things that catch people out. Parking lots do not allow re-entry, same as the stadium. Vehicles over twenty feet and trailers are not permitted anywhere. Your pass is valid only for its designated lot and only through its designated entry gate — show up at the wrong gate and you’ll be sent around. Passes are digital through the Raiders app. EV charging is in Lots A, D, and F, operated by Blink, and requires a valid pass for one of those specific lots.
The parking alternative that actually works: park at Mandalay Bay or Luxor and walk the bridge. MGM properties charge a fraction of stadium-lot pricing, guests and MGM Rewards members often park free, and you’re a fifteen-minute walk from your car rather than sitting in a lot for forty-five minutes waiting for the exit lane to move. On non-event days, parking at the stadium is free, and Raider Image shoppers park free in Lots A and C.
Monorail and the Deuce
The Deuce runs the length of Las Vegas Boulevard 24/7 at about fifteen-minute intervals, and the closest stop is right by the Hacienda Bridge at Mandalay Bay. An $8 24-hour pass through the RTC app covers the ride down, the ride back, and everything else you do on the Strip that day. It’s slow and crowded on game days but it’s honest value.
The Las Vegas Monorail is not a stadium option, whatever the maps suggest. It runs along the east side of the Strip from Sahara to MGM Grand, and MGM Grand — the closest station — is still a thirty-plus minute walk to Allegiant. If you’re already riding it, get off and switch to the Deuce or a rideshare.
Driving and parking are expensive and limited, rideshare surges hard after games, but walking from the Strip is surprisingly easy if you’re staying nearby. Public transit exists but isn’t ideal for gameday crowds.
Allegiant Stadium Insider Tips & Hacks
Gameday here doesn’t look like gameday anywhere else in the league. There’s no sea of RVs and no neighborhood bar district — there’s the Strip, three hours of it, and then a mile-long walk with fifty thousand people in silver and black. The stadium itself is efficient enough that most of the useful tricks are about timing and geography rather than surviving the building.
The Building Itself
Start here, because Allegiant is worth actually looking at. The $1.9 billion structure is wrapped in a black exterior with programmable light strips and carries a 275-foot media mesh video screen facing Interstate 15 — the thing you see from the highway. The roof is fixed and transparent, made of ETFE, a lightweight polymer that admits daylight while the building stays sealed and climate controlled. The field itself lives on a retractable tray that rolls outside so the natural grass can sit in the desert sun between games, then slides back in for kickoff.
The signature feature is the Al Davis Memorial Torch, an 85-foot torch anchoring the north end zone inside the building — when it was completed it was reported as the largest 3D-printed object in the world. Behind it, retractable curtain-like windows on the Strip-facing side open for night games and let the skyline into the stadium. Practical version of all this: get inside early enough to walk the north end concourse and see the torch lit with the windows open. It takes ten minutes and it’s the thing you’ll remember.
The Torch Bar
There’s a circular bar at the base of the torch with a view down the field and out through the open windows, and it’s on the public concourse — no club ticket required. It’s the best free thing in the building.
It also fills fast, so make it your first stop the moment your ticket is scanned rather than a plan for halftime. If you’re on a stadium tour instead of a game, some tour packages include a drink here.
Arrival and Gate Strategy
Gates open two hours before kickoff for Raiders games and ninety minutes before for UNLV. Parking lots open four hours out.
There are three main exterior entries — the Ford North Entry, the America First Credit Union Southwest Entry, and the Ticketmaster Southeast Entry. Most fans walking from the Strip funnel toward the north and southeast entries because those are what you see first coming off the bridge. The southwest entry, over on the Polaris Avenue side, is consistently the shortest line. Veer west as you approach instead of following the crowd and you’ll be inside meaningfully faster; the concourses connect all the way around, so you can reach any section from any gate. I started doing this after a forty-five-minute wait at the north entry cost me kickoff.
If you fly often, the CLEAR lane at Gate 12 on the Ford North Entry is free with the CLEAR app and available for all Raiders home games and select events.
Food and Drink Strategy
Concessions are run by Silver & Black Hospitality and the quality is above league average, with Slice House by Tony Gemignani spread across sections 118, 140, 206, 230, and 308, Guy Fieri’s Tailgate Kitchen at 243, Boomtown Burgers at 312 and 338, and Gridiron at 246 and 325.
The value play is House Deals — hot dogs, chips and cheese, and sodas at $2.99 during Raiders home games, available at Slice House 118, 140, 206, 230, and 308, Gridiron 246 and 325, Boomtown 312 and 338, and the popcorn stand at 346. In a stadium where a beer runs into the teens, that’s a genuinely good deal and most people walk past it.
For speed, use the checkout-free markets — behind sections 107, 117, 129, and 139 on the 100 level, 203 and 247 on the 200, and 312 and 338 on the 300. Tap your card, take what you want, walk out. No line at all. Buy during the first quarter or right after kickoff; halftime is the crush.
Save Your Phone Battery
Sixty-five thousand people inside a steel-and-glass box means your phone spends the entire game hunting for a signal and burning through its battery doing it. Switch to airplane mode and connect to the free stadium wifi, which is run by Cox and is genuinely fast. Your battery will last the game, which matters when your ticket, your parking pass, and your ride home all live on your phone. If you’re already flat, chargeFUZE rental kiosks are scattered through the concourses — behind sections 102 and 123, near 204, 246, and 316, and inside the club spaces.
Tailgating at Allegiant Stadium
Tailgating is permitted, and more widely than most people assume — roughly 6,000 spaces across Lots A, B, C, E, F, G, H, and J on site, plus offsite Lots S, V, W, X, and the Dewey Lot. Check the lot details before you buy the pass, because not every lot allows it.
The rules that actually bite: you’re directed into the next available space on arrival, so if you want to tailgate next to friends you have to line up and enter the lot together. Setup is only allowed from the end of your vehicle to the red painted emergency line, and everything has to be broken down once the event starts. No trailers, no oversized vehicles. Portable restrooms and charcoal disposal bins are throughout the lots. And since the lots don’t allow re-entry, you’re committed once you’re in.
Getting Out After the Game
The bridge becomes a shoulder-to-shoulder crawl the instant the game ends, and it stays that way for a solid half hour. The fix is patience: stay inside, walk the concourse, catch the end of the late games on the concourse screens, and let the crowd drain. Twenty minutes of doing nothing turns a miserable shuffle into a normal walk. Note that alcohol service stops at the end of the third quarter, so this is a stand-around-and-wait strategy rather than a have-another-beer strategy.
If you drove, the same logic applies — the lots clear an hour after the event and the exit lanes are the bottleneck, not the freeway.
Raider Nation Traditions and Culture
Expect costumes. Skull masks, spiked shoulder pads, full face paint, and the Black Hole contingent making themselves heard for four quarters. The crowd is loudest for division games against the Broncos, Chiefs, and Chargers, and because Vegas is a destination, a real percentage of the building is often wearing the other team’s colors — which makes it louder, not quieter.
First-timers should know that Raider Nation looks more intimidating than it is. Show some respect for the culture and you’ll be fine. Wear an opposing jersey and expect to hear about it, good-naturedly, for three hours.
Best Photo Spots
The torch at the north end with the retractable windows open at sunset is the shot, and it’s better from the upper concourse looking down than from the field level. The exterior at night, with the light strips running and the media mesh lit up facing the freeway, is the other one — take it from the bridge on the way in.
Guest Experience kiosks will do a first-game photo with a commemorative sign, which is a nice touch if you’re bringing someone new.
Families and Kids
Children under 24 months don’t need a ticket if they’re on a lap. Everyone older does. Strollers are prohibited inside but can be checked for $20 at bag check.
Guest Experience locations hand out free identification bracelets that you can label with your seat location and phone number — put one on any kid old enough to wander. Family restrooms with changing stations are on every level, including section 143 on the 100 level, sections 232 and 247 on the 200, and sections 307, 317, and 343 on the 300. First aid is at sections 120, 142, and 332. For seats, the upper sideline is the family-friendly choice: cheaper, calmer, and a shorter walk to restrooms than the lower bowl.
Autographs and Player Access
Warmups are the window, and it’s a narrow one. Get through the gates when they open two hours out and go straight down to the field-adjacent rows in the end zones — 101–103 at the north end and 121–125 at the south — where players work through position drills closest to the stands. Once teams move to the sideline for team periods your odds drop to nearly zero, and the club sections along the sidelines mean the best bench-adjacent rows aren’t accessible on a general ticket.
Merch and the Team Store
The Raider Image flagship store is at the stadium and it’s the largest selection you’ll find anywhere. It’s crushed from gate open through kickoff and again immediately after the final whistle. Go during the third quarter if you must buy at the game.
Better idea: the store is open on non-event days with free parking in Lots A and C. If you’re in town for a weekend, shop it Friday and skip the crowd entirely. If you want to get your gear before the game, check out our partner Fanatics, which as just about anything you would want.
The Stadium App
The Raiders + Allegiant Stadium app is one of the more useful venue apps in the league and you should download it before you arrive, not in the parking lot on cell service. Your parking pass lives there and can’t be accessed any other way. It also handles mobile tickets, interactive concourse maps, and stadium captioning. In-seat mobile ordering runs through it, though only for club sections C109–C115 and C131–C137 — look for the QR code in the cupholder.
UNLV Football Games at Allegiant
Allegiant is UNLV’s home field, and Rebels games are the best-value way to see this building. Tickets run a fraction of Raiders pricing, gates open ninety minutes before kickoff instead of two hours, the crowd is family-friendly, and you get the same climate control and the same torch. If you’re in Vegas in the fall and there’s a Friday or Saturday Rebels game, go.
2027 College Football Playoff Championship Game
The bigger news: Allegiant Stadium hosts the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, January 25, 2027 — the first time the title game has been played in Nevada, and the first time in the Pacific time zone since Los Angeles in 2023. The Las Vegas Bowl also returns to Allegiant on New Year’s Eve 2026, and the NCAA Final Four arrives April 1 and 3, 2028. Vegas has moved permanently into the rotation for college football’s biggest weekends.
If you’re planning a trip around the title game, book hotels as far ahead as you can stand. Rates on championship weekend will run several times normal, and the entire south Strip will be spoken for.
Allegiant Stadium Tours
This is the thing most visitors don’t know exists, and it’s genuinely good. Guided tours run about seventy-five minutes and cover over a mile of walking through spaces you’d never otherwise see — the Al Davis Memorial Torch, the broadcast booth, private suites and clubs, the Raiderettes locker room, the postgame press conference room, the Raiders locker room, and the field itself. Routes vary daily depending on what’s happening in the building, and tours don’t run at all on event days.
Tickets are $65.99 and must be bought online in advance; inventory opens roughly twelve weeks out and sells through for popular dates. Three discounts worth knowing about: Nevada residents save 10% with promo code NEVADA10, veterans, active military, law enforcement, firefighters, first responders, hospital workers and teachers save 10% with SERVE10, and PSL holders save 20% by logging into their account. Discounts don’t combine.
Practical notes. Parking is free in Lot C at the north end and tour guests enter at the north security gate — tell security you’re a tour guest if there’s a line. Arrive twenty minutes early, because tours leave on time and latecomers are not admitted or refunded. Wear real shoes; no heels. Anyone two and over needs a ticket. Strollers and wagons aren’t allowed, luggage isn’t allowed anywhere on the property, and there are loud noises and flashing lights along the route.
For groups, the Countdown to Kickoff tour runs the day before Raiders home games and gets you into the building while it’s being prepared for 65,000 people. Tour to Table adds a private buffet in a premium space for groups of twenty to fifty. Guided group tours start at twenty-five guests.
Things to Do in Vegas
The Sphere is a fifteen-minute ride from Allegiant and the easiest add-on to a game weekend. The wraparound display and beam-forming audio put you inside the show rather than in front of it. Check what’s playing first — the residencies and the immersive films are very different nights.
Hoover Dam is forty-five minutes southeast. Take the powerplant tour, not just the overlook; standing on the generator floor is the part people remember. Go in the morning — no shade, and the parking structure fills.
Red Rock Canyon is twenty minutes west, and the thirteen-mile scenic loop alone justifies the drive. Timed-entry reservations are required in peak season, so check before you go. Good Saturday morning if you’ve got a Sunday kickoff.
Hotels Near Allegiant Stadium
Vegas is the rare NFL city where where you stay changes your whole gameday rather than just your commute. South Strip puts you at the foot of the bridge and in the middle of the pregame crowd. Mid-Strip gives you the better restaurants and sportsbooks and costs you a rideshare or a long walk. Most visitors pick mid-Strip and travel south when it’s time, and that’s usually right. Book early for division games and anything near the CFP championship weekend.
Best Areas to Stay
South Strip — Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, Delano. Directly connected to the Hacienda Bridge, so you walk to the game and walk home. This is where Raiders fans congregate; the casino floors and bars fill with silver and black three hours out and empty in a wave toward the bridge about ninety minutes before kickoff. Best choice if the game is the point of the trip.
Mid-Strip — Aria, Bellagio, Cosmopolitan, Vdara, Park MGM, Caesars Palace. The best food and the best sportsbooks in the city, and you’re twenty to twenty-five minutes from the stadium by rideshare or a long walk. Better if you’re building a full Vegas weekend around the game rather than the other way around. This is my choice.
Downtown — Fremont Street and Circa. A different city entirely, and the serious sportsbook crowd. Fifteen to twenty minutes from the Strip by car and further from the stadium, so only do this if downtown is the trip and the game is one part of it.
Where I Actually Stay
Vdara is where I’ve landed lately, and it’s the value pick on the Strip. All suites, no casino floor, no smoking, which means it’s quiet and clean in a way its neighbors aren’t. It sits inside CityCenter between Aria, Bellagio, and Cosmopolitan — you’re under five minutes on foot from all three, so you get their restaurants and sportsbooks and then retreat somewhere peaceful. The tradeoff is that there’s no energy in the building itself, which is exactly the point if you’ve spent all day in casinos and none of the point if you want to walk downstairs into the action.
Bellagio is my favorite, and it isn’t close. The race and sports book is the best place in the city to spend a Sunday morning with the early games — comfortable, unhurried, old-school Vegas in the good sense. The rooms are elegant, the restaurants are among the strongest on the Strip, and the whole property feels more adult and less frantic than the newer builds. It’s a real walk or a rideshare to the stadium, which is the honest cost of staying somewhere this good.
Aria is the modern counterpart — bigger rooms, sleeker everything, a solid sportsbook and excellent restaurants, and a casino floor that hums on gamedays. Five minutes on foot to Cosmopolitan and Bellagio. If you want the current version of a full-service Vegas resort rather than the classic one, this is it.
Mandalay Bay is the closest major resort to the stadium and the choice if proximity beats everything. You can walk to the game without thinking about it, the bars fill with Raiders fans, and the pool scene is among the best in the city. It’s a large, spread-out property, so factor in ten minutes just getting from your room to the front door.
Delano, attached to Mandalay Bay, is the quieter version of the same location. All suites, boutique feel, none of the casino chaos, and Skyfall Lounge on the roof for a proper drink with a view before you walk over. Best of both if you want the south Strip location without the south Strip volume.
Cosmopolitan is the one I hang out at more than I stay at. Younger crowd, the best bar scene on the Strip, strong restaurants, and a sportsbook I rate. Slightly pricier than Aria and worth it if you’re with a group that wants nightlife attached to the trip.
Budget Options
Luxor is the sensible budget play — right next to Mandalay Bay with the same bridge access, so you get the best location in the city at a fraction of the price. The rooms are dated and the pyramid’s inward-sloping walls are strange to sleep in, but if you’re only there to shower and sleep, you’re paying for the walk to the stadium and getting it.
Excalibur is cheaper still and connected to the same pedestrian path. Basic, dated, loud, and about as close to the bridge as Luxor. Fine for a crash pad, not somewhere you’ll want to spend an afternoon.
Gameday Scene: Bars, Casinos, Restaurants
Pregame in Vegas starts three or four hours out and it happens on the Strip, not in a parking lot. The south Strip around Mandalay Bay, Luxor, and Excalibur is the rowdiest — packed bars, full costumes, and a slow migration toward the bridge that becomes its own event around ninety minutes before kickoff. Mid-Strip stays more civilized: people eat properly, sit down at a sportsbook for the early games, and head south when it’s time. Both are good. They’re just different days.
Best Pregame and Postgame Bars
Hussong’s Cantina at Mandalay Bay is the loud one. Margaritas, tacos, and a crowd that’s already three drinks in by noon. This is where you go to get hyped before the walk over.
Skyfall Lounge at Delano is the opposite — rooftop, Strip views, real cocktails, and a reservation is a good idea on gameday. Best pregame drink with a view in the area.
Flanker Kitchen + Sports Bar at Mandalay Bay is the most reliable sports bar near the bridge: screens everywhere, food a step above sports-bar standard, and a location you can walk from directly to the stadium. It gets slammed, so go early.
The Tailgater Tavern on West Russell Road is the local answer. A dive bar with a wall of TVs about ten minutes from the stadium on the west side, open around the clock, with happy hour pricing that will feel like a joke after you’ve paid stadium bar prices. Not glamorous. Not trying to be.
WSKY Stadium on Polaris Avenue is the best-kept secret in the area — a proper bar and grill, open 24 hours, close enough to walk from the west side of the stadium, and the rare spot near Allegiant that’s good both before and after. This is my answer for postgame, when the Strip is a mess and everything on it has an hour wait.
Where to Eat After a Raiders Game
This is the question everyone gets wrong, because the good Strip restaurants close earlier than you’d expect and the ones that don’t are jammed with fifty thousand people who just had the same idea.
WSKY Stadium is open 24 hours a few minutes from the stadium, which makes it the single most practical postgame answer in the area. Solid food, real cocktails, no wait after a 1pm kickoff and manageable even after a night game.
Citizens Kitchen & Bar at Mandalay Bay runs until 1am most nights and 4am on weekends, and it’s right at the top of the bridge. Not destination dining — it’s a well-run casual restaurant in the right place at the right hour, which after a game is worth more than a Michelin star.
Town Square, about a mile and a half south on Las Vegas Boulevard, is the move nobody makes. Yard House and Lazy Dog both run to midnight, there’s actual parking, and it’s the opposite direction from the postgame crush heading north. For a Sunday afternoon game it’s a genuinely better meal than anything you’ll get on the Strip at that hour without a reservation.
Late night on the Strip, Yardbird at the Venetian runs to 11pm and Eataly at Park MGM does too. Both are a rideshare, both are better than they need to be, and both require you to have thought about it before the fourth quarter.
Steakhouses Near Allegiant Stadium
The closest good steak to the stadium is at the Four Seasons and Mandalay Bay, both at the foot of the bridge.
Charlie Palmer Steak at the Four Seasons is the value pick and it’s not close. Their Cut of the Week is a prix fixe that rotates weekly and includes a salad, a steak, dessert, and paired pours — for what a single entree costs at most Strip steakhouses. The room is quieter and more grown-up than the casino steakhouses around it.
STRIPSTEAK at Mandalay Bay is the bigger, louder, more expensive version, and the duck fat fries alone justify the visit. Book it.
Gallagher’s at New York-New York is the old-school New York room — dry-aging cases at the entrance, enormous portions, no reinvention of anything. Twenty minutes north of the stadium and the best fit if you want a traditional steakhouse night.
The catch on all three: they close between 9:30 and 10pm. That works for a pregame dinner before a night game, or dinner the night before, but it does not work after a Sunday Night Football finish. If you want steak on gameday, eat before, not after.
Sportsbooks for the Early Games
Bellagio Race & Sports Book is my pick, and I’ll defend it. Comfortable seating, big screens, quieter than the newer rooms, and it feels like Vegas actually felt. The best place on the Strip to spend a Sunday morning before a late-afternoon kickoff.
Caesars Palace is the other classic — serious bettors, good crowd, easy to settle in for three hours.
Circa’s Stadium Swim downtown is the spectacle: a multi-level pool deck under a 143-foot screen. It’s the best sportsbook experience in the country and it’s twenty minutes the wrong way from Allegiant, so it’s a full-day commitment rather than a pregame stop. Plan it as its own thing.
Westgate SuperBook is the biggest room in the city, off-Strip near the convention center. Worth it if you’re staying nearby and not otherwise.
Why You Should Go
Allegiant is the most comfortable building in the NFL, and comfort turns out to matter — no weather, no bad sightlines, no bottlenecks, and food that clears the bar most stadiums don’t. Raider Nation supplies an intensity the architecture never could, and the fact that the whole thing sits a fifteen-minute walk from the Strip means you can build a real weekend around three hours of football.
The other reason is timing. The Super Bowl has already been here, the College Football Playoff title game arrives in January 2027, and the Final Four follows in 2028. Vegas is now a permanent stop on the circuit for the biggest events in American sport, and this is the building they all come to.
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Written by Brad Richards. Founder of Gameday Guides. This guide includes insights from personal visits as well as updated info from team sources, fan forums, and stadium policies. We aim to help you plan with confidence — enjoy your gameday. If you have any tips, if we missed anything or you have a question, don’t hesitate to shoot us an email.