A rent of $250,000 per game — $1.5 million over a traditional season of six home games — has been floated as a possible number. It’s also a price that falls in line nationally with other college programs that play in NFL stadiums.
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A chorus of casino titans and other supporters urged Nevada lawmakers on Monday to support public funding to build a $1.9 billion domed football stadium and expand the Las Vegas Convention Center as a special session began to vet the details of both projects.
Here are the Nevada Preps Player of the Week nominees for Week 7 of high school football.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers will wrap up Week 5 of the NFL season tonight for Monday Night Football.
Cam Newton will be sidelined because of a concussion when Carolina hosts Tampa Bay in a dull Monday night matchup of 1-3 teams. The Panthers are 5½-point favorites.
UNLV’s football team (2-4, 1-1 Mountain West) will try to bounce back from Saturday’s 26-7 loss to San Diego State when it travels to Honolulu to take on an improved Hawaii team (3-3, 2-0 MW) at 9 p.m. (PT) at Aloha Stadium.
“It was probably the worst game of the year for us,” MGM Resorts sports book director Jay Rood said of New England’s blowout victory over Cleveland.
Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdowns passes in an otherwise choppy night for the Green Bay offense, and the Packers’ defense rattled the New York Giants and limited Odell Beckham Jr. in a 23-16 victory Sunday night.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a proclamation Sunday setting the agenda for a special legislative session that begins Monday to consider public financing for a football stadium and convention center upgrades in Las Vegas.
Dalton Sneed dazzled with two big touchdown plays in a near flawless first collegiate start for UNLV. But the redshirt freshman quarterback could barely complete a pass in his second start for the Rebels, a 26-7 loss to San Diego State on Saturday night.
Week 5 of the NFL season is here, and it will feature the New York Giants visiting the Green Bay Packers for Sunday Night Football.
The Oakland Raiders have long been one of the NFL’s poorest performing franchises — financially and on the football field.
The blitz to secure public financing for a proposed NFL football stadium and beef up convention amenities in Las Vegas begins in earnest Monday when Nevada lawmakers convene for a special session.
If there is one thing UNLV has lacked more times than not against San Diego State, it’s an inability to match up physically along the lines.
The Gold Sheet handicapper Bruce Marshall analyzes the 13 games remaining in NFL Week 5.