Raiders’ Home Field in Embarrassingly Bad Condition Heading into Season Finale vs. Broncos
A close-up of the end zone showed the grass looking patchy.
The Las Vegas Raiders are ending their disappointing 2024 season with a rough field at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday.
Pictures and videos taken by 9News’ Scotty Gange before Week 18’s kickoff vs. the Denver Broncos showed the field completely torn up in the end zone. The Raiders logo painted on the field appeared patchy as the grass doesn’t seem to all be a similar length.
Allegiant Stadium is the second most expensive stadium in the NFL, costing $1.9 billion to create before it opened in 2020.
The playing surface looks awful today in Vegas. Sad. ???????? #9sports pic.twitter.com/cBzD94Ad7z
— Scotty Gange (@Scotty_G6) January 7, 2024
Since Allegiant Stadium is hosting Super Bowl LVIII next month, fans were shocked to see how poor the field conditions were for the Raiders’ final game of the 2024 season.
It’s unknown what happened to the field to make it look this rough, but some fans suspected it has to do with weather since the grass is rolled into the stadium for games. Regardless of the reasoning, fans were quick to judge the Raiders for the embarrassing field appearance. Check out some of the reactions.
EMBARRASSING: Allegiant Stadium, home of the #Raiders and the second most expensive stadium in the world field is an absolute MESS
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) January 7, 2024
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The league’s revenue is 18.6 BILLION DOLLARS, DO BETTER.
(Via @Scotty_G6)
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This is where the Super Bowl is ????
— Last Take™ (@TheRealLastTake) January 7, 2024
Matches the season
— Rich G. (@DodgerDad721) January 7, 2024
Not only can we not get grass fields as a general policy, but the teams who claim to have grass fields just won't take any care of it https://t.co/rFmvikV4A6
— Mario Puig (@ThePostingScout) January 7, 2024
Been saying this for three years. Have no idea why the #Raiders don't make a change with whoever is their field lead. It should not be this way. Wow. https://t.co/e1oY7u1qX2
— Scott Gulbransen (@LVGully) January 7, 2024
Even with the little about field management I know…isn’t it cold in Vegas this time of year and they put the grass outside? Don’t most grass fields look bad this time of year? https://t.co/117qUAIzo0
— Jordan Watkins (@Big75Fella) January 7, 2024
The Super Bowl is being played on that Raider field in a few weeks? Woof
— Zach Takes (@ZachTakes) January 7, 2024
billions of dollars! https://t.co/SsZulV1C7f
— Sam Cardona (@SamTGWTS) January 7, 2024
The Raiders field guy mailed it in for the last game ???????? https://t.co/1XEiSC90aX
— Just a dude (@RaiderJay00) January 7, 2024