The Las Vegas Raiders are slowly taking shape. In a ceremony in front of about 1000 people, the ground-breaking ceremony was held for the new stadium in the city of sin.
The Oakland Raiders want to move to Las Vegas/Nevada by 2020 and are now breaking ground. All in the style of a show on the Sunset Strip, of course: Comedian and ex-Late-Night-Talker George Lopez gave the moderator, while Wayne Newton and Carlos Santana sat in the front row.
The NFL was also prominently represented, with renowned team owners such as Robert Kraft (Patriots), Stan Kroenke (Rams) and Dean Spanos (Chargers) as well as Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Raiders franchise was also well represented in the person of the legends Howie Long, Fred Biletnikoff, Jim Plunkett, Tom Flores and Cliff Branch.
For the 58 victims of the shooting of 1. On October 1, light beams were sent into the sky.
“Only Vegas can turn a groundbreaking ceremony into a show,”Goodell said enthusiastically. Raiders owner Mark Davis said:”We don’t want to disrespect the fans in Oakland – we love the fans up there and hope they will follow us here.”