When it comes to the Raiders’ off-field play, the team boasts an impressive win streak.
First, the team played a key role in securing $750 million worth of tax dollars to support a domed $1.9 billion stadium just off the Las Vegas Strip. Then the Raiders informed the Las Vegas Stadium Authority that the NFL needs an approved lease agreement by next week, hastening the drafting process.
Now it appears that lobbyists for the team have helped kill a proposed amendment that would have tweaked the original stadium-related legislation approved by Nevada lawmakers last fall. Independent Sen. Patricia Farley, who voted for the stadium deal, said team representatives heavily lobbied against her proposed changes to the stadium bill that would have required more outreach to small subcontractors involved in the project.