LETTER: Don’t ask taxpayers for more for Raider stadium
Although the idea of having a professional football team with the charisma of the Raiders to fuel its popularity in a 65,000-seat stadium eight times per year dazzles the eye, the pull-out of the Adelson wealth (which represented almost 32 percent of the needed funds) is a very large issue.
The public cannot be asked to cover this, as it has already signed on through taxation. There are other, more important needs — water, roads and education among them. Do we starve them for the Raiders?
Stadiums with NFL teams are beautiful baubles for a city, but there are higher priorities here that cannot be starved much longer if you believe in passing the torch of civilization forward.
Joseph Hammond
Las Vegas