Stadium Company Chief Operating Officer Don Webb assured everyone nothing had changed on the completion date and that everything was still on schedule despite some recent snags in the delivery of steel components to the stadium site.
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The Raiders stadium in Las Vegas has made significant progress over the past month.
The planned facility near Executive Airport Drive and St. Rose Parkway would house 1½ indoor football fields, a 200-seat theater, a training center and office space. At 323,000 square-feet, the planned headquarters is about twice the size of the MGM Grand’s casino.
Because of the high-profile nature of the National Football League and the Oakland Raiders, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that Southern Nevada is gaining a new tourism asset in 2020: the 65,000-seat stadium itself.
Las Vegas is vying to land the NFL draft in 2019 or 2020.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority late Wednesday posted three documents on its website outlining the guaranteed maximum price negotiated by the Oakland Raiders with general contractor Mortenson Construction Co.
When the Las Vegas Stadium Authority considers a lease agreement with the Oakland Raiders Thursday, it could vote on a newly introduced section of the document that spells out authority access to a stadium luxury box suite.
The Oakland Raiders have put up a $5 million bond with Clark County to decommission the 63-acre site of the Las Vegas stadium if construction plans fall through.
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The Federal Aviation Administration will examine whether the height of the Oakland Raiders’ new domed stadium could hinder aircraft operations at nearby McCarran International Airport, agency officials confirmed Wednesday.
The money has begun rolling in for the Raiders’ planned stadium in Las Vegas with room-tax revenue specifically allocated to pay off stadium construction bonds running about 25 percent ahead of projections.
A billboard was put up Friday at the proposed site of a Las Vegas football stadium declaring “The Raiders Are Coming.”
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday said he will call a special session of the Legislature in early October to consider a package of recommendations for Clark County that include building a 65,000-seat football stadium, expanding the Las Vegas Convention Center and paying for more police officers.
Some state lawmakers are cheering the prospect of having the NFL’s Oakland Raiders take up residence in Las Vegas, but they’re on the sidelines on how a $1.9 billion stadium should be financed.
The City of Oakland and an investment group tied to Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott engaged in negotiations geared on selling the Oakland Coliseum and keeping the Raiders from bolting for Los Angeles or Las Vegas.