UNLV not only hopes a new football stadium will lure the Oakland Raiders, but that it will attract the interest of power conferences looking to expand.
The Big 12 Conference is the latest, voting unanimously Tuesday to look into expansion, and it could be by two or four schools and might occur before the 2017 football season.
But UNLV athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy sounded like the Rebels were in no hurry to check into whether the Big 12 would be interested, saying much of the school’s focus is improving and strengthening the Mountain West.