The Las Vegas Raiders are closer to becoming a reality, the city's mayor believes.
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Carolyn Goodman said the Raiders will move from Oakland to Las Vegas as long as the deal isn't botched.
"(Raiders owner) Mark Davis has assured us that Las Vegas is not getting played in a Raiders stadium deal,'' Goodman told ESPN Radio's Capital Games podcast. "I know we will have a team."
Davis last month committed $500 million to a proposed $1.4 billion domed stadium in a meeting with the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee.