Detroit Lions safety Miles Killebrew, a Foothill High product, is one of many locals with NFL ties excited about the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas.
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Southern Nevada construction industry experts say whoever ends up building the planned 65,000-seat stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders will face a massive challenge to get it done by the opening of the 2020 NFL season.
While teams who have fled well-established NFL cities all experienced similar logistical hardships and concerns, unique circumstances make a one-way-fits-all model impractical when it comes to backing up the moving trucks.
Dr. Tony Alamo, the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission, said neither the NFL nor the NHL has requested any betting restrictions on their games.
The Raiders will play at the Oakland Coliseum in 2017. But then where does the nomadic silver-and-black call its temporary residence until 2020, when a domed 65,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas will be ready?
It was a rough start for the Rebels during their Spring Showcase, but it was a good ending.
Between the weather, no state income tax, new facilities and an organization that is winning, NFL free agents would be encouraged to look at playing for the Raiders in Las Vegas.
Randall Cunningham said Friday he was not retained as Silverado’s football coach after leading the Skyhawks to the postseason in each of his two seasons in charge.
The 2021 neutral site game between Brigham Young and Arizona was expected to be played at Sam Boyd Stadium, but that’s now moving to the yet-to-be-built home of the Raiders, according to an ESPN article.
The Raiders might not be playing in Las Vegas for a while, but the Minus5 Ice Experiences in Mandalay Place and the Monte Carlo are already welcoming them as our home team.
Housing an NFL team and competing for various events and having all such performances under a retractable roof might not be the only similarities between the home of the Arizona Cardinals and what might prove to be one for the Raiders in Las Vegas.
The Spring Showcase has arrived, but UNLV hasn’t stopped the quarterback race among Armani Rogers, Johnny Stanton and Kurt Palandech.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association’s board of control voted Thursday to create a new 5A classification, which will go into effect when realignment occurs for the 2018-2019 school year.
With the Raiders’ impending move to Las Vegas, there may come a day when NASCAR and the NFL butt helmets on the same Sunday afternoon.
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday that retired running back Marshawn Lynch is considering a return to the NFL.