{"id":19986,"date":"2018-05-20T11:24:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T18:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=19986"},"modified":"2018-05-20T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T18:35:28","slug":"raiders-stadium-construction-is-well-under-way-in-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/raiders-stadium-construction-is-well-under-way-in-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders Stadium Construction is Well Under Way in Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now that our puckball team, the Vegas Golden Knights, are in the Stanley Cup (you can only jinx something if it involves luck), we can take a moment to check out how construction of our Las Vegas Raiders stadium is progressing.<\/p>\n

The $1.8 billion Las Vegas Raiders stadium broke ground in November 2017, with an eye toward a 2020 completion date.<\/p>\n

Here’s the latest from the Las Vegas Raiders (that’s going to take some getting used to) construction site.<\/p>\n

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The future home of a team we’re not saying anything snarky about because we can’t afford a bodyguard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About 225 workers are currently working on the stadium, a number expected to grow to 500 this fall.<\/p>\n

Let’s pull out, so to speak.<\/p>\n

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Crews had to excavate two-and-a-half football fields to build, you know, a football field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s a better look<\/a> in case you want to get all up in the Raiders stadium’s business.<\/p>\n

Crews are already pouring concrete, and the steel construction phase of the project will kick in later this year.<\/p>\n

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