Plans for what the area surrounding the Allegiant Stadium area are coming into focus as officials work to create a vibrant Stadium District.
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The Las Vegas Stadium Authority will get its first look at the details of the financing of the 65,000-seat domed football stadium when it meets Thursday, a day after Clark County officials conduct a high-impact project hearing on the development.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday said he wants to take a wait-and-see approach before deciding whether to fast-track at least $899 million in freeway improvements to accommodate construction of a new 65,000-seat stadium.
A supermajority of Nevada lawmakers on Friday pushed through legislation that will raise the room tax in Clark County to help finance a 65,000-seat domed stadium, clearing the path for the relocation of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas.
The director of the Nevada Department of Transportation on Friday said the agency will start studying which projects within Clark County should be delayed in order to accelerate freeway improvements surrounding two potential sites for a domed stadium.
A long-awaited vote on a bill that would increase hotel room taxes to fund a domed stadium and improvements to the Las Vegas Convention Center failed to materialize early Friday morning after a 17-hour Assembly session.
A point of contention between the stadium’s developers and the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee has been a proposed 39 percent cap on public funding of the $1.9 billion dome.
McCarran International Airport’s largest commercial carrier says a Russell Road site is acceptable for a 65,000-seat domed football stadium that could bring the NFL’s Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas.