Last week the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee (SNTIC) recommended raising the hotel tax in Las Vegas to assist in paying for a 65,000-seat domed football stadium, which would be partially financed by Casino Executive Sheldon Adelson, that is being promoted for the Oakland Raiders. The next step is for Governor Brian Sandoval and the Nevada State Legislature to approve the committee's recommendation.
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Observers believe that approval will be a mere formality.
As a proponent of Oakland's longterm viability as the vibrant home of three professional sports teams (essentially down to two with the Golden State Warriors' proposed move to Chase Center arena in Mission Bay by 2019) there are several major hurdles before any Nevada-bound moving vans show up at Raiders' HQ in Alameda.