I've lived in Las Vegas for 5 years now removed from Lexington, KY and I thought our UK's Commonwealth Stadium was a mediocre building by SEC standards, Sam Boyd is even worse than it! At least unlike SEC stadiums, they serve beer. I did have my chance to check this place out years ago for a U2 concert but I was sick.
I finally made my way to the stadium to watch the Rebels lose their season opener against Minnesota in a triple OT thriller. You can imagine, not being a football school or college town that the stadium was at a good 40% capacity. I was lucky that I have a friend in the athletic department who provided the tickets because I would not normally have attended.
The picture on the LCD screen had multiple large bad pixels that needed changing and the location is so far out of the way for fans.
The location is on the northeast side of town and should instead be closer to UNLV's campus. I also believe the school should invest in making a retractable dome much like the stadium the Arizona Cardinals NFL franchise plays in because no one will want to watch a game in over 100 degrees dry heat.
This place could definitely use a makeover, especially being that this is the tourism capital. Having a newer state of the art facility will draw attention to UNLV football fans, non football events (concerts)