Las Vegas mayor confident Raiders will relocate

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Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman is confident the Oakland Raiders will move to Las Vegas unless the deal is mismanaged.

“The Raiders will come if Nevada handles this properly,” Goodman told ESPN Radio’s Capital Games podcast Tuesday.

Raiders owner Mark Davis met with the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee on April 28 and pledged $500 million toward the construction of a $1.4 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium.

“Mark Davis has assured us that Las Vegas is not getting played in a Raiders stadium deal,” Goodman said. “I know we will have a team.”

Breakdown of the pledged financing for a domed $1.4 billion stadium in Las Vegas:

• $500 million from Raiders ($200 million of that from NFL loan).

• $150 million from Sands Corp.

• $750 million from tourism taxes*.

*Nevada Legislature would have to approve diverting some …

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