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Southwest Airlines Opposes Proposed Stadium near Las Vegas McCarran Airport
Sheldon Alderson's Las Vegas Sands Corporation and Majestic Realty of Las Vegas have proposed to an 11-member Tourism panel, created by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, to create a $1.4 billion, 65,000 seat stadium for UNLV football games, and for incentive to lure the Oakland Raiders NFL team to relocate to Las Vegas. Southwest Airlines has just filed a letter opposing that stadium for one reason: The stadium would be located across the street from Runways 1/19 at McCarran International… (www.reviewjournal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I live here in Vegas... and can not believe the FAA would approve this site which is located across Tropicana Ave directly cross from runways 19L/R at McCarran Intl Airport.. not only will there be obstacle clearance issues, bright lights etc, there will be 65000 people to be concerned about!!.. It doesn't take much imagination to see the worse case scenario happening and the questions that would come out of that... There is a lot of land around Vegas Valley..how about building in a safe area..
My issue is the sense of even spending 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS for a damn sports arena. Stupid...
That's where all the money is now
Living in this area I understand the concern. My brother and sister-in-law live in Queens, NY and the old Shea Stadium complex was also in the path of the LaGuardia Field runways. The noise of landing/departing aircraft made watching a game in Shea ear splitting. Hope someone here comes to their senses. Boyd stadium further south of the city would be much more appropriate.
Find out who owns the land and you find out why there is a push to build it there.
Gee whiz. Anything for a buck. I am not a pessimist, but should an accident occur. A whole lots of folks will lose their lives. Think about that for a second.