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Are the Raiders coming?

Discussion in 'Las Vegas' started by TheMayor, Aug 25, 2016.

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How do you feel about the Raiders moving to LV

  1. Yes! Get it done already!

  2. No! Let them stay in Oakland!

  3. Meh!

  4. Who are the "Raiders"?

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  1. TheMayor

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    Good idea or bad idea or you don't care.
     
  2. tomc

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    Good idea. They can't seem to negotiate a good deal with Oakland. They'd add some pizzazz to Vegas and vice versa...T
     
  3. TeamF1Jr

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    While I've had my 2nd home in Vegas for 35 years, my original home base is Cleveland. For damn sure I want the Raiders, I'm dying watching the Browns.
     
  4. AndrewG2

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    Unfortunately with the Raiders comes there fans. Any team but the Raiders.
     
  5. Spdrcrj

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    +1

    If the Raiders come to town, I'm buying more ammo. Like I need an excuse anyway. lol
     
  6. Steelton Keith

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    Bob, as this happens it will be interesting to see how Raiders ownership deals with season tickets. The guys who don't want all the current Oakland fans/people invading (they do anyway every weekend of course, just not for football) may get a break if Oakland owners do not offer special incentives, or priority for existing season ticket holders. If they go the seat license route, it's all about fans and businesses with deeper pockets. You've got to think part of the arrangement with Nevada/Clark County is a sizeable allocation of season tickets for locals, politicians, and so on.
     
  7. TrojanFan

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    Love to see the Raiders in Vegas since we are not getting them back in LA anytime soon.

    What more fitting team that the Raiders to represent Vegas? The pirate theme fits right in with the casinos as they empty my wallet every time I'm there. No quarter asked - none given.
     
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  8. TeamF1Jr

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    For those that know the Raiders fans, educate me. I get the impression the stadium is 1/3 gang members the way people talk. What's the skinny, is it really that bad?
     
  9. ricksb

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    If Vegas kicks in $750mm in public tax dollars, it will be the L.V. Raiders. Davis wants public dollars for the stadium so that he reduces sharing revenues. Total cost is $1.2b, so Davis & Sands Hotel will put up $500mm. He wants a sweetheart deal and Vegas may be willing to give it to him.
     
  10. Spdrcrj

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    I hope they let the residence of LV to vote on the use of tax payer dollars to fund this. My vote would be no.
     
  11. TheMayor

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    You understand that it's a 75 cents tax room increase to the existing $12.90 cent daily room tax, that the county will own the stadium even though "we" (aka guests) pay only 1/3 of it, and that it will bring in thousands of people to LV during the weak convention and holiday period, correct?

    And that a lot of these people will be staying an extra night and leave on Monday instead of Sunday as most tourists do

    And that does not count the increase in media and PR and the local charity programs the Raiders and NFL would bring.

    You're literally getting a brand new stadium built in a dusty piece of land that was foreclosed on in 2008 for 1/3 the price and paid for by people coming to the city to have a good time

    I don't understand the "no public money" crowd when they are all for using public money to expand and improve the Convention center. This doesn't help the hotels and casinos by using "public money"?
     
  12. tomc

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    The stories I read said the new stadium would be south of Mandalay Bay, one site directly south, the other west of i15. A stadium on The Strip would be epic!
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    This was the reason why they picked this spot. Easy to get to from the hotels but also easy to get on the 15 and 215 from the stadium. The other area they were looking at had problems with the FAA.

    The MGM T-Mobile arena causes a nightmare on the strip. This is bigger but it's a lot easier to disperse people faster away by heading south instead of north.

    Thank heavens they didn't pick Cashman Field. I couldn't think of a worst spot.
     
  15. joker57676

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    I don't know. I agree location is great theoretically, but only having one small exit and some smaller surface roads really won't be adequate I don't think. One or more (large) new exits that flowed directly into the parking lots would have to be put in, IMO.



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    Hopefully they will lose the "Raiders" name.

    I don't know anything about this random logo I found online, but someone should spend the money to make it happen
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    Read the story about the name trademark. Even if they had not, Roger Goodell would have a cow if any team proposed the Gamblers nickname, which I think is a good reason to do it. 😀
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    I recently heard they are after 750MM in public funds to go toward the 1.9B project.
     
  20. darth550

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    Not gonna happen.

    Despite sucking for > a decade, Raiders jersey sales are #2 nationally, trailing only the Cowboys.
     
  21. TheMayor

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    Yes. Adelson and the Raiders are putting in 61% of the funding (500K from Davis)
     
  22. dsd

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    It wasn't clear to me if the stadium had a roof (retractable). What's the average temperature during football season?
     
  23. joker57676

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    Retractable roof (I believe). Regardless, UNLV plays in an outdoor stadium. Early season games are generally played at night.


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  24. darth550

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    I think its basically the same stadium they proposed in Carson, but with a roof now?
     
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    #25 joker57676, Aug 30, 2016
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