Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

Raiders in state of flux until NFL makes call

Raiders Stadium Rendering

Courtesy of MANICA Architechture

An artist’s illustration of a stadium on Russell Road and Las Vegas Boulevard was revealed during a Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee meeting at UNLV Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016.

The clear and relentless theme for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s state of the city address Friday evening was moonshots, a concept she described to a rapt audience as “a big, audacious goal.”

During her address the mayor spotlighted reductions in crime, touted public-private partnerships and celebrated anecdotal academic and entrepreneurial success stories. She did not speak of the vote by Nevada legislators earlier Friday that could pave the way for a $1.9 billion stadium in Las Vegas to house the Raiders.

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