Las Vegas sports fans have been buzzing with excitement since news broke Thursday that Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis was scheduled to meet with Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson regarding the site of a potential $1 billion domed stadium on property owned by UNLV.
On a day when Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis met with Las Vegas casino giants, the NFL took steps to keep the Chargers in San Diego and pave the way for a Raiders move to Los Angeles.
Al Davis, the iconic maverick owner of the Oakland Raiders, didn’t live long enough to see his dream of putting his team in Las Vegas come to fruition.
It was at this time last year in a ballroom at the Phoenix Convention Center when Roger Goodell was posed a familiar question at his annual state of the league address at the Super Bowl: Did the commissioner think Las Vegas could sustain an NFL team?
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said the Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s proposal to build a $1 billion domed stadium on 42 acres near UNLV is just what the city needs. And the Oakland Raiders would be icing on the Strip.
Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. will lead a consortium of investors planning to build a $1 billion domed stadium on 42 acres near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas that would house the school’s football team — and possibly a National Football League franchise.
The NFL has been quite vocal over the years in how it negatively views Las Vegas, but the league has gone quiet for now regarding news the Oakland Raiders might considering moving here.
It’s official: The Rams are leaving St. Louis and going back to Los Angeles, and there’s a chance the San Diego Chargers will be right behind them. There definitely will be NFL action in the City of Angels for the first time in 21 years. But what’s next?
Flash back to January 2015. Imagine someone saying that that North Las Vegas would land a major car-manufacturing plant. And that the Las Vegas Review-Journal would be sold — not once, but twice.
Utah sports fans will be in their glory Saturday, when they can warm up for the Las Vegas Bowl against rival BYU at Sam Boyd Stadium — aka the Holy War in Sin City — by watching a Sweet 16 rematch between the Utes and No. 6 Duke at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
