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Post by Vegas on Aug 9, 2016 4:14:56 GMT -5
Raiders owner Mark Davis has vowed to move the Raiders here to Las Vegas if the city agrees to fund the construction of a new stadium (of which the Raiders have pledged to contribute at least $500 million.)
It sounds like a stadium funding plan is indeed going to pass with a 1% increase on hotel room taxes (that way mostly the tourists instead of the locals pay for it) and there are currently at least 5 different sites being debated for the stadium.
Do you think the Raiders are indeed going to move here to Las Vegas?
(for the record, my main team will always be the Seahawks and I want the stadium more than I want the Raiders as it would put us in a rotation for things like Super Bowls and Wrestlemanias and make UNLV football actually relevant for the first time since the 1980s- but if the Raiders indeed move here they will automatically become my 2nd favorite team and I would also cheer for the Raiders except for when they play the Seahawks.)
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Post by Tournament Master on Aug 9, 2016 9:43:03 GMT -5
Good thing its an AFC team, so you aren't overly conflicted Vegas.
I think it would be a fantastic move to have the Raiders in Vegas. A huge draw for the NFL and a great location for a future Super Bowl. The NFL has turned into a destination sport in recent years given the few number of games and the large number of fans will to travel to see their team on the road. Vegas is an awesome destination city for that. Plus a ton of Raiders fans out there, so home games can still have somewhat of a home feel to them.
I really hope this happens for many reasons!
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Post by aceldamas on Aug 9, 2016 9:51:57 GMT -5
It's looking more and more like this is going to happen. As a lifelong Raiders fan this is going to be weird. I'll have to come down and go to a game with you!
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Post by DK II on Aug 10, 2016 19:08:00 GMT -5
As I said in a previous post, the Raiders (and the NFL) would be out of their minds to not make this move. Football in Vegas will work...the local advertising money will be crazy, and even with the Rams back in LA, there are Raiders fans there who will make that drive (they already do it to San Diego and Oakland, so travelling to Las Vegas won't make much difference, if anything it will be a welcome trip...it is VEGAS after all.)
Make the Move Mark...Make the MOVE! LAS VEGAS WILL BE SILVER & BLACK RAIDER NATION ALL OVER, BABY!!!
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Post by Vegas on Sept 15, 2016 22:02:46 GMT -5
Some great news today as the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee UNANIMOUSLY recommended on Thursday sending the $1.9 billion proposal, that includes everything the Sands and the Raiders wanted, to Gov. Brian Sandoval for his consideration.
Sandoval's approval is expected to be yes as he recently said: “Nevada has served as the standard bearer for global tourism, gaming, and conventions for decades. In order to remain the top destination, we must explore potential opportunities and push forward to lead this international industry into the next generation of travel and tourism. I am hopeful the work completed by this committee will serve as a roadmap to Southern Nevada’s unrivaled and continued success.”
Next, Sandoval has to call a special session the state legislature to approve the 1% hotel room tax increase to fund the stadium and then 24 of the 32 NFL owners would have to vote (hopefully at their next meeting in January) yes to approve the Raiders moving here.
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Post by Vegas on Sept 23, 2016 1:03:45 GMT -5
update: Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (who 2 days ago spent 90 minutes in a private meeting with Mark Davis and believes Davis is sincere in wanting to move the Raiders to Las Vegas) has received and reviewed the $1.9 billion stadium project proposal that the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee UNANIMOUSLY recommended and will call a special session of the legislature to vote on it.
next two final steps:
1) 2/3 of the legislature has to approve of it (the LVRJ contacted 27 of 58 of of the legislature- the majority said they are undecided but only 1 said already no.)
2) if the legislature as expected approve then Mark Davis has to get permission from the NFL owners at their January meeting to agree
3) if 1 and 2 above both get enough yes votes then Las Vegas gets that $1.9 billion stadium and the Raiders move here
Sandoval will meet with legislative leaders on Las Vegas stadium proposal
CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval will meet with legislative leaders next week in preparation for a special session of the Legislature to consider room tax increases to fund an NFL stadium for the Oakland Raiders and improve the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The two-term Republican governor, speaking Thursday with the Review-Journal, said he’s convinced the projects present an opportunity for Nevada to accentuate its standing as a global entertainment, convention and tourism destination.
Sandoval late Wednesday accepted the recommendations of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee and said he will convene a special session sometime between Oct. 7 and Oct. 13 to consider the proposals.
The governor met with Raiders owner Mark Davis on Tuesday at his office in Carson City, where the two spoke for about 90 minutes.
“Prior to calling a special session it was important for me to meet with him eye-to-eye and ask him specifically his intent with regard to the Raiders coming to Las Vegas if this were to be approved,” Sandoval said.
“I believe he is resolute in his intent to bring the Raiders to Las Vegas,” the governor said.
Sandoval said that while he has had informal conversations with some lawmakers, “I’m not polling legislators.”
The Review-Journal reached out to all 58 sitting legislators about the proposal on Monday and Tuesday. Of the 27 who responded, more than half said they are still gathering information and have not decided how they might vote. One lawmaker declared opposition.
Sandoval also said he has asked Steve Hill, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development who chaired the infrastructure committee, to brief legislative caucuses at their request and answer questions.
The proposed legislation would increase Clark County’s room tax rate to raise $750 million to finance general obligation bonds for the domed, 65,000-seat stadium. The deal would require the family of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson, Majestic Realty and the NFL’s Oakland Raiders to pay the remainder of the construction costs for the stadium, along with any cost overruns.
Adelson has pledged to contribute at least $650 million, while the Raiders would pay $500 million.
The proposal would increase Clark County’s room tax by 0.88 percentage points along the main casino corridor and 0.5 percentage points in outlying areas. The current rate is 10 percent to 12 percent, depending on location and type of lodging facility.
The stadium would also be used by UNLV’s football team.
If the Raiders back out or NFL owners don’t approve the team’s move when they meet early next year, the room tax increase would be scaled back to finance a smaller, 40,000-seat stadium for UNLV, provided $200 million in private donations is raised.
“It’s not just the Raiders,” Sandoval said. Besides providing a new home for UNLV football, a stadium would provide a venue for large concerts and other events, he said.
As legislators prepare to debate the stadium proposal, two recent polls give conflicting views of public opinion on the issue.
A poll by Washington-based WPA Research said 62 percent of likely voters support building a stadium financed in part by an increase in the room tax, while 26 percent opposed it. Twelve percent were undecided.
The survey, which was paid for by Adelson, interviewed 500 likely voters on Sept. 12 and 13. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
Meanwhile, a KTNV-TV/Rasmussen Reports poll found 52 percent of Nevada voters oppose raising hotel room taxes to pay for a stadium. It said 32 percent favored the idea and 14 percent were undecided.
The poll of 800 likely voters was conducted between Sept. 16 and 18 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Legislators will also consider a 0.5 percentage point increase in the county’s lodging tax to help finance a $1.4 billion expansion and upgrades to the Las Vegas Convention Center.
“The convention center, that is incredibly important to the future of tourism and hospitality in Southern Nevada,” Sandoval said.
A third measure, called the Clark County Crime Prevention Act of 2016, would authorize the County Commission to increase the sales tax rate by 0.1 of a percentage point to fund more police officers. The tax would generate an estimated $40 million annually countywide.
About 20 percent, or $8 million, would go to the Metropolitan Police Department to hire more officers for the Strip resort corridor. The stadium recommendation also includes annual funding of $4 million for law enforcement, bringing the total to about $12 million, enough to fund 90 additional officers for the resort area.
The rest of the sales tax increase would be distributed to other police agencies within the county.
Sandoval said he has not been approached about adding other measures to the agenda for the special session and he is not entertaining any outside proposals.
This will be the third special session Sandoval has called in as many years for lawmakers to approve economic development projects, which have been a priority for his administration.
In 2014 the Legislature approved a $1.3 billion tax incentive package to lure Tesla to Northern Nevada, where it is building a $5 billion lithium-ion battery factory in concert with Panasonic Corp.
In December, lawmakers were called to Carson City to approve $217 million in tax breaks for Faraday Future, which is building a $1 billion electric car manufacturing plant in Southern Nevada.
“I look at it as opportunities,” Sandoval said. “We are investing in our state. We have invested in both the north and the south.”
The upcoming session “is an opportunity to invest in our core industry, which is tourism.”
Next month’s special session will the 30th of the Nevada Legislature in its 152-year history.
Governor Brian Sandoval endorsing the plan to build the stadium:
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Post by Vegas on Oct 6, 2016 23:20:30 GMT -5
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval has announced a special session of the state legislature to convene starting next Monday to decide on increasing the hotel room tax to build the stadium for the Raiders. The special session is only expected to last 1-2 days, so we should know by this time next week if the stadium is going to be built (pending approval of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas by the NFL owners at their meeting in January.)
If the special session approves the stadium but the Raiders don't move here for some reason, then the new tax will be used to build a smaller new stadium for UNLV football.
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Post by Vegas on Oct 10, 2016 1:43:22 GMT -5
the legislature meets tomorrow! lets get this done!
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Post by Vegas on Oct 11, 2016 1:32:35 GMT -5
the special session of the legislature spent today discussing the stadium plan, a final decision is expected before the end of the week (and I really think it is going to be a yes.)
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Post by Vegas on Jan 19, 2017 16:02:05 GMT -5
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