But are those cheers for the Eagles or the home team? Turn your head away from the game, the crowd roars. in the first quarter or an interception by an Eagles defender off a pass thrown by Raiders quarterback Derek Carr.ĭuring the Vegas Golden Knights’ first season, we saw the with visiting teams at T-Mobile Arena. Witness the loud roar of approval for an Eagles touchdown.
Much like the Raiders-Bears game two weeks ago here, there is likely a 40 percent share of the crowd rooting for the visitors. Raiders games at their domed stadium are both home games and tourist events. It helped the hotel room tax revenues that are paying for the public’s $750 million contribution toward construction of Allegiant Stadium. Like the legions of Philadelphia Eagles fans who arrived in metro Las Vegas via air and ground. It’s tourism or bust and it plays out in Las Vegas’s growing sports economy in obvious ways.
Brian Sandoval did make a try at diversifying the economy.īut Las Vegas is a one-trick pony economy.
