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Raiders Schedule Reveal Pokes Fun At Chargers, Chiefs Among Others; Includes Cameos By Tom Brady, Penn and Teller

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 Alan Snel Jackson Powers-Johnson, Jim Plunkett, Marcus Allen, Penn and Teller, Penn Jillette, Pete Carroll, Tom Brady

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Raiders Game Day: Preseason Opener For Raiders Results In Romp Over San Francisco 49ers Sunday; Attendance Announced At 61,985

August 13, 2023August 13, 2023 Alan Snel Aiden O'Connell, Charles Woodson, Jim Otto, Jim Plunkett, Marcus Allen, Mark Davis, Ted Hendricks, Zamir White

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Raiders are back. And the Raiders are looking back as they look

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Raiders Pick Edge Rusher Tyree Wilson of Texas Tech With NFL’s Seventh Overall Pick; Raiders Stage Draft Party At Cosmo

April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 Alan Snel Fred Biletnikoff, Jim Plunkett, Marcus Allen, Tyree Wilson

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It's official -- Las Vegas Raiders is the name.

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Official Las Vegas Raiders Merchandise Goes On Sale When NFL Draft Hits Las Vegas April 23-25; Team Officially Declared Las Vegas Raiders Wednesday

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Jim Plunkett, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s not every day the governor of your state visits your city for a big

Raiders President Marc Badain standing in front of team headquarters rendering at a groundbreaking event Monday in Henderson.

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Raiders Officially Plant Headquarters Roots in Henderson with Groundbreaking for $75 Million Training Center

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Jim Plunkett, Jonas Peterson, Marc Badain

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com When you’re the Second City in a market with the name recognition of Las Vegas

The groundbreaking for the Fertitta football complex on the UNLV campus is 2 p.m. Tuesday but not open to the public.

51s Aviators Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena UNLV

After Decades of Sports Construction Dormancy, Las Vegas Market Bullish on New Sports Buildings

January 22, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bill Walton, Desiree Reed-Francois, Fertitta Family, Floyd Mayweather, Howie Long, Jim Plunkett, Len Jessup, Rebecca Fountain, Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Hardly a month or two passes without a sports construction groundbreaking in the red-hot Las

July 5, 2021

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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president Marc Badain

LVCVA spends $8.25 million on A’s sponsorship

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

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