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- Allegiant Stadium is the first in NFL history to get all its power from renewable sources.
- A sprawling solar farm in the Nevada desert is creating the power supply.
- The stadium's sustainability efforts also include waste management and energy-efficient systems.
This could be the most-watched Super Bowl on record, thanks in part to Taylor Swift. But that’s not the only milestone for the NFL showdown.
Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will be powered by 100% renewable energy — a first in Super Bowl history.
The electricity is supplied by a sprawling solar farm of 621,000 panels and battery storage in the Nevada desert that’s owned by the utility NV Energy and was developed by EDF Renewables.