New Pierce Training Camp Rules: Practice In Evenings For Raiders This Week


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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer 

They strolled in to the media room to answer questions starting at 5:10PM Wednesday.

First, it was Maxx Crosby, wearing his 98 black Raiders jersey.

Then, Davante Adams, the Raiders’ star receiver who just welcomed a newborn.

Adams

Finally, it was Tre Tucker, a receiver poised to take the next step as a major receiving target for the Raiders’ quarterback, whether it be Gardner Minshew or Aidan O’Connell.

After practicing at a sports complex in Costa Mesa in metro Los Angeles, the Raiders are back in Henderson at their headquarters near the Henderson’s executive airport not too far from Saint Rose Parkway in the south Vegas area.

On Tuesday, they prepped for an evening practice.

It’s part of coach Antonio Pierce’s new management style.

As the permanent head coach, Pierce is now imposing his own way of doing things.

This might be the National Football League, but it’s a business like any other and 32 businesses are competing to be the best in its industry.

The Raiders are putting their product in front of their customers — or fans — on Wednesday at their showcase venue. Doors open at 4:30 PM for fans to enter Allegiant Stadium before the Raiders practice commences at 6 PM inside the domed NFL venue across the interstate from Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.

 


 

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.