Las Vegas Raiders open preseason Aug. 13

The Las Vegas Raiders said Friday they will begin their 2026 preseason on Aug. 13 at home against the Arizona Cardinals, the first of three exhibition games listed on the club’s official schedule. The opener is set for Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The Raiders’ schedule page lists a 5 p.m. PDT kickoff, with FOX 5 Las Vegas carrying the game and Raider Nation Radio 920 AM and KOMP 92.3 FM listed as radio outlets. The preseason opener gives Las Vegas one of two home exhibitions before the regular season begins in September. Arizona’s official schedule also shows the Cardinals traveling to Las Vegas for their preseason Week 1 game, matching the Raiders’ listing. ### When do the Raiders play the rest of their preseason schedule? The Raiders’ official 2026 schedule shows Las Vegas playing at the Houston Texans on Aug. 20 and returning home to face the San Francisco 49ers on Aug. 27. (raiders.com) Both games are listed for 5 p.m. PDT on the Raiders’ schedule page. Raiders.com separately said the club will host two preseason games at Allegiant Stadium in 2026, against Arizona and San Francisco, with Houston as the lone road exhibition opponent. (raiders.com) An earlier team item said dates and times would be announced once finalized; the schedule page now carries those details. ### What is confirmed for the Cardinals game? Allegiant Stadium is listed as the site for the Aug. 13 opener, and the Raiders’ schedule page shows tickets available through the team site. The same page names FOX 5 Las Vegas as the television outlet and Raider Nation Radio 920 AM and KOMP 92.3 FM as radio partners. Arizona’s official schedule does not list a kickoff time on its main team page for that preseason trip, but it identifies the matchup as a road game at Las Vegas in Week 1 of the preseason. (raiders.com) The two team sites align on the opponent and location. ### How does the preseason line up with the regular season opener? The Raiders’ official schedule shows the regular season beginning on Sept. 13 with a home game against the Miami Dolphins at Allegiant Stadium. (raiders.com) That leaves Las Vegas with three preseason games across three straight Thursdays before a little more than two weeks between the Aug. 27 finale and Week 1. (azcardinals.com) Arizona’s regular-season schedule also shows the clubs meeting again later in the year, with the Raiders set to visit the Cardinals on Jan. 3 in Week 17. That means the teams are scheduled to see each other once in the preseason and once in the regular season. ### Where can fans find the full slate? Raiders.com has posted the full 2026 schedule, including preseason and regular-season dates, kickoff times currently assigned, broadcast outlets and ticket links. (raiders.com) The team’s schedule page lists the Aug. 13 opener against Arizona, the Aug. 20 trip to Houston and the Aug. 27 home game against San Francisco in sequence. (azcardinals.com) The next dated step on the calendar is Aug. 13, when Las Vegas hosts Arizona at Allegiant Stadium at 5 p.m. PDT, according to the Raiders’ official schedule. (raiders.com)