16 COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATION — JULY : AUGUST 2016
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NFL, Oakland Raiders eye sites in Sin City for football stadium
T
he NFL may come to Vegas yet. The Oakland Raiders
continue to consider relocating to Las Vegas, where a state
committee is reviewing nine potential sites for a new stadium.
The estimated $2.1 billion project could lead to the creation
of an expanded special tax improvement district to pay for the
proposed 65,000-seat domed stadium with a retractable roof.
Representatives of a private-public partnership headed
by Las Vegas Sands Corp., Majestic Realty and the Raid-
ers introduced three new potential sites: 62 acres west of
Mandalay Bay and Interstate 15; more than 139 acres at the
Wynn Golf Club, east of Wynn Las Vegas and Wynn Encore;
New stadiums in play
Atlanta Falcons:
http://mercedesbenzstadium.com/
multimedia/webcam/
The construction of
new stadiums for the
Minnesota Vikings and
Atlanta Falcons were
documented with live
streaming video and
time-lapse construction
cameras by Earthcam.
Here's an inside look at
how they went down.
Minnesota Vikings:
http://www.vikings.com/stadium/
new-stadium/webcam.html
and 27 acres at the former site of the Wet n' Wild water park
south of the SLS Las Vegas.
Also in play is a site at Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane, the
initial favorite for the project; a site on the UNLV campus near the
Thomas & Mack Center; more than 100 acres on Tropicana about
a half-mile west of I-15 that currently houses the Wild Wild West
casino; the former site of the Riviera hotel, now owned by the Las
Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; the Rock in Rio festival site
at Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue owned by MGM Resorts
International; and Cashman Center in downtown Las Vegas.
A Sands representative said a 10th site could be in play.