There are no safe bets in Las Vegas, and the Raiders’ bid to move there might have gotten a little trickier Monday. Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson removed himself from a plan to build a $1.9 billion domed stadium that would become the Raiders’ home in Las Vegas, after he had pledged $650 million to the project.
Adelson said that he had been excluded from talks before the team sent a lease proposal last week to the public board that will own the 65,000-seat stadium. In a statement, Adelson said his family and Las Vegas Sands “will no longer be involved in any facet” of the plan.