With more ideas and alternatives emerging for a proposed Oakland Raiders stadium in Las Vegas, a committee studying the project wants more time to complete its findings. (more…)
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New Raiders Vegas Stadium Site Emerges: It’s the Wild West!
We now have another site for a potential new Raiders Vegas stadium, as the Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel just off the Strip is pitched as a possible location — and insiders say it’s at the top of the list. (more…)
Southwest Airlines Throws Another Roadblock to New Las Vegas Stadium
A new Las Vegas stadium hit another roadblock as Southwest Airlines came out strongly against the currently proposed site, forcing advocates to cast a wider net for a alternative location — including a potential downtown site. (more…)
New Vegas Stadium Plan Fails to Wow Committee
A proposal to slash the public contribution toward a new $1.45-billion Las Vegas domed stadium from $700 million to $550 million didn’t excite members of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee, as the effort to bring the Oakland Raiders to Sin City hit its first serious roadblock. (more…)
Davis Doubles Down on Vegas; Goodell Resists Raiders Relo
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is intensifying his efforts to keep the Raiders in Oakland with the assistance of an African-American stadium investment group led by Ronnie Lott and Rodney Peete, while Raiders owner Mark Davis has upped his commitment to a new Las Vegas stadium. (more…)
Davis: Vegas is Definitely Viable Home for Raiders
A move to Las Vegas is definitely possible, according to Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis, as he appears to have all but given up on the prospects of a new NFL stadium in Oakland. (more…)
Davis: We’ll Be the Las Vegas Raiders if New Stadium is Built
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis has pledged $500 million toward a new Las Vegas stadium and will move his team there if the $1.4 billion facility becomes a reality. (more…)
Raiders to Host Texans at Estadio Azteca
The NFL schedule makers set in stone on Thursday night what the league has been planning for more than a year – and in some ways more than a decade. (more…)
Sands, UNLV: Las Vegas Domed Stadium Would Benefit Vegas, Attract NFL
A new $1.3-billion Las Vegas domed stadium would both elevate the University of Nevada-Las Vegas football program and attract an NFL team, as the Las Vegas Sands and Majestic Realty continued their push for a 64,000-seat facility off the Strip. (more…)
Goodell: We’re working to keep NFL in Oakland, San Diego
The NFL is working to keep the Raiders in Oakland and the Chargers in San Diego, even at a time when Las Vegas is wooing Mark Davis and Stan Kroenke is openly keep the door open for Dean Spanos and crew to join the Rams in Los Angeles. (more…)