Team would have the ability to block fans from wagering using phone apps, but language in deal approved by Las Vegas Stadium Authority only prevents team from offering gaming.
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The NFL had pushed the Stadium Authority Board to complete the lease before the owners met for their annual spring meetings in Chicago on Tuesday.
Should no issues arise and owners sign off on lease, the 30-month timeline to have stadium ready for the 2020 season moves forward.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority met briefly Monday and approved its $63.8 million budget for the 2018 fiscal year.
If plans come together as envisioned in two top news stories from last week, there’s going to be one serious party in Las Vegas come 2020.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority unanimously approved the stadium lease agreement with the Oakland Raiders Thursday afternoon.
Negotiators with the Oakland Raiders and the Las Vegas Stadium Authority wrapped up a series of lease-agreement talks Tuesday that are expected to lead to a vote Thursday in advance of next week’s NFL owners meetings in Chicago.
The Oakland Raiders are close to announcing the selection of a Minneapolis firm with ties to a Henderson company as general contractor for the $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed football stadium it will build to begin play in Las Vegas in 2020.
State bonds will likely cover roughly $200 million in improvements meant to relieve freeway traffic near the 62-acre stadium site for the NFL’s Raiders on Russell Road, just west of Interstate 15.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority has issued a draft of a preliminary project timeline that shows completion of the 65,000-seat domed football stadium by June 2020, giving the Raiders three months to move in before their first NFL regular-season game.