The NFL is investigating an arm wrestling event held at the MGM Grand that featured more than 30 current and former players.
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The Nevada Gaming Control Board recently granted approval for the state’s sports books to offer wagering on the NFL Draft.
Concerns about Sin City’s temptations have kept the NFL out of Las Vegas for years, but the relocation of the Oakland Raiders represents a shift in approach that some gaming industry experts say could beckon a new era in sports gambling.
Retired running back Marshawn Lynch has visited the Oakland Raiders as he decides whether to come back to the NFL and the team decides whether it wants to acquire the hometown favorite.
Raiders owner Mark Davis says he did everything he could to try to keep his team in Oakland and is not able to celebrate the upcoming move to Las Vegas because he’s “bittersweet” about leaving the East Bay fans.
Despite hosting four Division I conference basketball tournaments, state-of-the art facilities and the NFL and NHL putting franchises in the city, Las Vegas still can’t get the NCAA to drop its policy on sports gambling in order to host a championship event.
UNLV officials are considering several options for Sam Boyd Stadium — including sale of the site — in light of approval for the Oakland Raiders’ move to Las Vegas.
The Raiders will be on the lookout for a practice facility, and the Nevada Legislature set aside $100 million for such a project. They have several potential locations to scout, including Downtown Summerlin, where the Golden Knights are constructing their building.
The Raiders will have some key jobs that will need to be filled in Las Vegas. Some hires will have to be made before they leave Oakland.
Detroit Lions safety Miles Killebrew, a Foothill High product, is one of many locals with NFL ties excited about the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas.
Southern Nevada construction industry experts say whoever ends up building the planned 65,000-seat stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders will face a massive challenge to get it done by the opening of the 2020 NFL season.
While teams who have fled well-established NFL cities all experienced similar logistical hardships and concerns, unique circumstances make a one-way-fits-all model impractical when it comes to backing up the moving trucks.
Dr. Tony Alamo, the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission, said neither the NFL nor the NHL has requested any betting restrictions on their games.
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