Five days after a special legislative session to consider public financing for a $1.9 billion domed stadium began, Las Vegas stood far closer to landing an NFL franchise than anyone ever imagined possible.
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After working for more than six years to get a new stadium deal in Oakland, Raiders owner Mark Davis finally received the news he wanted Friday, when the Nevada Legislature approved a financing plan for a 65,000-seat football stadium in Las Vegas.
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.
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis is one step closer to getting his NFL team relocated to Las Vegas.
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.