Adelson hints he could withdraw support for Las Vegas stadium

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Adelson hints he could withdraw support for Las Vegas stadium Published: Oct 27, 2016 at 10:48 AM Austin Knoblauch The casino magnate who has been instrumental in pledging funds nece sary for construction of a proposed NFL stadium in Las Vegas said he might drop his support of the project if terms offered by the do not improve. Jusuf Nurkic Jersey Billionaire Sheldon Adelson hinted at po sible discord with the over their potential plans in regard to the stadium project aimed at luring the team to the city, . "I negotiated to bring in the , an NFL football team from Oakland, because they don't have a stadium there, that I would build a stadium and rent it out to the ," Adelson said Wednesday while in Tel Aviv to attend a technology conference. "(The Raiders) want so much," Adelson continued. "So I told my people, 'Tell them I could live with the deal, I could live without the deal. Here's the way it's gonna go down. If they don't want it, bye-bye.'" A representative for Adelson downplayed the comments Thursday, saying Adelson "is not even close" to potentially walking away from the proposed project. "It's a non-story," Andy Abboud told . "Everything is moving along very well." Adelson's comments come 10 days Derrick Jones Jr. Jersey after Nevada governor Brian Sandoval that approved public financing for the $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium project. Adelson, chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp., has pledged $650 million toward the building of the stadium. The rest of the financing would come from a public hotel tax, the and the NFL. Last week, owner Mark Davis made a presentation about the project to NFL owners at the Fall League Meeting. NFL Commi sioner Roger Goodell said the league still is looking into the project. "There's still a great deal of information that we need to gather with respect to the circumstances we see in Las Vegas, the opportunities and also the challenges. Those are the things we'll look at through the committee, and report back to them maybe as early as December, but more likely later than that." Three-fourths of team owners would have to approve a team' Gary Trent Jr. Jersey s relocation bid to authorize a move. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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