Parking, Shparking, Who Needs Parking at Raiders Bowl as County Approves Stadium Land Use Permit

By ALAN SNEL   The Steve Sisolak Stadium News Service delivered another Raiders stadium blockbuster today when the county commission chairman tweeted out -- surprise, surprise -- "The @RAIDERS stadium has been unanimously approved!"   Well, technically, the Clark County commissioners approved a land use permit and waivers for the Raiders to build their $1.8 billion domed stadium even though the 65,00-seat palatial venue project lacks only 13,000 parking spaces as required by county code.     Did you expect anything else when southern Nevada is dealing with the Raiders?   "Vote keeps project on track for groundbreaking in late 2017," the Clark County Twitter account informed the masses.   Parking, shparking, who needs parking whe
Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.