With a few shorts blasts of a horn, the intricate steel structure came to life. Slowly, the eight mammoth pods above Mercedes-Benz Stadium began to slide along railroad-like tracks, revealing the towering downtown skyline off to the east, the glimmering gold dome of the state capitol to the south, and a brilliant blue sky sprinkled
Long before Las Vegas emerged as a viable landing spot for Mark Davis and his Oakland Raiders and the state of Nevada pledged $750 million to help build them a stadium and the NFL approved the Silver and Black’s relocation here, the Raiders owner was already pointed in Southern Nevada’s direction.
The process is simple once you figure out the flight patterns. If you’re flying into Los Angeles International Airport from the north, chances are you will land on the north runway, which means you will only see the forthcoming new NFL stadium on the left portion of the airplane.