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.
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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.
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