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Edmonton influx shows how visiting fans can influence pro sports in Las Vegas

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018

Shirley, you can’t be serious — how cold did you say it was when you took off from Edmonton to watch some hockey in Las Vegas? “It was minus-30 when we left,” Shirley Hall said. “We had plane trouble because the steering on the front nose cone was frozen, so they had to thaw us out before we could leave town.” Hall and her husband, Winston, joined ...

Don’t bet on a Golden Knights name change in trademark case

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018

Even though the Army is opposing the Golden Knights trademark, don’t sell those Vegas jerseys just yet. No matter the ultimate outcome of the dispute, trademark attorneys agree there is little likelihood of the Golden Knights becoming the Black Knights or Sand Knights. Trademark attorney Patrick Jennings of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Washington, D.C., has ...

In their own words: What’s new with Raiders stadium and practice facility

Friday, Jan. 12, 2018

With most of their major agreements moving toward completion after a frenetic December, the Raiders enjoyed an uneventful two-hour meeting Thursday with the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board. The board pushed back a planned vote on its appointee to ...

Stadium authority, Raiders head toward the finish line on agreements

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018

As the Raiders build a new foundation in Las Vegas while hiring Jon Gruden to patch their cracks in Oakland, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority meets Thursday with significantly less intrigue looming than in previous sessions. The development deal with the county ...

UNLV, thanks to its $189K legal team, pleased with 'where we ended up' in talks with Raiders

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018

It’s an axiom of business: You have to spend money to make money. UNLV hopes it did that in spending big on outside lawyers to negotiate its stadium use deal with the Raiders ...

Raiders, Walters discuss Bali Hai for stadium parking

Team still looking at nearby golf course for cars, tailgating

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018

Despite a thicket of complicating factors, the team is negotiating with representatives of Bali Hai Golf Club lessee Billy Walters to take over his lease with Clark County so it can ...

The $6 million men: Raiders get big discount on Henderson land

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018

First, they persuaded Nevada legislators to commit the largest public subsidy in American history toward their new $1.9 billion stadium and practice facility. Now the Raiders persuaded the Henderson City Council to shave $6.05 million off the $12.1 market value of 55 acres of land to build that practice field and ...

Raiders buying land in Henderson for practice facility

Friday, Dec. 29, 2017

It appears the Raiders practice facility and executive offices will be located in Henderson, of course. Ben Stepman might never have dreamed of a professional football team in his city, but an item in front of the Henderson City Council next week will start the process of selling 55 acres of land near the executive airport to the Raiders to ...

UNLV scores big win with draft stadium agreement

Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017

UNLV’s most important football victory of 2017 took place well after its season ended. The university will retain significant control of major revenues on the days its ...

Agreement: Raiders will pay for pedestrian bridges, underpasses

Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017

The largest piece of the Raiders stadium development puzzle remains in question, but the proposed development agreement between the team and the county illuminates needed ...

Analysis: For Oakland Raiders, there's always next year — until there isn't

Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017

This bizarro Raiders season started in earnest in March, when NFL owners approved Oakland’s move to Las Vegas in 2020. Team executives now spend half the season in The Town, the other half at Town Square. It’s a team with ...

A new voice from an old friend kicks Raiders negotiations back into gear

Friday, Dec. 15, 2017

This stadium authority meeting did not start Thursday. It pretty much just continued from November’s icy gathering right through a much warmer 90 minutes at UNLV’s Foundations Building. The tensions of last month’s meeting prompted a frank session initiated by Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak, the de facto intermediary between Southern Nevada and the East Bay. More to the point ...

Deadlines again creep up on Raiders, stadium authority to finish project documents

Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017

Most of the outstanding agreements involving the board and the Raiders need to be wrapped up by February 2018, which already is an extended deadline from October ...

It’s not just a guy thing: Women leaders play a huge role in growth of Las Vegas Bowl

Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017

You might be surprised to know how many seats at college football bowl games are occupied by women. Their passion for the game is real, and female business leaders in Southern Nevada underscored that point by creating The Huddle, a group that works with the Las Vegas Bowl to showcase the area to visitors.

Zinke recommends shrinking Gold Butte National Monument

Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017

Designated for government protection less than a year ago, Gold Butte National Monument could shrink in size significantly at the recommendation of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
In a report issued Tuesday ...

Q+A: Butch Harmon on renovations at his Rio Secco Golf Club

Monday, Nov. 27, 2017

The capable hands of course architect Rees Jones and the trained eye of instructor Butch Harmon could steer most golf courses to success ...

In Raiders stadium deal, sides still split over workforce, business goals

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017

Public policy that relies on the kindness of private business tilts power away from the people appointed to use it in their interest. Welcome to the unenviable position of of the ...

Raiders break ground on future home while continuing long goodbye to old one

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017

“Through the whole process, it’s been a balancing act of trying to enjoy the fact that we’re going to be moving to Las Vegas, but not disrespecting the fans in Oakland,” Davis said. “They’re very, very dear to us and very important to us. So that’s been the toughest thing.”

Raiders break ground today on 65,000-seat stadium

Monday, Nov. 13, 2017

The Oakland Raiders will put the first shovels in the ground today on their $1.9 billion stadium project near the Strip, the next major step in the franchise’s long process of moving to Las Vegas. Seven months after receiving approval from NFL owners to relocate from California to Nevada, Raiders owner Mark Davis ...

Why Raiders, L.V. Stadium Authority are struggling with community benefits plan

Friday, Nov. 10, 2017

On an afternoon when Raiders President Marc Badain said the Super Bowl might be less than seven years away from arriving in Las Vegas, a tense discussion about the ...

Las Vegas aims to host Super Bowl, NFL Draft, FIFA World Cup

Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017

Marc Badain brought quite a bit of hope with him to today’s meeting of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board. The Raiders president laid out more specifics on ...

Could the GOP tax plan be a game changer for Raiders' Las Vegas stadium?

Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017

First, it would have to pass. Only after the Trump tax plan completes a run through the congressional gauntlet — a tossup possibility at best, according to experts — would the finances for the Raiders stadium in Las Vegas significantly change. A provision in the original version of the bill would prohibit the use of tax-exempt bonds to finance public stadium projects. Such bonds would make up the bulk of the $750 million in public funding approved by the Nevada Legislature in October 2016 to ...

Industry touchdown: At least in the short term, stadium construction promises work for local businesses

Monday, Oct. 23, 2017

Decades of study and debate over the economic benefits of taxpayer-funded stadiums often show a deep divide between what supporters promise and what balance sheets deliver. Less often doubted is the boost to ...

How the Route 91 attacks will change the Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon

Friday, Oct. 13, 2017

The organizers of the Las Vegas Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon operate out of San Diego, but the Oct. 1 massacre still carries deep personal meaning for them. Beyond the obvious need for logistical adjustments to next month’s marathon plans in the wake of ...

Howard Hughes Corp. to build Summerlin ballpark for 51s

Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017

Years of delays and doubts about the new ballpark sought by the Las Vegas 51s vanished today with the announcement of plans for a Downtown Summerlin stadium. Howard Hughes Corp. ...

Mets to end affiliation with 51s after next season

Monday, Oct. 9, 2017

By the time the Las Vegas 51s move into a new ballpark in Summerlin, they will have a new parent club in the big leagues. The Mets have reached a deal to buy ...

Gunman had stayed at high-rise overlooking another Las Vegas music festival

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017

The gunman in Sunday’s massacre at the Route 91 Harvest Festival near Mandalay Bay had stayed in a downtown high-rise in the days leading up to the Life is Beautiful festival in September. Stephen Paddock stayed in ...

Panels talk Raiders and the future of pro sports in Las Vegas

Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017

Imagine trying to explain last week’s panel discussions on the future of professional sports in Las Vegas even five years ago. Executives from the Raiders and ...

Raiders stadium community benefits deal comes to the fore

Friday, Sept. 15, 2017

Most of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority’s work slowed considerably by its own choice, but a key document under its watch moved closer to ...

Raiders could remain at Oakland stadium in 2019 after all

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017

The Raiders might not end up nomads in 2019 after all. Scott McKibben, executive director of Oakland’s stadium authority, said today he would be willing to negotiate a lease extension with the Raiders for the 2019 season and beyond at the Coliseum, if necessary. “I believe that ...

Lack of deadlines slowing pace of Raiders agreements in front of Stadium Authority

Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017

Months ago, Las Vegas Stadium Authority Chairman Steve Hill expected Thursday’s meeting to carry well into the evening as draft agreements came before the board for ...

First person: What that walk to Raiders stadium will be like

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017

To the roughly 20,000 people the Raiders expect to walk from the Strip to every home game: Never fear, because we tested out the sweaty hike Sunday afternoon, years before ...

The new anchors: In online shopping era, retail centers have increasingly turned to restaurants to boost traffic

Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

As major bricks-and-mortar retailers struggle in the e-commerce era, restaurants serve as new anchors for shopping centers searching for ways to lure customers inclined to let Amazon do the walking. Most will not ...

Delay with development agreement shouldn’t slow stadium construction

Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017

One of the most important agreements between the Raiders and the Las Vegas Stadium Authority will not be completed until next year, but the delay is not expected to ...

Ties grow between Raiders, Jerry Jones in Las Vegas stadium project

Monday, Aug. 28, 2017

The Raiders continue the gradual increase of their presence in Southern Nevada and it appears the events management company of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will play a major role. The involvement of Legends in the universe of the Las Vegas Raiders became known officially in a July 13 presentation to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board by Icon Revenue Group ...

FAQ on PSLs: How personal seat licenses for Raiders stadium will work

Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017

Do not expect to walk up to the box office at the new Las Vegas Raiders stadium and buy a ticket on any given Sunday. Even placing a season ticket deposit ...

The Raider Image goes public at two Southern Nevada retail shops

Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017

In two months, the Raiders will plant their next visible roots in the valley with the opening of official merchandise stores at the Galleria at Sunset mall and Town Square ...

Just how much will those Raiders seat licenses cost?

Friday, Aug. 18, 2017

Start filling up your piggy bank now to prepare for the day the bill comes due on your Las Vegas Raiders personal seat licenses. Thursday’s meeting of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board included ...

What’s missing from Raiders meeting agenda as important as what’s there

Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017

The two trickiest agreements left for the Las Vegas Stadium Authority to negotiate before the Raiders break ground later this year do not appear on Thursday’s board meeting agenda. Neither the UNLV joint-use agreement nor the community benefits agreement appear on a lengthy schedule for the board’s first gathering since mid-July. The UNLV document merited a brief status update at ...

Golden Knights trademark effort gets a win, but OT still needed

Friday, Aug. 11, 2017

The war continues, but the Vegas Golden Knights won the most important battle in their trademark fight with the federal government. ...

Social intelligence: How the Golden Knights are winning Twitter and Facebook

Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017

Dan Marrazza learned through many trials that the golden hour begins at 4 p.m. Monday. Outside Las Vegas, the magical time could occur on any weeknight after the family finishes dinner and retreats to their cellphones, or even on a Saturday morning while parents zone out as ...

Pro athletes won’t pay income tax in Nevada, but there’s a bigger picture

Monday, Aug. 7, 2017

The arrival of the Vegas Golden Knights this year and the Raiders in three years will excite local sports fans, but the players might feel equally giddy about the prospect of calling Nevada home. As one of seven states that does not tax personal income, Nevada offers ...

No Raiders stadium jobs yet available despite ongoing flap over activists' misleading flyer

Friday, Aug. 4, 2017

An organizer for the group that drew people to July’s Las Vegas Stadium Authority meeting with a flyer advertising jobs admitted Thursday the ad was “a little misleading” but defended its intent ...

Oakland officials seeking nearly $1M in unpaid parking fees from Raiders

Friday, Aug. 4, 2017

In NFL terms, the Raiders could owe their California landlord roughly the cost of just two rookie salaries in unpaid parking fees. Yet to the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority, the overdue $920,000 represents a significant default worth a potential legal battle if the sides cannot settle ...

Group that lured job seekers to Raiders meeting with misleading flyer returns with new advertisement

Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017

The community group that attracted people seeking employment to a recent Raiders stadium planning meeting with a misleading flyer promising jobs produced a ...

UNLV hires powerful N.Y. sports law firm after receiving Raiders stadium proposal

Friday, July 21, 2017

Despite publicly saying they see “no hurdles” in dealing with the Raiders, UNLV officials hired a lawyer versed in knocking them down after seeing the team’s first offer. UNLV responded to the ...

Post Faraday, North Las Vegas relies on rapid industrial growth

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Beset by damaging economic news in recent weeks, North Las Vegas can find comfort in its continuing industrial real estate boom. The announcement by embattled carmaker Faraday Future that ...

Activist's bogus stadium job claim leaves hundreds frustrated outside Raiders meeting

Friday, July 14, 2017

False hope of work on the new Raiders stadium drew hundreds of people from some of the valley’s poorest neighborhoods downtown Thursday afternoon, only ...

Hundreds seeking work at Raiders stadium tricked by phony flyer, force meeting delay

Thursday, July 13, 2017

A misleading flyer circulated by longtime local community activist Stanley Washington attracted hundreds of people to Thursday’s Las Vegas Stadium Authority board meeting in ...

UNLV parking lots, luxury suites among major issues before Raiders stadium board

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

As the clock ticks steadily toward an October deadline for completing a dozen agreements, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board meets Thursday with a lengthy agenda largely focused on discussion and review. Central among meeting issues are how the Raiders will share their new building with UNLV and how to craft a community benefits package from the team that best serves ...