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Raiders Las Vegas stadium proposal asking record taxpayer money, Clark County Commissioner strongly opposed

On Thursday when Raiders president Marc Badain objected to a new proposal from committee SNTIC chairman Steve Hill. The original plan had the Raiders and Las Vegas Sands Corp providing $750 million toward the new stadium project. Badain noted that was the 7th most ever provided by a team and private financier, which makes their proposal seem more than fair. That is unless you ask the obvious other question - where does the remaining $750 million being asked from public funding rank?

The answer is it would be the most public funding proposed in NFL history, some $130 million more than the $620 million which was used to build Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis, according to Bloomberg online.