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County gives go-ahead to building Las Vegas Raiders stadium

The Clark County Commission has unanimously approved use permits and waivers enabling construction of a 65,000-seat domed football stadium for the Oakland Raiders.

Majestic Realty bows out of Las Vegas stadium development team

Majestic Realty, one of the partners that has been developing plans for a $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed football stadium that could house the Oakland Raiders, has removed itself from the development team.

Sandoval reverses course, special session won’t address budget shortfall

Gov. Brian Sandoval abruptly abandoned plans Thursday to seek an even larger tax increase in an upcoming special session of the Legislature to plug a projected budget hole as conservative Republicans dug in their heels for a school choice program.

Las Vegas stadium financing expected to dominate panel discussion

The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee has posted four draft recommendations for its final report to Gov. Brian Sandoval, but the most prominent one — on proposed stadium financing — is “pending” and likely will be the meat of the committee’s Thursday afternoon’s meeting at UNLV.

Mayor Goodman backs long-shot with downtown stadium plan

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman knows a thing or two about long-shot bets, and on the issue of where to build a $1.9 billion domed football stadium in Southern Nevada, she’s backing a big one.

Bali Hai site top contender for Las Vegas NFL stadium location

The proximity of the Bali Hai Golf Club to two interstate highways and world-famous Las Vegas Boulevard has now made it the leading contender as a site for a 65,000-seat domed football stadium proposed by Las Vegas Sands Corp., Majestic Realty and the Oakland Raiders.

UNLV group strikes deal to buy 42-acre site for stadium, other uses

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation, UNLV’s nonprofit fund-raising arm, has entered a deal with Wells Fargo to buy a 42-acre site at Koval Lane and Tropicana Avenue for $50 million for a potential football stadium, or other uses.

Arena developers sign with sponsors Toshiba, Coca-Cola

Developers of the $375 million arena behind New York-New York on the Strip have signed two major global brands — Toshiba and Coca-Cola — as founding sponsorship partners for the venue that is scheduled to open in April 2016.

Stadiums built without public money a rarity in U.S.

The Las Vegas City Council recently approved nonbinding plans for a $200 million soccer stadium that mandates no public money — but it’s a rare public-private stadium deal in this country that includes no public dollars.