LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — It’s formally official. Property data present Sam Boyd Stadium is now, legally, owned by Clark County.
The county permitted buying the 69-acre website from UNLV and the Nevada System of Larger Training in January 2025. Nevertheless, data point out the property wasn’t formally transferred till the top of June.
Over time, the Sam Boyd Stadium has hosted every part from concert events to UNLV soccer video games. (Credit score: UNLV Particular Collections)
Clark County first opened Las Vegas Stadium in 1971. Then, it grew to become the Silver Bowl earlier than adopting its present identify. In 1985, it gave the ability to UNLV without cost.
The county has purchased the land again for $5 million.
Despite the fact that Clark County now owns Sam Boyd Stadium, it nonetheless doesn’t know what it’ll do with it.
Because the land initially got here from the Bureau of Land Administration, there may be an additional layer of complication. Below its unique settlement with Clark County, BLM requires the land for use for “public use”. BLM additionally controls a lot of the realm round Sam Boyd Stadium.
“We don’t have a plan at this time,” stated Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson, who represents the district.
In a Thursday dialog, he stated, “We are working with (BLM) to work through details. The outcome from those discussions will provide the options we have.”
Choices embody land improvement or holding the stadium and upgrading it. Till the association with BLM is sorted out, there isn’t a hypothetical desk to place something on.
When it opened in 1971, Sam Boyd Stadium was the house of UNLV’s soccer program, highschool sports activities, concert events and different main occasions. Earlier than Allegiant Stadium, it was the one massive venue in Las Vegas.
Right this moment, it sits empty in the midst of a big parking zone within the Southeast Valley and should keep that means for a very long time.
