24 Hours to Kickoff: An Inside Look at a Las Vegas Raiders Gameday at Allegiant Stadium | NFL

[Applause] three two one and hit it back in the entertainment capital of the world to get the festivities started first greater game of the season man here tonight they are in the building for the first time [Applause] all right everybody picking them up ready three and take three turn your free time world champion [Applause] it's time we made it we're here okay right parking where they're not supposed to park hi i'm chloe gianfaza i'm the director of stadium operations and development with the las vegas raiders here at allegiant stadium don't break the rules stadium operations entails everything that goes on inside this building so everything from grounds crew to concessions to security to parking everything that really ties into the game day experience both for our staff and for our fans i grew up a raider fan i think tomorrow will be the true culmination of four years of work right from the day that we broke ground all throughout construction really getting this place open and filling it with with a full house is just gonna be the cherry on top of the cake so we're really excited for tomorrow we like to manage the building from the field out so we are very football centric when we start to work on the week of a game we're worried primarily about the condition of the field that's that's of the utmost importance and then we're going to look at the maintenance and the locker rooms both visiting team and home team we have a saying at the raiders we've had it forever it's pride employees and so i think tomorrow really brings pride and ploys to life and showing off our new home we'll check all of these dryers we are in a good spot it's going to be a lot of checks and balances the checklist is formalized in our brains engraved in there from years of doing it but one day we'll put it down on paper so so we do walk through just to make sure that everything is in good shape checking locker rooms checking things from sinks to door handles the life of ops anything that needs to be fixed we give our engineering team security team operations team 24 hours really to get it done and as soon as people get here tomorrow they have what they need okay michael so can you call engineering and this is not cold enough so we have to change the temperature [Music] so i'm zach longnecker a head groundskeeper for the raiders the only way to have grass and a beautiful dome stadium in vegas the field needs to live outside it really only comes in match day minus two at night so match day minus two would be if it's monday night game it comes in saturday night when you bring in the tray we try and bring the field in almost to a science the same moisture same mowing height every game but it's a living organism and just because you do everything the same doesn't mean the outcome is going to be the same brian edwards knees may have been down before the ball broke the plane he was here we have pylon cams in this day and age you wish it was all wireless or bluetooth or whatever you guys call it so essentially you just have to trench a six inch trench just to put all the cords in as a groundskeeper you hate doing open heart surgery but you know the show must go on welcome to the perch at allegiant stadium this is where we bring a dignitary in for every home game they stand here they face the torch and at the right moment when they're signaled they push the button and the led on the torch lights up um in uh in respect of al davis you look out at the torch on the north end you have the glistening skyline of las vegas right out behind it and then you have all this entertainment taking place as well as the opportunity for fans passing through the concourse in that area it is truly the centerpiece of the building my moment comes when the torch is lit they flip the coin and now it's out of our hands those players take it from here guys you know go make the raiders proud [Music] with the center logo right i have my uh i call him the magician he's the center logo guy like that's your baby like that's all you do all day just just do that so there is a stencil you put out here so you start in the middle and you work out these are all done with painters right where the nfl shield is all done just with paint brushes so it's all monotonous tedious work as of right now we're in phenomenal shape we're game day ready we're field certified with the nfl on clegg and moisture so obviously we have fans out here trying to dry everything off but as of right now as a ground screw we're done right you just hope that tomorrow morning when you come in everything looks the same don you're good generic you're good all right guys let's bring house lights up so this is gonna be our level my name is justin casterly director of game and event presentation for the las vegas raiders three two one videos up lights out so i essentially put together all the game day entertainment uh from the time the doors open all the way to the final pa message at the end of the game standing by for full sequence here so we are at uh 6 30 p.m on sunday so about 23 hours until kickoff tomorrow and uh we're just uh towards the end of some of our live rehearsals we had our house span for the first 90 minutes about two hours and we had about an hour long anthem rehearsal with gladys knight and her uh and her keys player we're just about to now go into our halftime uh rehearsal as well so we have our special guest making his way up uh and then after that we're gonna take the rest of the night until we get kicked out of the building at 11 59 and we're going to go through all our light programming all the sequences for all the big moments the videos uh syncing up on time code with the led ribbons the videos the lights [Music] now we're just going all over the place okay so i'm just gonna follow your friend instead of actually trying to figure out it's a big juggling act but it's uh it's a pretty special opportunity to know that you're kind of helping to cultivate and curate that home field advantage [Applause] [Music] wake up at three can't wait to get in i guess you could call it uh game day jitters you just want everything to be perfect like some of these football players right like just just get me to game day let's just be game day you can't sleep the night before the game and honestly being the only one in the stadium is pretty cool nobody bothers you not your wife not anybody else at work nobody's up at 3am i i don't care what any groundskeeper tells you every groundskeeper talks to their grass a little bit i just need you today just make just just do good today please [Music] welcome back to good morning football week one wraps up with monday night action in las vegas the raiders are hosting the ravens this is really the first las vegas raiders game peter mentioned it there wasn't a stadium last year if you're a fan and you're there we're very curious about the experience right we want to know show it i want a screenshot of like the menus yeah the bottle service that club like who is who is buying bottle service at that club [Music] i'm hunter beatty i'm the general manager of win field club we're outside allegion stadium at the winfield club private entrance to our nightlife venue at field level come on in all right so now we're here inside of wind field club it spans the entire north end zone of allegiance stadiums field we have 29 booths 17 of which are in the front two rows if you look down here this is also our front standing room so anybody who purchases a table with win field club has the ability to walk down here and be eye to eye with their favorite players in the nfl it's a great experience for the guests the staff's working hard to make sure that we're open doors open at two everybody in town is excited the wind's excited to be a part of this we just can't wait for this game welcome to the owner's suite at legion stadium the owner's suite here is too sweet so we blew the wall out in the middle it's right on the 50-yard line of the field we have nice marble countertops mark davis was very particular about the aesthetics the look and the feel of his suites when he hosts his guests they have to have the raider feel the raider colors the silvers the blacks the whites all have to be particular to our brand the seats in mark's suite are unlike any of the seats anywhere else inside the stadium mark picked him out himself and we just think that this captures you know mark's affinity for certain types of sports cars certain types of yachts that we looked at while we developed this stadium a lot of that has just rolled into the aesthetics that are pleasing to mark's eye one of the special treats that we will have on our 150 level for monday night football is wine tasting this is sandy taylor our in-house sommelier one of the only sommeliers in the nfl when today we're serving wines from charles woodson hall of famer yes all in favor of this year so of course we have his wives [Music] my name is brandon chambers and i am currently overseeing the raiderettes for us as a team to come out the gates with a monday night football game it's it's strong it's 11 37 as you can see the girls are just arriving now off the bus we need to quickly get them through security checkpoint get them to the locker room and then on the field for 12 o'clock sharp field rehearsal happy game day oh my god i got like a little emotional left you guys come in not gonna lie i'm not gonna i am holding it together i promise [Applause] other than that it's uh again a lot of the elements especially in the third quarter are the same monday it's it's really just kind of doing the last final touches making any final edits to the script i set my script off at 2 30 and the alarm went off at 6. i'm going to need some coffee i got my second energy drink right over here one's already gone i need to pace it out so i don't crash and burn before half time we'll do another full rehearsal uh with the videos make anything that's been updated let's say going victory tonight monday night football let's go raider rats will be doing their full rehearsal on the field so coordinating with them and the dj'd justin can you hear me copy stand by for gwen [Music] sunday was incredible crazy day now one more game to close it out it's all about ravens raiders under the monday night lights and listen i'm getting a little romantic here because this is the first game with fans back in the stands in that stadium you all know how raider nation rolls that's right right i mean it's it's insane and i think this team has been underrated as of late and they're ready to go out there i agree [Music] well today we're expecting upwards of 60 000 people that's a packed house every seat in our building is sold what i'm looking forward to is this group of people becoming more and more familiar with where they park and how they get here how they go home it'll become a routine raider nation for life and what we're going to notice is over you know the next couple games in the next couple years a lot of people are going to develop what they you know consider traditions this is where we tailgate this is where i meet my friend so all these traditions are now being established and our goal is that we enable them to create spaces create traditions so that we continue to foster that sense of community all right guys doors are about to open it's almost two o'clock [Music] this is the very first entry point for all of our vip clients right here is where our club seats enter and then over here to your left all of our suite clients enter over here hi everybody i'm lou bastian i'm the vp of culinary for uh levy restaurants so i help the chefs get the big events ready here at legion stadium we have two big main clubs that serve about a thousand people we have different action stations really try to provide a great variety of food here we cater all the sweets here our sweets food has been custom designed specifically for raiders fans where we kind of brought a little a flare from la a little bit of the flare from oakland and then we combined it with the vegas flare and we really really have a cool mix to kind of create its own cuisine here within a legion stadium our concession level just to give you an idea 60 000 hot dogs roughly about 500 pounds of bone in prime rib about 500 pounds of shrimp cocktail about 5 000 pieces of sushi 25 000 slices of pizza we're preparing for 5 000 burgers probably about a thousand pounds of chicken wings we operate 12 concession stands on our own and then we also partner with some of the best restaurants in the country whether it be uh susan feniger whether it be guy fieri whether it be a fuku burger rolling smoke some of our pizza partners really cool stuff that we do on the concession level i'm probably a little intense right now oh just ready to see how it plays to me leading up to a game is unfair because pregame is the worst damage you're ever going to see right the game itself flows where pre-game you'll have 10 wide receivers doing the same cut at the same place that part to me is unfair because of the monotony of the let's just call it abuse that they're doing to the field and you know the worst damage is probably the kicker it's almost like a pitching wedge right and it's the plant foot and then the kick kind of on edge just until game time once the game starts it's kind of like all right everything's fine nobody's upset everything's ready to rock and roll standby we're gonna go to the house spin three sarvati music two one house fans in standing by on hostess standing by on nine most introducing in-game in three two one you guys are up this building has been here for well over a year tonight the first time we welcomed 000 raider nation in the building [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] 33 minutes left he'll kick off we are getting ready the girls are pumped we're pumped we're excited we're nervous we're we're just ready to get out there so let's do this monday night yay thank you again for your dedication and your hard work let's go out there and just kill it [Music] one two three [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so we have about an hour until kickoff we're not panicked but what we're doing is coordinating who should be in the stadium who should be on the sidelines what quadrant they should be in we got to make sure we take care of the sponsors we got to take care of the players families so there's a lot of details that have to get combed out at the last couple minutes tonight officially greece they become the las vegas raiders when the schedule came out we circled this one couldn't wait to see what the energy in this building was going to be like [Music] there's a buzz around this town in las vegas they are excited about the season as soon as the girls go on they're then going to line up for player intros clearancers are going to come both teams are going to get announced then they're going to line up on the end zone ready for national anthem torch split kickoff it's a thrill we have a ton of people coming over that bridge they're making their way through the north end of the building through the mags through all the gates all the security everything's going really smooth right now so we're really excited that the building is loading well it's time to welcome to the field football's fabulous females the raider ants raider nets coming out greater that's coming out [Music] give it up one more time for football's fabulous females the raiderettes standing by for players leaving the locker room [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we are this is the moment you've all been waiting for please welcome to the field your las vegas raiders all right we're already picking him up ready three and take three kenton go go go go [Applause] [Music] let's beat tonight's offensive starters for your las vegas raiders and right tackle number 70 alex leatherwood and running back number 28 josh jacobs [Applause] [Applause] number four and now the pressure squarely on derek carr he told us he's taken more responsibility for delivering this organization and his franchise back to the playoffs a lot of pressure on him from the day that we broke ground all throughout construction really getting this place open and filling it with with a full house is just gonna be the true culmination of four years of work for us as a team to come out the gates with a monday night football game this is one of the biggest platforms it's monday night football there there is a lot of alert around it so we are expecting a slew of celebrities and and star power it's just going to be a great celebration of las vegas raiders football all the tradition of the organization all the way throughout the game it's about to begin for your raiders all right standing by everybody on torch lighting standing by a torch on eight there it is nice we're ready ready for the loudest stadium ever ready for millions and millions of people to be watching on television and world club is all ready for just an overwhelming sense of excitement sunday sunday guys come on we're eight seconds behind my heart is racing right now that's why i love what i do it's a great feeling showing off your hard work you just really care about what you do and you know you just want it to be perfect you know it's not about the money it's who's the best 102nd nfl season 52nd season of monday night football and it's great to see all of you [Music] [Applause] you

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Published: Thu Oct 28 2021