The Las Vegas Stadium Authority breezed through a report-filled board meeting Thursday, taking no major actions, but prepping for next month when a barrage of agreements involving the Raiders, UNLV and stadium financiers begin.
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A discussion on UNLV’s use of the 65,000-seat NFL stadium being built by the Oakland Raiders at Interstate 15 and Russell Road is on Thursday’s Las Vegas Stadium Authority board agenda.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority met briefly Monday and approved its $63.8 million budget for the 2018 fiscal year.
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.
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.
The Oakland Raiders have closed on the purchase of 62 acres west of the Mandalay Bay resort clearing a hurdle in the team’s bid to relocate to Las Vegas for the 2020 NFL season.
The money has begun rolling in for the Raiders’ planned stadium in Las Vegas with room-tax revenue specifically allocated to pay off stadium construction bonds running about 25 percent ahead of projections.
Executives with the Oakland Raiders are expected to be in Las Vegas on Thursday to provide new details to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority on the team’s plans to build its stadium near the Strip.
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