Las Vegas Stadium Authority Chairman Steve Hill and Oakland Raiders President Marc Badain on Wednesday signed all the documents needed to fund a $1.8 billion indoor football stadium that will house the NFL team and the UNLV Rebel football team beginning in 2020.
Squeals of teenage excitement and giggles of nervous laughter welcomed Oakland Raiders alumni Roy Hart and Chris McLemore Tuesday afternoon, but not because of who they were. It was because of what they had done.
Incoming NFL rookie Kahlil McKenzie is no stranger to the league. He grew up around it.
The Raiders won’t own the No. 9 overall draft pick on April 26 after all, officially assigned the 10th selection courtesy of a coin-toss tiebreaker at the NFL Scouting Combine. The San Francisco 49ers will choose ninth.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority on Thursday unanimously approved a series of documents to put the financing in place to build a $1.9 billion indoor football stadium for the Oakland Raiders.
