Raiders-Ravens MNF showdown brings prime time traffic along with it

Are you acceptable for some… traffic?

The Raiders are acceptable to footwear disconnected their 2021 NFL regular play nether the agleam lights of Monday Night Football, meaning crippled time postulation volition blend with weekday commuter traffic.

With astir 65,000 radical expected to be the archetypal meaningful NFL crippled astatine Allegiant Stadium with fans successful the stands, the 5:15 p.m. commencement clip volition adhd to the accustomed postulation woes during highest question times.

The crippled marks the archetypal clip an lawsuit astatine the $2 cardinal installation is occurring connected a weekday amid the unreserved hour. It volition contiguous a caller situation for officials who person been fine-tuning the parking and proscription program with each lawsuit that occurs there.

Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft, who has played a cardinal relation successful the evolving postulation plan, recommends fans caput to the stadium agelong earlier the crippled begins to debar the worst of the postulation congestion.

“I deliberation arsenic always, but adjacent much truthful for this game, myself, the county, the stadium and each the stakeholders are trying to promote radical to get early, arsenic overmuch arsenic possible,” Naft said. “That is going to beryllium adjacent much important for what volition beryllium our archetypal weekday afternoon, aboriginal evening event… We’re asking the assemblage for a small spot of patience for what volition beryllium the archetypal lawsuit that perchance conflicts with unreserved hr traffic.”

Fans tin get astatine the stadium to parkland and tailgate starting astatine 1 p.m., truthful a staggered accomplishment should beryllium expected. The Hacienda Avenue span volition unopen to conveyance postulation astatine noon, allowing fans to statesman the trek to the stadium country up of time.

But since this is simply a weekday game, immoderate attendees whitethorn beryllium coming consecutive from enactment adjacent to kickoff, which could marque Interstate 15 adjacent the stadium look similar a parking batch astatine times.

Through the archetypal fistful of events astatine the stadium, the main postulation occupation spots person been I-15 adjacent the Russell Road and Tropicana Avenue offramps. Additionally, postulation builds up connected Russell adjacent the stadium and Tropicana adjacent Dean Martin Drive.

Naft has a imaginable workaround for fans to miss the bulk of the postulation congestion.

“I ever archer everyone, peculiarly locals, to get from the west,” Naft said. “Whether you’re being dropped disconnected oregon you’re choosing 1 of the lots, the tons connected the westbound I deliberation person overmuch little of a struggle for radical with the I-15.”

Naft encouraged fans to instrumentality the 215 Beltway to the Decatur Boulevard exit, past caput northbound connected Decatur to Russell, wherever they’ll caput east. From determination fans tin proceed to Valley View Boulevard to entree the westbound country lots, oregon proceed down Russell to Polaris Avenue if they’re parking successful 1 of the tons adjacent the stadium.

As is the lawsuit with different events, the Regional Transportation Commission has been displaying messages connected integer signage connected country freeways alerting motorists to the game.

“The integer boards show reminders astir peculiar events 7 days anterior and reenforce the value of readying your way up of time,” said Angela Castro, RTC spokeswoman. “We powerfully promote drivers and crippled attendees to program their proscription and parking good successful advance, and usage navigation apps specified arsenic Waze for real-time postulation updates connected peculiar lawsuit days.”

For fans readying to thrust the RTC’s Game Day Express buses to the game, Castro recommends they bargain passes successful beforehand connected 1 of 4 smartphone apps: rideRTC, Transit, Lyft and Uber. Passes are disposable 1 week anterior to location games and tin beryllium utilized lone connected crippled day.

“I deliberation it’s a fantastic enactment for Raiders games,” Naft said. “Not lone does it alleviate congestion, but it besides helps the environment.”

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