Vegas official has some serious question

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Although the NFL seems to be cautiously optimistic about the $650 million stadium loan that the agreed to with Bank of America this week, not everyone feels the same way. Le s than 24 hours after the Raiders on Monday, a report came out saying that the s stadium and finance committees at the leagues annual meeting, which will be held later this month in Phoenix (March 26-29). One of the biggest things that could po sibly hold up the Raiders relocation is if there are any holes in their deal with Bank of America Greg Pateryn Jersey . So what could those holes be? During a meeting of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board on Thursday, Clark County Commi sion chairman Steve Sisolak touched on a few of the i sues that might come up. For one, Sisolak wants to know how the Raiders will pay for the deal. A regularly structured deal on $650 million amortized over 30 years, the principal is $20 million a year, Sisolak said, . Where are they going to get $46 million a year? I dont understand this. Sisolak used the $46 million per year number because thats roughly how much the Raiders have to pay if the loan was handed out with a 4 percent interest rate. Not including interest, the loan would cost $21.7 million a year over 30 years. With 4 percent interest, that would tack on another $26 million a year through the first few years, so the Raiders would basically be paying $46 million to $48 million annually using Sisolaks estimated numbers.One of the other questions that Sisolak had about the deal had to do with ticket sales. If the Raiders are going to pay $46 million annually to BOA Chris Stewart Women Jersey , what happens if their expected revenues for things like ticket sales dont meet annual projections? The Raiders must have shown some sort of projections Eric Fehr Men Jersey that they feel comfortable making a loan of this magnitude, Sisolak said. Why is a bank going to take a chance, without that? What if they cant sell the season tickets? What if they cant sell all these seats? Who repays the loan? Before Bank of America became involved in the stadium deal, billionaire Sheldon Adelson was going to front the $650 million. Before in January, Sisolak saw some numbers from Adelson that made him believe a deal with a 4 percent interest rate wouldnt make sense.Adelson said he couldnt get a 2 percent return on his $650 million, Sisolak said. That is $13 million a year. They must have figured that somehow this stadium is going to turn out a significant amount of cash flow to pay that loan back. Finally, theres the tiny i sue that new stadiums are rarely profitable through their first few years.Whos going to pay for that? Somebody is going to have to cover that, Sisolak said.That someone is likely going to be the Raiders, because the state of Nevada has capped the amount of public funding on the project at $750 million. The Raiders definitely dont share Sisolaks concerns. Although the team wasnt at Thursdays meeting, they did offer a statement.Financing for the project has been secured as the Raiders informed the Stadium Authority board that they would in the last Matt Read Men Jersey Stadium Authority board meeting, the team said, .Mark Arnold, the lead attorney for the stadium board, said that collateral for the loan would come in the form of the stadium holding upwards of 50 events per year. The collateral typically is the revenue from what here is called the stadium events company, Arnold said, via the Jared Spurgeon Kids Jersey . Their net operating income goes to pay back that loan, which probably would include a rent payment from the Raiders to the stadium events company.The chairman of the Stadium Authority board pointed out one other obstacle in the move: The Raiders wont have a lease before the NFL owners meeting in late March.If the NFL is uncomfortable with that, the league could potentially push the vote to May, when the leagues 32 owners are scheduled to meet again. Were hoping the vote will happen at the end of March, but thats for the Raiders and the NFL to deal with, Hill said.In gambling terms, a Raiders move to Vegas seems like a smart thing to bet on at this point, but its definitely not a done deal.