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March 28, 2024

Las Vegas Raiders stadium coverage

  • San Francisco 49ers fan Eddie Melesio, of San Juan Bautista, Calif. poses in a photo frame before Super Bowl 58 at Allegiant Stadium Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas.
    For fans of 49ers, Chiefs, a trip to the Super Bowl is just the ticket
    This was Tricia Johnson’s first Super Bowl. She almost went to Super Bowl 54 in Miami, when the 49ers played the Chiefs, but she felt with the incoming pandemic that it would be best to not test those waters. She wasn’t going to miss this chance to watch her favorite player, Purdy, who fell just short in his attempt to shock the world.
  • Super Bowl LVIII signage and displays are projected onto Caesars Palace, Bellagio fountain and all around the Las Vegas strip, Wednesday, February 3, 2024.
    Exposure associated with Super Bowl only enhances Las Vegas’ image
    Today's matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will be broadcast in nearly 200 countries, bringing unprecedented attention to Las Vegas, said Steve Hill ...
  • Eric McLoughlin, deputy special agent in charge at the Department of Homeland Security, displays stitching on the inside of an authentic NFL jersey, top, and a counterfeit jersey during a news conference at Mandalay Bay Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. The authentic jersey has flatter numbers with high-quality stitching. The fake jersey has more raised numbers with low-quality stitching, he said.
    Ugly side of the big game: Counterfeit NFL merchandise and tickets
    “Our message to NFL fans today is simple: Watch out for criminals who are looking to scam consumers and illegally profit off the popularity of the NFL, your favorite team and the Super Bowl,” said Bonnie Jarrett, senior legal counsel at the NFL.
  • Mayor Carolyn Goodman speaks during a State of the City address at Las Vegas City Hall, downtown, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.
    Las Vegas mayor's comments on keeping A's in Oakland riles social media
    Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman — known for going viral a time or two — was a popular topic on the web today following an interview saying she hoped the Oakland Athletics could organize a deal to remain in the Bay Area ...
  • Workers prepare Allegiant Stadium ahead of the Super Bowl, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Las Vegas.
    Allegiant Stadium's roll-out field, space station look to be center stage during Super Bowl in Las Vegas
    Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis called his new home the Death Star in 2020 — and the name stuck. Allegiant Stadium, with its black facade, in fact resembles the ominous space station from the “Star Wars” movie franchise that ...
  • This rendering provided by the Oakland Athletics on May 26, 2023, shows a view of their proposed new ballpark at the Tropicana site in Las Vegas.
    Teachers group plans lawsuit to block Las Vegas stadium funding
    A political action committee backed by the state’s largest teachers union said Tuesday it is intending to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the $380 million taxpayer-funded spending bill that will go toward building a Major League Baseball stadium ...
  • The Oakland Coliseum, home of the Oakland Athletics since 1968, in Oakland, Calif., May 13, 2022. From faking a rainout at a World Series game to a possum in a television booth, the Athletics, who want to build a stadium on the Las Vegas Strip, have rarely been happy at home.
    MLB owners to vote on A’s move this week
    A 2019 analysis by Arizona State University’s Global Sport Institute shows that all but two of the 30 MLB stadiums have received ...
  • From left to right, Nina Thorsen, of Alameda, Calif., along with an As usher and Will MacNeil, of Dublin, Calif., tape homemade signs to the right-field fence at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Thorsen and MacNeil are part of the Oakland 68s, a group of A's megafans partnering with the Nevada State Education Association to circulate a petition to repeal a public financing bill for a new A's stadium in Las Vegas.
    Petition seeks to force public vote on funding for Las Vegas ballpark
    A political action committee opposed to a $380 million public funding package to lure the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas has filed a petition with the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office seeking to subject the funding bill to a public vote. Schools Over Stadiums, created by the ...
  • Passengers are dropped off by a RTC Game Day Express bus prior to a Las Vegas Raiders vs San Francisco 49ers preseason football game at Allegiant Stadium Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.
    Worried about parking for Raiders games at Allegiant Stadium? The RTC’s shuttles have you covered
    If you’re the type of person who doesn’t want to sit in that kind of traffic, there’s a supercheap alternative that allows you to bypass the gridlock.
  • An artist's rendering of the proposed A's ballpark on the Tropicana casino site on the Las Vegas Strip.
    Oakland A's start the process of applying for move to Las Vegas
    The Oakland Athletics have started the process of applying to Major League Baseball to move to Las Vegas. MLB last month established a relocation committee to evaluate the ...
  • Players’ union ready to negotiate if A’s need temporary home
    The A’s have said they could share Las Vegas Ballpark in Downtown Summerlin with their Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas Aviators. They could play some games in minor league stadiums — in Reno, Sacramento or elsewhere. They could ask Oakland for a lease extension, or ask the San Francisco Giants for permission to share their ballpark.
  • Lawmakers sit at their desks June 7, 2023, in the Nevada Senate chambers in Carson City during a special legislative session to consider whether to provide $380 million for a proposed $1.5 billion stadium to facilitate the Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas. Lawmakers approved the expenditure, but now the Nevada State Education Association has set up a committee, Schools Over Stadiums, that it says is the first step in “pursuing every possible path to stop the use of public funds to subsidize a billionaire’s stadium.”
    Nevada State Education Association has three tools to throw wrench in stadium plan
    Nevada educators are preparing to sue to block the implementation of the public financing bill that offers $380 million in subsidies for a stadium for the Oakland Athletics to relocate to Las Vegas, or rally the signatures needed ...
  • This rendering provided by the Oakland Athletics on May 26, 2023, shows a view of their proposed new ballpark at the Tropicana site in Las Vegas.
    Teachers union seeks to halt public funding for A’s stadium
    Nevada’s largest educators union is taking steps to formally fight the Nevada Legislature’s decision this month to devote $180 million in state funds to the construction of a baseball stadium ...
  • An exterior view of Allegiant Stadium Saturday, April 23, 2022.
    UNLV study confirms Las Vegas’ status as a top destination for sports
    Las Vegas is increasingly a sports destination, with the capacity to seat hundreds of thousands of fans in professional sports venues, an abundance of annual events to attract tourists, and impressive growth of sports employment ...
  • MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred speaks during a press conference during a workout day ahead of the MLB London Series Match between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs at the London Stadium, London, Friday June 23, 2023.
    Manfred says big Oakland turnout doesn't change 'decade worth of inaction'
    Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said one big turnout by Oakland Athletics fans doesn’t change “a decade worth of inaction" as he defended earlier comments about the “ reverse boycott ” held in protest of the team’s proposed move to Las Vegas. Manfred claimed he was taken out of context when he sarcastically praised the ...
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