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Old 01-28-2016, 09:34 PM  
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14...ng-leaked-memo

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, 03:55 PM   #46
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How so?
It would eliminate most of the future's betting. You can't bet for or against a team in Nevada. So even if you put 50 dollars on the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, it would be considered a bet against a Nevada team so you wouldn't be able to place the bet.
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Old 01-29-2016, 04:00 PM   #47
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It would eliminate most of the future's betting. You can't bet for or against a team in Nevada. So even if you put 50 dollars on the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, it would be considered a bet against a Nevada team so you wouldn't be able to place the bet.
Never knew that. Thanks for explaining.
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Old 01-29-2016, 04:25 PM   #48
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It would eliminate most of the future's betting. You can't bet for or against a team in Nevada. So even if you put 50 dollars on the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, it would be considered a bet against a Nevada team so you wouldn't be able to place the bet.
They take futures bets in college basketball and manage to justify that's not a bet against UNLV. I am going to guess they also have futures bets for the Mountain West.
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Old 01-29-2016, 04:31 PM   #49
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It will never happen.

The NBA won't even touch Vegas anymore thanks to all the crap that went down over the 2007 All Star game weekend
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Old 01-29-2016, 05:24 PM   #50
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I think NBA would be an infinitely better fit. Too many ppl hate the Raiders. Lots of ppl all around the country would love to fall in love with an LV team, but not the raiders. If the NBA got a team there, they would automatically be my squad
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Old 01-29-2016, 05:34 PM   #51
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FYI Raiders have their games on radio in Vegas and preseason games on Vegas TV.
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Old 01-29-2016, 05:46 PM   #52
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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.
I'm hearing that people in league circles believe that is all bullshit.
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I think NBA would be an infinitely better fit. Too many ppl hate the Raiders. Lots of ppl all around the country would love to fall in love with an LV team, but not the raiders. If the NBA got a team there, they would automatically be my squad
Probably even a worse fit.

See: 2007 NBA All Star weekend in Vegas
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I'm hearing that people in league circles believe that is all bullshit.
Not surprising.

And as I've mentioned in this thread, there isn't a chance in hell that 2 owners, let alone 24, approve an NFL team moving to Vegas.

Those billionaires are much, much smarter than that.
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Probably even a worse fit.

See: 2007 NBA All Star weekend in Vegas
Could you imagine 41+ NBA games in Vegas each year?

The league would need to contract teams because too many players would be unavailable.
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Could you imagine 41+ NBA games in Vegas each year?

The league would need to contract teams because too many players would be unavailable.
Courtside would be all hookers and dealers. I say do it.
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Not surprising.

And as I've mentioned in this thread, there isn't a chance in hell that 2 owners, let alone 24, approve an NFL team moving to Vegas.

Those billionaires are much, much smarter than that.
Yeah talked to him today and he laughed his ass off over Vegas. Said Stan has enough money it doesn't matter but Davis isn't even close to that guy.
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Could you imagine 41+ NBA games in Vegas each year?

The league would need to contract teams because too many players would be unavailable.
It would be so awesome.
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ESPN just reported that the Chargers are staying put now. What the hell? Guess Raiders to LA is still an option.
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ESPN just reported that the Chargers are staying put now. What the hell? Guess Raiders to LA is still an option.
Los Angeles doesn't want the Raiders. The business leaders will block it.

I seriously doubt that Kroenke wants them either.
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