Got A Raiders Stadium Question? Team Execs Are Not Talking, So Ask the Stadium Board’s Dr. Data
By ALAN SNEL
Are you trying to figure out how an NFL stadium project in Las Vegas can cost $1.9 billion when others around the country come in slightly north of $1 billion?
Or, are you wondering how much public money (principal plus interest) will actually have to be raised during the next three decades to pay off a $750 million public subsidy that is being gifted by the public to the Oakland Raiders so that they can build their palatial NFL palace in Sin City?
Or are you curious about how much authority does the Las Vegas Stadium Authority actually have over the Raiders under the state bill that is enabling the NFL team to build its stadium (thanks to your public dollars) on 62 acres along Polaris Avenue at Russell Road and I-15?
Don’t bother asking the Oakland Raiders and their execs. You, the public, will likely not get many answers. In fact, at the last stadium authority board meeting on June 8, nobody from the Raiders was even there. And when LVSportsBiz.com reach