Raiders President Marc Badain talks with stadium board chairman Steve Hill before the stadium meeting today. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

9 Takeaways from Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Board Meeting Thursday

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Raiders/Las Vegas stadium board met Thursday afternoon and here are nine things you should know from the session. The site for the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium is on the west side of Interstate 15, bounded by Polaris Avenue and Russell Road.   *   Las Vegas is one of five finalists to host a 2019 or 2020 NFL Draft event, Raiders President Marc Badain told the stadium board. Badain also gave a summary of the construction work so far. By the way, other draft host finalists are Denver, Kansas City, Tennessee and Cleveland/Canton.     *   2. Communit
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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.