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Cost Of Raiders Stadium In Las Vegas Rises To $1.9 billion

Jul 20, 2019

Officials have raised the budget to $1.9 billion for the 65,000-seat Las Vegas Stadium being built for the NFL's relocated Raiders and UNLV football.

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AEG Facilities To Manage Las Vegas Stadium Opening In 2020

Jun 27, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A division of live-entertainment company AEG says it will manage a 65,000-seat Las Vegas Stadium being built for the NFL's relocated Raiders and UNLV football.

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NV GOP Governor Hopeful Schwartz Would Cut Raider Stadium Money

Apr 14, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada State Treasurer Dan Schwartz says if he's elected governor he'll try to eliminate the $750 million hotel-room tax in Clark County that's earmarked to help pay for the Raiders' new NFL stadium in Las Vegas.

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Regents Approve Agreement For UNLV Use Of Raiders Stadium

Jan 20, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's Board of Regents has approved a joint-use agreement that will allow the UNLV football team to use the $1.9 billion stadium planned for the Oakland Raiders when the NFL team moves to Las Vegas in 2020.

The board approved the measure Friday on an 11-1 vote.
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UNLV, Raiders Reach Agreement On Upcoming Football Stadium

Dec 29, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest stadium draft agreement between the Raiders and UNLV will allow the university to keep significant control of major revenue on the days it plays at the upcoming billion-dollar football stadium.

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Vegas-Area Transit Officials Eye Game-Day Stadium Scenarios

Dec 27, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Transit planners are beginning to study ways to get traffic to-and-from a 65,000-seat domed stadium when it's completed near the Las Vegas Strip.

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Raiders Get OK For Las Vegas Stadium Construction Permits

Sep 07, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Oakland Raiders are one step closer to being able to start building their proposed stadium in Las Vegas.

Local officials on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a series of permits required for the proposed 65,000-seat stadium.

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Flood Control Channel Review Might Delay Stadium Construction

Sep 01, 2017

Las Vegas’s NFL stadium is already facing a potential construction delay because of a flood control culvert that runs underneath the land where the stadium will be built,

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Heat Intensifies On Raiders, Stadium Authority Lease Agreement

May 11, 2017

NFL owners have set a May 23 soft deadline for the Raiders and the Las Vegas Stadium Authority to approve a lease negotiation to construct and open a 65,000-seat domed stadium.

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Raiders Purchase 62-Acre Stadium Site

May 01, 2017

The Oakland Raiders have closed on the purchase of 62 acres west of the Mandalay Bay resort, which lays another brick in the path for the team to relocate to Las Vegas in time for the 2020 NFL season.

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Stadium Authority Meets Today, Considers Raiders Lease Agreement

Apr 20, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The entity overseeing a proposed Las Vegas NFL stadium is set to meet for the first time since league owners approved the relocation of the Oakland Raiders to the nation's gambling mecca.

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Tax Increase Yields $4.6M For Las Vegas Stadium In First Month

Apr 19, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Taxpayers contributed more than $4.6 million for an NFL stadium in Las Vegas during March, when an increase on area hotel taxes went into effect to cover the state's share of the project.

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Las Vegas Stadium Clips Taxpayers, Oklahoma Congressman Contends

Apr 10, 2017

An Oklahoma congressman wants to close a tax loophole used to finance stadium projects like the one planned for Las Vegas, saying it’s a handout to wealthy team owners and sports leagues and takes

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Raiders Owner Mark Davis Calls Vegas Move ‘Bittersweet’

Apr 04, 2017

Raiders owner Mark Davis says he did everything he could to try to keep his team in Oakland and is not able to celebrate the upcoming move to Las Vegas because he's "bittersweet" about leaving the East Bay fans.

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Vegas-Area Cities Approve Hotel Tax Hikes

Jan 06, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson have approved hotel room tax hikes to help pay for a $1.4 billion renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center and a new stadium to lure the NFL's Raiders to Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas Stadium Deal Passes First Hurdle

Oct 12, 2016

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A bill to raise hotel taxes to fund an NFL stadium and a convention center expansion has crossed its first hurdle in the Nevada Legislature.

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Las Vegas Casino Execs Back Stadium For Raiders

Oct 11, 2016

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Casino executives from Wynn Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International are urging Nevada lawmakers to support a convention center expansion and a Las Vegas stadium plan backed by one of their competitors.

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County Commissions To Appoint New Lawmakers Next Week

Sep 22, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — County commissioners are set to meet next week to fill vacancies in the Legislature before an expected special session.

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Nevada Gov. Sandoval Signals Support For Las Vegas Stadium

Sep 22, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gov. Brian Sandoval says he plans to call Nevada lawmakers into session early next month to consider raising hotel taxes in the Las Vegas area to help build an NFL stadium.

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Goodell: 'A Lot Of Work To Be Done' Before NFL Approves Las Vegas

Sep 19, 2016

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Commissioner Roger Goodell says there is "still a lot of work to be done" before the NFL considers Las Vegas as a possible destination for a franchise.

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Panel Could Vote Thursday On Las Vegas NFL Stadium Plan

Sep 15, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An oversight committee could vote soon on whether to recommend putting $750 million in public money toward an NFL stadium for the Raiders in Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas Stadium Backers Don't Want Profit-Sharing

Sep 09, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Proponents of an NFL stadium in Las Vegas aren't budging on their request for $750 million in hotel tax dollars and don't want to return any profits to the public.

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Las Vegas Stadium Backers To Give Update On Site Search

Aug 25, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Developers who wanted to zero in on one or two finalist sites for a potential Las Vegas stadium are giving a progress report.

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Reid Supports Stadium, Raiders' Coming To Las Vegas

Aug 24, 2016

U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D) - NV weighed in on the stadium plan now under review by the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee.

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Las Vegas Stadium Talks Continue As Deadline For Plan Looms

Jul 11, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A committee that's developing plans for an NFL-grade stadium in Las Vegas is meeting again a few weeks before it's due to send detailed recommendations to the governor.

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