The Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board will meet on Thursday to hopefully clear up structure concerns of the original draft of a proposed lease agreement submitted by the Oakland Raiders in January for a $1.9 billion domed stadium project.
Putting an end to months of speculation, Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson and his family officially withdrew as investors in the project on January 30. The original plan would have seen Adelson contribute $650 million, with the Raiders organization kicking in $500 million. The state of Nevada would have been responsible for the remaining $750 million, which would come from revenue raised from a Clark County hotel tax. The decision by Adelson was made after the Raiders organization submitted the lease proposal to the board wi…