Question of the Day - 30 December 2019

You didn't miss anything. No master plan has been revealed as yet, but the parking situation has been taking shape in the meantime. 

The Raiders organization has made a lot of moves to secure parking near Allegiant Stadium. They've outright bought or leased a number of lots close enough for game- and event-goers to walk to and from their cars. 

The Raiders say that parking at some distance is "strategic," since it disperses attendees as they walk or take shuttles, taxis, or Ubers in four different directions, including east of the Hacienda (not Harmon) Avenue overpass to the Strip and beyond.  

North of the stadium, the largest of the parking lots that will be used for games is at the Orleans on Tropicana Avenue at Arville. The back (north) lot can park up to 4,600 cars. Right across the street is a nearly 10-acre lot that was once a Southwest Gas facility and can accommodate up to 1,200 vehicles. Shuttles will operate along the back roads to get to the stadium in less than 10 minutes. 

South, there's a 20-acre lot on the corner of Blue Diamond Road and Las Vegas Blvd. S. that can comfortably park up to 3,500 vehicles. The shuttles from there will take around 12 minutes to arrive at the stadium.

Southeast and a little closer are two lots on the other side of the expressway, one off the Boulevard at Windy/Arby streets, the other at Warm Springs Road; together, they can take care of around 4,500 vehicles and are 10 or so minutes by shuttle. 

If you want to walk, the 17-acre lot is right on Valley View Road and Reno Avenue, less than a mile away and a 10-minute walk (or take a shuttle). Up to 2,700 four-wheelers can easily park there. 

Then there's the Las Vegas Village lot, the 15-acre site of the Route 91 Harvest Festival. The Raiders have a deal to lease the lot for two years from MGM Resorts. It's the one lot where tailgating parties won't be allowed, so as not to dishonor the victims of the mass shooting. Fans who park in this lot, as well as others along the Strip, will hike across the Harmon Avenue overpass, which will be closed to vehicular traffic on game days; it's roughly 20 minutes on foot.  

A couple other smaller lots will be open for parking for a few hundred vehicles. Altogether, including the 2,500 or so spaces in the stadium lot itself, roughly 22,000 vehicles will be within a 10-minute-or-so shuttle ride or a 15-minute-or-so walk from parking to seating.