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March 29, 2017

Vegas welcomes Raiders with jubilation, high hopes

  • Nevada officials expect 450,000 people a year to travel to Las Vegas to attend an event at the $1.9 billion stadium.
    • By REGINA GARCIA CANO
    Associated Press

    LAS VEGAS — A city famous for its over-the-top persona is eagerly welcoming an NFL franchise that boasts an equally outsized reputation and the promise of big-league legitimacy for the desert gambling oasis, which up to now has seen major sporting events just passing through.

    Las Vegas is no stranger to big time events catering to all tastes. Champion boxers lace up their gloves at glitzy hotel-casinos on the Strip. Thousands turn out for NASCAR races. The National Finals Rodeo rides into town every year.


     
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