When Mark Davis decided to move the Raiders to Las Vegas, he certainly didn’t envision an empty stadium in his first season there.
The Raiders informed season-ticket holders on Monday that there will be no fans in new Allegiant Stadium this season. Nevada taxes paid $750 million toward the stadium, which cost an estimated $2 billion.
Plenty of teams will have to make the difficult decision to hold 2020 home games without fans, due to COVID-19. Only one of them is in a new market, however.
Raiders make ‘difficult decision’
An email signed by Davis went to season-ticket holders and was tweeted out by Vince Sapienza of Fox 5 in Las Vegas, the Raiders said they were making the decision to exclude fans due to health concerns.