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Old 01-28-2016, 09:34 PM  
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ALAMEDA, Calif. -- While a leaked memo from UNLV president Len Jessup said representatives of the Oakland Raiders will be in Las Vegas on Friday to check out potential stadium sites, team owner Mark Davis would offer only a cryptic comment.

"In typical Raider fashion," Davis said with a laugh over the phone from the Bay Area, "I can neither confirm nor deny."

Davis will be in Las Vegas and is scheduled to meet with Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson, Sands spokesman Ron Reese confirmed.

The Sands Corp. announced Thursday that it was lending its support to build a $1 billion domed stadium on a vacant 42 acres of land recently purchased by UNLV near the corner of Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane across from McCarran International Airport.

"Correspondingly, the Sands leadership team let us know that officials from the Oakland Raiders are scheduled to travel to Las Vegas and tour locations around the valley for a potential new home, and they have asked us to meet them at our 42-acre site on Friday morning to answer questions about that site," Jessup wrote in the memo, which was reported earlier by Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston.

UNLV is looking for a new home for its football program, which has played at 35,500-seat Sam Boyd Stadium some nine miles from campus on the eastern edge of the city since 1971.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Los Angeles-based Majestic Realty Co. and UNLV are involved in the conceptual plans, and Las Vegas Sands senior vice president of government relations and community development Andy Abboud said the project would be a "public-private" partnership, with the Sands or the Adelson family contributing a large portion of the financing.

"He said the casino company, which operates the Venetian and Palazzo [casinos], as well as casinos in Macau, Singapore and Pennsylvania, could also raise financing for the project," the Review-Journal reported.

Tony Sanchez, UNLV's head football coach, said "having an on-campus, state-of-the-art stadium would be huge."

"We have a nice stadium now; the location is just a little further out," said Sanchez, who grew up a die-hard Raiders fan in the Bay Area. "To have something on campus, right in the heart of Las Vegas, would change the entire game-day atmosphere. We're right near the Strip. People can walk or take public transportation. It would be a great addition for the city."

Davis has long stated that remaining in Oakland is his primary goal, but after being rebuffed in an attempt to move to Los Angeles and join the Chargers in a joint-stadium project in nearby Carson, the Raiders do not have a lease for a home stadium for the 2016 season. They do have the option to join the Rams in Inglewood should the Chargers decline.

It is expected that the Raiders will play at least the 2016 season in Oakland. They have also been linked to San Diego, should the Chargers go to Los Angeles, for the following years as well as to San Antonio.

The NFL has had a hard line against Las Vegas, and it is hard to see the league signing off on allowing a team to relocate to the gambling capital of the country. The NFL did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

Las Vegas has chased a major league franchise for almost two decades, including MLB and NBA teams. The city appears close to getting an NHL team in under-construction T-Mobile Arena between the New York-New York and Monte Carlo casinos.

And while Las Vegas may be a relatively small media market at No. 41 nationally, it is bigger than four other current NFL markets in Jacksonville (No. 48), New Orleans (No. 51), Buffalo (No. 52) and Green Bay (No. 68), per last year's Nielsen data.
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Old 01-29-2016, 12:33 PM   #31
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I thought there were rules from way back saying no pro team (NFL, NBA, MLB) could have a home city that allowed sports betting?
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Old 01-29-2016, 12:35 PM   #32
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They will go for a permanent dome for all the other events ie concerts, UFC, boxing, conventions, etc.
I don't think there's a chance in hell that 24 owners vote for a move to Vegas.

Beyond that, it's a service industry town. There was 25%+ unemployment after the 2008 crash, plus housing prices plunged causing the most defaulted mortgages per capita in the US.

Their state government won't build a $1 billion dollar stadium and I can't see how they could possibly fill a 70,000 seat stadium on a consistent bases, let alone pay for PSL's.

This is a complete non-starter.
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Old 01-29-2016, 12:38 PM   #33
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It's a gambling town with adjacent cities several hours away. How would they expect to sell out a stadium?
the casinos will gobble up all the season tickets, it'll be like a corporate tourist home game every weekend
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Old 01-29-2016, 12:55 PM   #34
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I don't think there's a chance in hell that 24 owners vote for a move to Vegas.

Beyond that, it's a service industry town. There was 25%+ unemployment after the 2008 crash, plus housing prices plunged causing the most defaulted mortgages per capita in the US.

Their state government won't build a $1 billion dollar stadium and I can't see how they could possibly fill a 70,000 seat stadium on a consistent bases, let alone pay for PSL's.

This is a complete non-starter.
Private/public partnership with two big hitters and UNLV.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...e-to-las-vegas
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Adelson’s plan would put a 65,000-seat domed stadium on 42 acres of land north of McCarran International Airport and east of the city’s famous Strip. UNLV’s football team plays in the smaller Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, further east of the Strip.

The new stadium could be financed with a combination of public and private money, Reese said. It could include Adelson’s personal money as well as financing secured by hotel taxes, he said. Sands and the university are working with Majestic Realty Co.’s Ed Roski, who had previously sought an NFL team for land he owns east of Los Angeles.
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Old 01-29-2016, 01:00 PM   #35
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The nfl doesn't acknowledge vegas exists. They aren't moving there
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Old 01-29-2016, 01:11 PM   #36
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Private/public partnership with two big hitters and UNLV.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...e-to-las-vegas
So Mark Davis would continue to be a welfare recipient.

How embarrassing.
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Old 01-29-2016, 01:14 PM   #37
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Agreed.

Plus, Las Vegas may have the most fragile economy in the United States because it exists solely on tourism.

9/11 was disastrous for Vegas, with the 2008 economy and housing crashes maybe even worse.
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Old 01-29-2016, 01:16 PM   #38
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Agreed.

Plus, Las Vegas may have the most fragile economy in the United States because it exists solely on tourism.

9/11 was disastrous for Vegas, with the 2008 economy and housing crashes maybe even worse.
This. Paper thin economy and suites filled with Casino executives is not a good look.
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Old 01-29-2016, 01:18 PM   #39
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This. Paper thin economy and suites filled with Casino executives is not a good look.
Plus, there's no way it gets 24 votes. I'd be surprised if they even got two (one vote by Mark Davis, of course).

The NFL has enough off the field problems to contend with each year.

Could you imagine 10 games a year played in Vegas? Young wealthy guys with a night on their own with all of the strip clubs and high stakes poker games, not to mention the prostitution?

The Dallas Cowboys wouldn't be able to field a team on Sunday.
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So Mark Davis would continue to be a welfare recipient.

How embarrassing.
why not all the fans are
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San Diego fills the stadium with opposing team's fans so I am sure Las Vegas could do even better.
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San Diego fills the stadium with opposing team's fans so I am sure Las Vegas could do even better.
There's a lot more money in San Diego and Orange County than Clark County.
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There's a lot more money in San Diego and Orange County than Clark County.
Yeah I am doubtful the city itself could support a team. I do think the honeymoon period would be huge though with out of town fans making a weekend of it and filling the stadium (assuming they wake up before kickoff).
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It won't happen, but it would really screw up betting on the NFL if it did.
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