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Raiders at Allegiant Stadium: What time do gates open?

Gates open about two hours before kickoff at most NFL stadiums.

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So when do you leave?

Your leave-by time is the first travel row. Ready Time can alert you when it comes up. Put in your kickoff time, tap any duration, and the plan recomputes backward.

Kickoff
15 min Final pack & check 11:40 AM
20 min Drive to the stadium 11:55 AM
20 min Park & find your spot 12:15 PM
15 min Walk to the gate 12:35 PM
15 min Gate security 12:50 PM
10 min Walk to your seat 1:05 PM
10 min In your seat for the anthem 1:15 PM
Kickoff 1:25 PM

NFL game day at Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders. For a concert here, start from the concert night plan instead: doors and a support act, not gates and kickoff.

Get an alert on game day when it’s time to leave for Allegiant Stadium.

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At a glance

Gates open
About two hours before kickoffTypical at most NFL stadiums; check the official site
Bags
Clear bag onlyUp to 12 × 6 × 12 in, or a small clutch
Drive
About 20 min from Las VegasWithout game traffic · real drive
Parking
Park & find your spot
Allegiant Stadium seen from outside, in Paradise, Nevada.
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Kickoff windows at Allegiant Stadium

Kickoff times are national broadcast windows, the same ones every week. Pick yours and every step before it moves.

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Windows are published in Eastern Time. Allegiant Stadium is on Pacific time, three hours behind, so an early-window game does not start at one o'clock here:

An early-window game here kicks off at 10:00 AM. Try that with a full tailgate if you want to see how early you actually leave.

Thanksgiving, Christmas, the Sunday late window sometimes at 4:05 instead of 4:25, and late-season Saturdays run their own times. Type those in on the kickoff row.

Getting to Allegiant Stadium

Nothing about a Las Vegas game day is a normal commute. Rideshare surges, the Strip does not move, and the pedestrian bridges are the bottleneck for everyone walking over. If you are staying on the Strip, the walk is the predictable option and the ride is the gamble.

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Just west of the Strip; the walk crosses I-15 on a pedestrian bridge. On-site parking is limited relative to capacity, so many arrive from a resort rather than a lot.

The Las Vegas Strip in daylight, outside Caesars Palace.
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Gates, the queue, and what you can carry in

Clear-bag policy at every stadium. Getting it wrong usually means walking back to the car and re-entering the line.

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Check current sizes and door times on the official Allegiant Stadium site before you go, because the door time moves for a night game or playoff.

A fully enclosed, air-conditioned stadium, which in Nevada is the entire point. The domed roof means an early-season kickoff is comfortable inside and brutal on the walk over, so budget time for being outside the building.

Leave time for packing up the tailgate

A tailgate feels open-ended until it isn't: grill, food, lock the car, walk to the gate with the whole lot. Add one and those steps go in, which means leaving earlier.

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Four hours before kickoff

The lots here open

You cannot get into the lot before that.

Gates, lots and bag rules change; the official site is the live source.

Common questions

How early should I get to Allegiant Stadium?

Gates open about two hours before kickoff at most NFL stadiums; that is when the crowd starts arriving, not when you have to. Without a tailgate, being through a gate about an hour before kickoff covers screening, the walk to your section, and a stop on the concourse.

When should I leave for Allegiant Stadium?

Work backward from kickoff: minutes in your seat beforehand, walk to your section, gate screening, walk from the lot, parking, then the drive (20 minutes in the default plan). That puts leave-by at 11:55 AM for a 1:25 PM kickoff. Change the kickoff time and every row moves.

What time is kickoff at Allegiant Stadium?

It depends on the national broadcast window. On this stadium's clock: an early Sunday game kicks off at 10:00 AM, the late Sunday window at 1:25 PM, a night game at 5:15 PM. This example uses the late Sunday window. Thanksgiving, Christmas and some late-season Saturdays run their own times; the kickoff row is editable for those.

How long does the security line take?

The plan allows 15 minutes for a normal walk-through queue. It runs longer in the twenty minutes before kickoff. Arriving fifteen minutes off that peak is usually enough.

What time do the gates open at Allegiant Stadium?

Two hours before kickoff is the common NFL practice. It moves for a night game, playoff or special event. Check the official Allegiant Stadium site for your game.

How early should I get there to tailgate at Allegiant Stadium?

A short tailgate adds about an hour and a half; a full one closer to three. For a 1:25 PM kickoff that already means leaving well before lunch. Watch packing up and the walk to the gate. Those get squeezed when the lot is having a good time.

What can I bring in?

Assume a clear bag or no bag. Check the stadium's own page for current sizes. The timing risk is being turned around at the gate and walking back to the car: the walk twice and a second trip through the queue.

Flying in? The airport pages. Taking Amtrak? The station pages. No stadium listed? The tailgate timeline is the same plan without a particular lot.

The countdown to kickoff, on your Lock Screen

Start the plan in the app, and the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the time left, with a bar that fills as each step passes.

Glance at it on the walk in without opening the app.

Every step also gets its own alert, and sharing the plan gives whoever is driving the same leave time, with alerts on their phone.

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