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August 26, 2016

2 sites eyed for $1.9B NFL stadium off Las Vegas Strip

By MICHELLE RINDELS
Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Backers of a proposed NFL stadium said they've whittled their list to two sites just west of the Las Vegas Strip and refuse to accept any less than $750 million in public funding toward the project, which they hope will soon be home to the Raiders.

Representatives from Majestic Realty and the Las Vegas Sands casino company updated an oversight committee Thursday on their quest to build a 65,000-seat domed stadium, showing off their slick renderings of the proposed venue in a video with AC/DC's “Back in Black” as a soundtrack. They lamented that the price tag rises on a daily basis and is now $1.9 billion, and said they'd walk away from the project if state lawmakers don't meet their minimum financial demand.


 
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