ALAMEDA, Calif. -- As the Oakland Raiders' interest in Las Vegas as a new home remains strong, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee held a special meeting Monday to discuss nine potential sites for a 65,000-seat stadium.
The estimated price tag has also gone up, from an initial $1.4 billion to possibly as much as $2.1 billion. The rise in price would be in part due to land acquisitions, as well as the stadium now being proposed as a retractable dome.
Raiders owner Mark Davis has said that he would prefer a retractable dome as well as a natural grass playing surface, though when it comes to a location in Las Vegas, Davis told ESPN.