There’s no doubting that the Oakland Raiders want to move out of California after losing the bid to move to Los Angeles in 2016. They have already reached out to a few places, including San Antonio.
It looks like the Raiders are looking at another possible location and it would be one that benefits them and a college program very well. On Thursday, reports arose that Las Vegas Sands have been pushing UNLV to build a new $1 billion “special events stadium.”
The university owns 42 acres of land and the corporation is calling it a good spot to build a 65,000-seat stadium which would be used as a sales pitch to lure in the Raiders.
This would be a big win for the Runnin’ Rebels, who bought the land with intentions to build a new home for their football program.
The Sands corporation would likely pick up most of the bill for the school and by bringing in a NFL team with as large of a fan base as the Raiders, UNLV should be more than happy give up some of their land.
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