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I JUST looked at the upcoming schedule and didn't realize how daunting it is! We could seriously go 0-6
 
The OOC schedule is very difficult. 0-4 is certainly possible but I don’t think the MWC slate has been released yet. Hopefully the first conference game isn’t @ Boise or something. An 0-6 start would be a disaster for opening a new stadium.
 
This is going to be a great test for Coach Arroyo. Opening up against Cal I could see us getting steamrolled, since new coach, new players, but I can see it getting better after that. Maybe 1-3 would be considered a win with a couple competitive losses?
 
Date Opponent Time/TV Tickets
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Aug. 29 California Golden BearsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA Buy Tickets
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Sep. 5 Louisiana Tech BulldogsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Saturday
Sep. 12 Arizona State Sun DevilsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
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Sep. 19 at Iowa State CyclonesJack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Time TBA ETTV TBA Buy Tickets
Date TBA at Boise State BroncosAlbertsons Stadium, Boise, ID Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA at Hawaii Rainbow WarriorsAloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA at San Diego State AztecsSDCCU Stadium, San Diego, CA Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA at San Jose State SpartansCEFCU Stadium, San Jose, CA Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA Colorado State RamsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA Fresno State BulldogsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA Nevada Wolf PackAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA Wyoming CowboysAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Saturday
Dec. 5
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MWC ChampionshipSite, City TBD Time TBA ETTV TBA
 
Date Opponent Time/TV Tickets
Saturday
Aug. 29 California Golden BearsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA Buy Tickets
Saturday
Sep. 5 Louisiana Tech BulldogsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Saturday
Sep. 12 Arizona State Sun DevilsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Saturday
Sep. 19 at Iowa State CyclonesJack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA Time TBA ETTV TBA Buy Tickets
Date TBA at Boise State BroncosAlbertsons Stadium, Boise, ID Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA at Hawaii Rainbow WarriorsAloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA at San Diego State AztecsSDCCU Stadium, San Diego, CA Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA at San Jose State SpartansCEFCU Stadium, San Jose, CA Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA Colorado State RamsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA Fresno State BulldogsAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA Nevada Wolf PackAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Date TBA Wyoming CowboysAllegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Time TBA ETTV TBA
Saturday
Dec. 5
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MWC ChampionshipSite, City TBD Time TBA ETTV TBA


Just for clarity, the only thing locked in at this point for the conference games is who we play at home and who we play on the road. When we play the 8 conference games is completely unpublicized information at this point
 
This is going to be a great test for Coach Arroyo. Opening up against Cal I could see us getting steamrolled, since new coach, new players, but I can see it getting better after that. Maybe 1-3 would be considered a win with a couple competitive losses?


Tough schedule.

I don't expect a bowl next year.

But expect the team to be more competitive. Fewer 30+ point losses.
 
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Even though Arroyo has a good class coming in usually it takes a couple years for freshman to transition from high-school to college. So record wise I don't expect much different next year from this year. But I am hoping the games will be closer.
 
Even though Arroyo has a good class coming in usually it takes a couple years for freshman to transition from high-school to college. So record wise I don't expect much different next year from this year. But I am hoping the games will be closer.
Exactly. Hoops, if you can play at 18, you can play. In football, for most of the positions, if you are 18, you are a couple years away from having the body needed. Nice thing about football, especially a school like UNLV, they ain’t going pro early so you have time to get them where you need them.
 
Tough schedule.

I don't expect a bowl next year.

But expect the team to be more competitive. Fewer 30+ point losses.

Bowl game will be extremely tough. It's hard to find a single OOC win. Maybe we can surprise a team or 2.

Even the in conference slate looks unforgiving. At least SDSU has a new coach with a good amount of turnover, same with Hawai'i. Hopefully they have more growing pains than us?
 
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Exactly. Hoops, if you can play at 18, you can play. In football, for most of the positions, if you are 18, you are a couple years away from having the body needed. Nice thing about football, especially a school like UNLV, they ain’t going pro early so you have time to get them where you need them.
Whitley and Rickey Johnson will push that envelope
 
Bowl game will be extremely tough. It's hard to find a single OOC win. Maybe we can surprise a team or 2.

Even the in conference slate looks unforgiving. At least SDSU has a new coach with a good amount of turnover, same with Hawai'i. Hopefully they have more growing pains than us?


One can hope..

Lot of turnover in the conference.

This class is an encouraging sign..
 
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Strange the MWC hasn't released the 2020 schedule yet. Last year it was released weeks earlier than this. All the major conferences have released their schedules and even the AAC and CUSA out.

I wonder if UNLV (Raiders) is the hold up. We know Fresno/CSU/WYO/UNR will all be at Allegiant not SBS but I'm guessing the Raiders get to pick the dates and are still trying to figure out concerts and what not.
 
Strange the MWC hasn't released the 2020 schedule yet. Last year it was released weeks earlier than this. All the major conferences have released their schedules and even the AAC and CUSA out.

I wonder if UNLV (Raiders) is the hold up. We know Fresno/CSU/WYO/UNR will all be at Allegiant not SBS but I'm guessing the Raiders get to pick the dates and are still trying to figure out concerts and what not.
My guess is the Raider situation is the hold up. It’s smart for the MWC to work with the Raiders/UNLV as much as possible to make things work. And the MWC is the entity with the greatest amount of flexibility with the potential schedule conflicts. Raiders home games 1-7pm starts on Sun, Mon... UNLV can wedge in areas more easily than they can.
 
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My guess is the Raider situation is the hold up. It’s smart for the MWC to work with the Raiders/UNLV as much as possible to make things work. And the MWC is the entity with the greatest amount of flexibility with the potential schedule conflicts. Raiders home games 1-7pm starts on Sun, Mon... UNLV can wedge in areas more easily than they can.

Agreed. They also need to work with CBS/FOX if any of those 4 games are considered TV worthy (I hope so). I just wonder how long they can delay this. UNLV may not care but there's 11 other teams that can't get their home dates until this is figured out.
 
Agreed. They also need to work with CBS/FOX if any of those 4 games are considered TV worthy (I hope so). I just wonder how long they can delay this. UNLV may not care but there's 11 other teams that can't get their home dates until this is figured out.
Is the Raider schedule etched in stone yet?
 
Is the Raider schedule etched in stone yet?

I would hope the Raiders already unofficially know most of the dates by now but they won't announce the schedule until the middle of April. It's difficult to tell because TV has a big say in things and free agency (March) will play a role in that. For example if Tom Brady signs with the Raiders I imagine they'll end up with an extra prime time TV date. Just a hypothetical, I don't think Brady comes here.
 
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I would hope the Raiders already unofficially know most of the dates by now but they won't announce the schedule until the middle of April. It's difficult to tell because TV has a big say in things and free agency (March) will play a role in that. For example if Tom Brady signs with the Raiders I imagine they'll end up with an extra prime time TV date. Just a hypothetical, I don't think Brady comes here.
Still don’t know what TB12 will do
 
I wonder if UNLV (Raiders) is the hold up. We know Fresno/CSU/WYO/UNR will all be at Allegiant not SBS but I'm guessing the Raiders get to pick the dates and are still trying to figure out concerts and what not.

Oh geez. I have thought about this but not that closely. Likelihood that we have to wait for the NFL schedule to come out before we can get ours worked out? Last year, schedule didn't get officially released until April 17.

I've also wondered how ridiculous the Raiders will be with this.

Hypothetical: Raiders play a Sunday afternoon game. Will they use the "we have to roll out the field and let it set more than 24-hours in advance of the game" excuse and prevent UNLV from playing home Saturday games the same weekend of all Raiders Sunday home games?

They could *really* make this thing awful. More and more thinking about it, I wish the Raiders weren't approved by NFL so we got that $300m+ for a UNLV stadium.
 
Oh geez. I have thought about this but not that closely. Likelihood that we have to wait for the NFL schedule to come out before we can get ours worked out? Last year, schedule didn't get officially released until April 17.

I've also wondered how ridiculous the Raiders will be with this.

Hypothetical: Raiders play a Sunday afternoon game. Will they use the "we have to roll out the field and let it set more than 24-hours in advance of the game" excuse and prevent UNLV from playing home Saturday games the same weekend of all Raiders Sunday home games?

They could *really* make this thing awful. More and more thinking about it, I wish the Raiders weren't approved by NFL so we got that $300m+ for a UNLV stadium.
I’ve heard at least 18 hours to flip the field.

First year, first month will be the difficulty. After that, it should work out. Hopefully in the future, the NFL works with UNLV. An early season Monday night game gives the Rebels a Saturday day or night home game. A Sunday night Raider game gives UNLV a noon/later afternoon Saturday game. A Raider road game gives the Rebels whatever they want. A Rebel road game gives the Raiders whatever they want. And - I’m not entirely against this, a Thursday or Friday UNLV home game gives UNLV plenty of space. But contracts for non-con games are usually a couple years in advance. A lot of teams don’t like short weeks, but the Rebels can pay more than before so that could entice a non-P5 school into a Thurs or Fri game (they need the dollars more than P5).

A lot of things to think about, there is a lot that can be done. The Raiders and Rebels need to work together and they need to do it in a non last minute manner.

If this plays out as UNLV is the stepchild, I won’t like it. Listen, we don’t DESERVE a state of the art stadium, we’ve done zero to earn it. But it is OURS every bit as much as the Raiders. And the Raiders needed Vegas/UNLV way more than the other way around. We’d be in a new stadium regardless. The Raiders absolutely took advantage (as they should have, it’s business) of a very ripe situation.
 
I’ve heard at least 18 hours to flip the field.

First year, first month will be the difficulty. After that, it should work out. Hopefully in the future, the NFL works with UNLV. An early season Monday night game gives the Rebels a Saturday day or night home game. A Sunday night Raider game gives UNLV a noon/later afternoon Saturday game. A Raider road game gives the Rebels whatever they want. A Rebel road game gives the Raiders whatever they want. And - I’m not entirely against this, a Thursday or Friday UNLV home game gives UNLV plenty of space. But contracts for non-con games are usually a couple years in advance. A lot of teams don’t like short weeks, but the Rebels can pay more than before so that could entice a non-P5 school into a Thurs or Fri game (they need the dollars more than P5).

A lot of things to think about, there is a lot that can be done. The Raiders and Rebels need to work together and they need to do it in a non last minute manner.

If this plays out as UNLV is the stepchild, I won’t like it. Listen, we don’t DESERVE a state of the art stadium, we’ve done zero to earn it. But it is OURS every bit as much as the Raiders. And the Raiders needed Vegas/UNLV way more than the other way around. We’d be in a new stadium regardless. The Raiders absolutely took advantage (as they should have, it’s business) of a very ripe situation.
I'm not really sure if that Stadium will ever feel like ours. If you look at the renderings or any of the 3D mock-ups You can see that the Raiders have their logos everywhere. I wish the stadium was going to be set up more like T-Mobile because when you go to a non Hockey event it feels different.
 
I'm not really sure if that Stadium will ever feel like ours. If you look at the renderings or any of the 3D mock-ups You can see that the Raiders have their logos everywhere. I wish the stadium was going to be set up more like T-Mobile because when you go to a non Hockey event it feels different.
I think we will always feel like second class citizens there. It's obviously all Raider flavored.

But even if it feels that way, UNLV cannot allow themselves to be treated in that manner.

When all this stuff was going down a few years back, I was excited for 2.1B (joint owned) over 300M (UNLV owned) because 2.1 sounds more amazing. Probably a bit of style over substance at the time. I'd rather UNLV own and control their own, let the Raiders go find somewhere else to play.

It's going to benefit the city nicely though.
 
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We better build some depth after the first 7 games we'll have a mash unit out there. Very tough schedule for physically developed players let alone incoming freshman.
Number 1 goal find a quarterback who can be a difference maker I'm hoping CA can develop one create that Oregon offense and maybe we have a shot keep us competitive all season I'll feel good about the future.
 
18 hours to flip the field? That seems a bit extreme. I thought that they were kept on rollable pallets as one piece, and that the whole point was that the changing process would be easy.

Hell NRG here in Houston had 3 events in 3 consecutive days. @ different college game and a Texans game. They flipped it at least 1x, if not 2x that weekend this year.

Could this possible push more games to Friday? That could help us out in terms of TV.
 
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18 hours to flip the field? That seems a bit extreme. I thought that they were kept on rollable pallets as one piece, and that the whole point was that the changing process would be easy.

Hell NRG here in Houston had 3 events in 3 consecutive days. @ different college game and a Texans game. They flipped it at least 1x, if not 2x that weekend this year.

Could this possible push more games to Friday? That could help us out in terms of TV.
You have to remember to Start the changeover from UNLV to Raiders. You need to remove the some of UNLV synthetic field and then roll in the Raiders natural grass field from Outdoors. Raiders need 24 hours for the grass to be indoors before they can play on it.

 
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You have to remember to Start the changeover from UNLV to Raiders. You need to remove the some of UNLV synthetic field and then roll in the Raiders natural grass field from Outdoors. Raiders need 24 hours for the grass to be indoors before they can play on it.

And it’s signage, it’s some reconfigurations as well. And some other things.

I wasn’t pulling a raw number out of my ass. It’s a ballpark figure of what I was told by somebody in the know.
 
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18 hours to flip the field? That seems a bit extreme. I thought that they were kept on rollable pallets as one piece, and that the whole point was that the changing process would be easy.

Hell NRG here in Houston had 3 events in 3 consecutive days. @ different college game and a Texans game. They flipped it at least 1x, if not 2x that weekend this year.

Could this possible push more games to Friday? That could help us out in terms of TV.
Future games, perhaps. Signed contract (out of conference games), probably not. If team A agreed to play on Saturday in Vegas, they have the say if we want to move it to Friday. And most wont, makes for a short week. Maybe we can manipulate the contract with more money for a move to Friday?

Moving forward, it’ll be easier. But a lot of these contracts are done in advance.
 
And it’s signage, it’s some reconfigurations as well. And some other things.

I wasn’t pulling a raw number out of my ass. It’s a ballpark figure of what I was told by somebody in the know.
Joe I know you're right. I was Bored one day and read the entire agreement online. UNLV is getting charged a lot of money for game day expenses. I think heads are going to turn when the Raiders send them that first bill sometime in September
 
Joe I know you're right. I was Bored one day and read the entire agreement online. UNLV is getting charged a lot of money for game day expenses. I think heads are going to turn when the Raiders send them that first bill sometime in September
I think it’s ... 225k per game? Somehow that number rings a bell. From 75k at Boyd to 225k?
 
I have seen numbers that the cost for UNLV football at the new stadium will run between $150K and $250K, but that is really an unknown at this point to most people. As for the cost being higher, you are correct, but just the luxury suite sales along and the additional ticket sales for those who will buy tickets because of the new stadium alone should be far in excess of the additional cost of playing in the new stadium.

If you take an increased cost of $150,000 per game and an average cost of $40 per individual game day tickets, UNLV needs to sell 3750 additional tickets per game without even including the additional income from the luxury suites. Based on discussions with many people who I know, who never bought tickets for UNLV football in the past, and who are going to buy tickets this season, I have little doubt that they will easily make up the additional rental cost in ticket sales. A good example is that the game against California alone is expected to have in excess of 40,000 people (conservative estimate). That would be 20,000 tickets above the normal which should alone cover the entire season. Even at 40 per ticket that would be over $800,000 from one game. While the average attendance will be lower, you can expect UNLV will be able to schedule 1-2 big time home games every year to cover the additional rent for the year.
 
I have seen numbers that the cost for UNLV football at the new stadium will run between $150K and $250K, but that is really an unknown at this point to most people. As for the cost being higher, you are correct, but just the luxury suite sales along and the additional ticket sales for those who will buy tickets because of the new stadium alone should be far in excess of the additional cost of playing in the new stadium.

If you take an increased cost of $150,000 per game and an average cost of $40 per individual game day tickets, UNLV needs to sell 3750 additional tickets per game without even including the additional income from the luxury suites. Based on discussions with many people who I know, who never bought tickets for UNLV football in the past, and who are going to buy tickets this season, I have little doubt that they will easily make up the additional rental cost in ticket sales. A good example is that the game against California alone is expected to have in excess of 40,000 people (conservative estimate). That would be 20,000 tickets above the normal which should alone cover the entire season. Even at 40 per ticket that would be over $800,000 from one game. While the average attendance will be lower, you can expect UNLV will be able to schedule 1-2 big time home games every year to cover the additional rent for the year.
Oh, UNLV will make money on it overall, no question. Even the 2M from the Raiders not to play in SBS leaves you with a 700K-1M surplus when subtracting game day costs and that idoesn’t include additional money from tickets, parking, concessions.

But, from what I was told, something like 18 hours to flip the field completely. UNLV cannot wrap up at 11pm on a Saturday and the Raiders be ready by 1pm Sunday. 5pm, yep. Monday, obviously.

UNLV should just kick off 12-4 pm on conflicting Saturdays or even Friday 7pm. But certain contracts have been signed for next season.

Theoretically, this should only be an issue a maximum of two times per season (two OOC home games). I think the MWC/NFL will make it work easily. So two games. If the Raiders have a road game, down to one. If the other is a 5pm Sunday or MNF game, no issue.

What I’m saying is this should not be some mountain of a problem. That it is for year one speaks volumes of what the Raiders know about NCAA ... and it shows that, well, they haven’t worked together very efficiently or quickly.
 
When it comes to the number of game UNLV wins, that is an unknown until we see how quickly the new coach is able to turn things around. If the staff can do anywhere nearly as great a job coaching as they did recruiting, I expect they will surprise a few teams. They could win anywhere from 3-9 games.
 
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You have to remember to Start the changeover from UNLV to Raiders. You need to remove the some of UNLV synthetic field and then roll in the Raiders natural grass field from Outdoors. Raiders need 24 hours for the grass to be indoors before they can play on it.


I'm not questioning what you guys have heard or what has been reported, but 18-24 hours does not make any sense to me.
That cardinals video took 43 minutes to bring the new field in. The field could potentially be painted before it is in place. I thought this stadium was purpose built so it could handle Saturday games and Sunday games in the same weekend? Right!?!?

It's not like this will be an every week problem even if true. They should shoot for alternate schedules when possible so they rarely have to play 2 games in one weekend. Hell the Cardinals played on the same field as ASU for several years. SDSU with the Chargers until the Chargers left. We have separate fields for a reason, so it will be easier than those situations! I think one of those Florida schools share a field with the Buccaneers.

There are also at least one Thursday night game that the Raiders will play, though not necessarily at home.

Also it should be known that most NFL games tend to be played at 10am locally. Now they may try to move more games to the afternoon, but there are typically less TV spots for that, usually about half compared to the early slate. And TV is what runs this business.

But the bottom line is that the NFL has had to share a stadium before and these things have been worked out before. This has been known for 4 years. I don't see how this will be a problem.
 
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Every time I turn around people are putting out fake or incorrect facts about the new stadium. I will wait to see what happens when the season gets closer. The bottom line is that the Las Vegas Stadium authority has the final decision.
 
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