LAS VEGAS — In a week the Raiders inched closer to leaving Oakland, Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman had a reminder for the NFL: Don’t forget downtown.
Although Raiders owner Mark Davis has identified two preferred sites within the resort corridor known as the Strip, Goodman said Wednesday the most cost-effective and ready-to-go parcel lies behind her seventh-floor office at City Hall.
“People have to be brain dead not to see this,” she said while pointing to the various sites as the desert stretched out beyond her window.
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It’s not too soon to lobby for sites after the Raiders told NFL owners Monday that Bank of America has agreed to a $650 million loan deal that was needed to help finance a $1.