Adam Candee

Edmonton influx shows how visiting fans can influence pro sports in Las Vegas

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018

Shirley, you can’t be serious — how cold did you say it was when you took off from Edmonton to watch some hockey in Las Vegas? “It was minus-30 when we left,” Shirley Hall said. “We had plane trouble because the steering on the front nose cone was frozen, so they had to thaw us out before we could leave town.” Hall and her husband, Winston, joined ...

Don’t bet on a Golden Knights name change in trademark case

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018

Even though the Army is opposing the Golden Knights trademark, don’t sell those Vegas jerseys just yet. No matter the ultimate outcome of the dispute, trademark attorneys agree there is little likelihood of the Golden Knights becoming the Black Knights or Sand Knights. Trademark attorney Patrick Jennings of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Washington, D.C., has ...

In their own words: What’s new with Raiders stadium and practice facility

Friday, Jan. 12, 2018

With most of their major agreements moving toward completion after a frenetic December, the Raiders enjoyed an uneventful two-hour meeting Thursday with the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board. The board pushed back a planned vote on its appointee to ...

Stadium authority, Raiders head toward the finish line on agreements

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018

As the Raiders build a new foundation in Las Vegas while hiring Jon Gruden to patch their cracks in Oakland, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority meets Thursday with significantly less intrigue looming than in previous sessions. The development deal with the county ...

UNLV, thanks to its $189K legal team, pleased with 'where we ended up' in talks with Raiders

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018

It’s an axiom of business: You have to spend money to make money. UNLV hopes it did that in spending big on outside lawyers to negotiate its stadium use deal with the Raiders ...

Raiders, Walters discuss Bali Hai for stadium parking

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018

Despite a thicket of complicating factors, the team is negotiating with representatives of Bali Hai Golf Club lessee Billy Walters to take over his lease with Clark County so it can ...

The $6 million men: Raiders get big discount on Henderson land

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018

First, they persuaded Nevada legislators to commit the largest public subsidy in American history toward their new $1.9 billion stadium and practice facility. Now the Raiders persuaded the Henderson City Council to shave $6.05 million off the $12.1 market value of 55 acres of land to build that practice field and ...

Raiders buying land in Henderson for practice facility

Friday, Dec. 29, 2017

It appears the Raiders practice facility and executive offices will be located in Henderson, of course. Ben Stepman might never have dreamed of a professional football team in his city, but an item in front of the Henderson City Council next week will start the process of selling 55 acres of land near the executive airport to the Raiders to ...

UNLV scores big win with draft stadium agreement

Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017

UNLV’s most important football victory of 2017 took place well after its season ended. The university will retain significant control of major revenues on the days its ...

Agreement: Raiders will pay for pedestrian bridges, underpasses

Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017

The largest piece of the Raiders stadium development puzzle remains in question, but the proposed development agreement between the team and the county illuminates needed ...

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