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Allegiant Stadium

Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV, home of UNLV. Capacity 65,000. Opened July 31, 2020.

Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV
Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NVPhoto: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
65,000
Opened
2020
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Dome
Elevation
2,185 ft
Home team
UNLV
UNLV here
21–⁠16 games on file since 2020

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2020 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Allegiant Stadium by season, 2020 to 202620k40k60k80k2020: 2,000 a game over 2 games; biggest 2,0002021: 30,856 a game over 9 games; biggest 56,5112022: 31,818 a game over 9 games; biggest 62,7422023: 28,392 a game over 9 games; biggest 61,1952024: 35,482 a game over 8 games; biggest 63,9692025: 32,258 a game over 8 games; biggest 38,8792026: 31,844 a game over 3 games; biggest 33,516’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Biggest crowds on file

63,969USC at LSU2024
62,742BYU at Notre Dame2022
61,195Oregon at Washington2023
61,195Utah at USC2022
56,511Oregon at Utah2021

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Big Noon Kickoff here

Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff once.

Dec 2, 2022Utah 47, USC 24

Big Noon Kickoff’s from Wikipedia’s list of its sites (CC BY-SA).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Las Vegas Stadium (planning)
Opened
July 31, 2020
Architect
MANICA Architecture
HNTB
Surface over the years
Bermuda grass (Raiders)
Artificial turf (UNLV)
Record crowd
Concert: 70,921 (Luke Combs, March 21, 2026)
Boxing: 70,482 (Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford
September 13, 2025)
Football: 63,969 (2024 Vegas Kickoff Classic, USC vs. LSU, September 1, 2024)
Professional wrestling: 60,103 (WrestleMania 41, April 20, 2025)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Allegiant Stadium.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 260 by 280 meters (840 by 930 feet). Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026UNLV 13, North Dakota State 7
Oct 3, 2026UNLV 39, California 31
Aug 29, 2026Memphis 27, UNLV 21
Dec 31, 202515Utah 44, Nebraska 22
Nov 21, 2025UNLV 38, Hawai’i 10
Nov 15, 2025UNLV 29, Utah State 26
Nov 1, 2025New Mexico 40, UNLV 35
Oct 25, 2025Grambling 26, Jackson State 24
Oct 11, 2025UNLV 51, Air Force 48
Sep 6, 2025UNLV 30, UCLA 23
Aug 23, 2025UNLV 38, Idaho State 31
Dec 27, 2024USC 35, Texas A&M 31

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2019. Single source.