Only three months after the Las Vegas Raiders announced that Mike Newquist was the NFL team’s chief operating officer, Newquist is gone, LVSportsBiz.com has learned.
Newquist had worked as president of the touring shows division at Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group and also had event marketing and development experience at UFC before joining the Raiders.
Raiders team president Sandra Douglass Morgan had announced that Newquist was among four executive moves in early August.
With the move, Newquist might want to update his LinkIn profile:
The Raiders’ front office has seen several changes over the past two years with the team legal counsel, human resources director and now Newquist leaving. Even well-known local consultant Jeremy Aguero who was hired by the Raiders in 2021 as an executive before he left in 2022 before working as a consultant for the Oakland Athletics.
When Raiders owner Mark Davis announced the hiring of Morgan in July 2022, the local Las Vegas product who worked in both the public and private sectors acknowledged one of her charges was to create some stability in the front office after upheaval on the Raiders’ executive side.
Today the Raiders play with a new interim coach, Antonio Pierce, who was named by Davis to replace ousted former coach Josh McDaniels.
Newquist began his career in ticket sales with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mike received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lake Forest College.
The Raiders have not discussed what led to Newquist’s departure.