Allegiant Stadium has become the most successful stadium in the United States, despite the Las Vegas Raiders struggling on the field.<\/p>\n
Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan said that is a testament to the strength of the Las Vegas market.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust very proud of our team and what we\u2019ve been able to do to have the highest-grossing stadium for two of the last four years is incredible,\u201d Douglass Morgan said Friday after participating in a panel discussion at Preview Las Vegas at the Wynn. \u201cBeing able to sell out 10 Raider games and having things, you know, 365\/24\/7 throughout the year is incredible.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helps the Raiders\u2019 brand. It helps our community. It helps the state of Nevada. So, we\u2019re really proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The 5-year-old stadium was named the highest-grossing stadium in the U.S. and second in the world by Billboard Magazine while the Raiders went 3-14 last season.<\/p>\n
The Raiders released their annual Impact Playbook this week, which highlighted other accomplishments made possible by Allegiant Stadium. Those included drawing 846,531 fans (through November 2025) to 30 events. Those attendees spent $179 million on gaming and $123 million on hotels, according to the Raiders.<\/p>\n
\u2018Winning always helps\u2019<\/p>\n
With the Raiders\u2019 struggles on the field, the crowds at most home games at Allegiant have been 50 percent or more comprised of opposing fans.<\/p>\n
Also, the Raiders are in the midst of a pivotal head coaching search led by minority owner Tom Brady and general manager John Spytek. Plus, they have the No. 1 pick in April\u2019s NFL draft, with Heisman-winning quarterback Fernando Mendoza potentially the new face of the team.<\/p>\n
Amid those factors, Douglass Morgan is hopeful more of a home-field advantage will develop.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning always helps,\u201d Douglass Morgan said. \u201cI\u2019m really glad to get to know our general manager, John Spytek, over this last season and his vision. And he is so disciplined and a truly good person and wants to make sure that we\u2019re getting good players to be able to grow and bring the Raiders back to where we know they should be, right?<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really lucky to be here in Las Vegas. The community has been so supportive. But, I think we all know with that on-field success helps the organization as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n
Committed to excellence<\/p>\n
The other Las Vegas professional team Mark Davis owns, the WNBA\u2019s Aces, are no stranger to success.<\/p>\n
The eighth-year local team has won three WNBA championships in four years and head into the 2026 season as reigning titlists.<\/p>\n
Aces president Nikki Fargas said a lot of that success can be attributed to Davis\u2019 willingness to spend on the team and set new benchmarks in the league, including constructing the first team practice facility in the WNBA.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Mr. Davis\u2019 commitment in building a state-of-the-art facility where these women can play, can practice, can train, can rehab, can get better; the offseason, that\u2019s where really championships are won,\u201d Fargas said. \u201cTo have a space that is designated just for you, it\u2019s no longer shared.<\/p>\n
\u201cCandace Parker said it best. She recalled that this was the first time in her entire career professionally that she had her own locker so that after the season ended, she can leave her tennis shoes, everything there. Before that, you had to leave everything and go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Team synergy<\/p>\n
Fargas said the Raiders also have taught the Aces a number of things that have made the WNBA team better in all facets.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been a Raiders fan,\u201d she said. \u201cMy husband played for the late Al Davis and Sandra and (the) team; they\u2019ve done a phenomenal job.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, when she\u2019s talking about some of the empowerment, things that they do within the Raiders community. The invite has been extended to our office as well. So there\u2019s been the collaboration there. \u2026 But more importantly, we know that they\u2019re just a phone call away and that relationship has been very special to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
That synergy extends to Aces\u2019 game days at Michelob Ultra Arena, where Douglass Morgan is one of their more vocal fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s always at the Aces games,\u201d Fargas said. \u201cYou\u2019ll see her sideline getting on the officials as well. But we love the support that not only that you give when you\u2019re thinking about the systems that you have in place, but your presence being there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat speaks a lot as well when we have Sandra Douglass (Morgan) sitting courtside rooting for the Aces.\u201d<\/p>\n
Contact Mick Akers at makers@reviewjournal.com<\/a> or 702-387-2920. Follow @mickakers<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allegiant Stadium has become the most successful stadium in the United States, despite the Las Vegas Raiders struggling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-446382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}