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Southwest Airlines Opposes Proposed Stadium near Las Vegas McCarran Airport
Sheldon Alderson's Las Vegas Sands Corporation and Majestic Realty of Las Vegas have proposed to an 11-member Tourism panel, created by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, to create a $1.4 billion, 65,000 seat stadium for UNLV football games, and for incentive to lure the Oakland Raiders NFL team to relocate to Las Vegas. Southwest Airlines has just filed a letter opposing that stadium for one reason: The stadium would be located across the street from Runways 1/19 at McCarran International… (www.reviewjournal.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Gee whiz. Anything for a buck. I am not a pessimist, but should an accident occur. A whole lots of folks will lose their lives. Think about that for a second.
As. B737 700-800-900 Captain I take off and land on 1L/1R a lot.
Really? The NFL would allow a team to be owned by two gambling license holders like Sheldon and Ed Roski (Silverton Casino) and be moved to Las Vegas? There will be scheduled flights from LAS to the moon before that happens.
My issue is the sense of even spending 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS for a damn sports arena. Stupid...
That's where all the money is now
I just looked at the site on Google Maps. And It's dangerously close to the end of the runways; I can't imagine flights will be allowed