robert goldstein pres. & coo, sand corporation "bein on the strip ... russell road works as well." cashman field site is now more or less off the table. a strip presence and access to the airport as well as the lure of secondary businesses to the surrounding areas were the key factors. unlv is a top concern, they too will benefit and the sand corp made that very clear. "the sooner ... face of unlv football for ever." all benefits aside it comes down to funds. sand corp need a commitment form of a room tax hike of .88%. the committee is thinking of a .7% increase. without the full $750 million dollar commitment the adelson family will walk away from this deal. "we can't pretend, sheldon is at 750, he's never changed his mind. he's happy to walk away and say i tried my best." andy abbound sands corporation "it term of the room tax ... paid for by tourist." the sntic doesn't have final say they are only an advisory committee. a decision to proceed with the stadium will be kicked up to carson city where governor sandoval will have to call a specia robert goldstein stresses urgency. any

robert goldstein stresses urgency. any delay will jeopardize negotiations with the nfl, raiders and the adelsons. robert goldstein pres. & coo, sand corporation "we've come a long way ... time is of the essence." steve sisolak clark county commission chair "ultimately they ... expect an answer." peter dawson fox 5 news local las vegas part of the plan also includes the more cops initiative... since a 65-thousand person stadium means a need for a larger police presence. the u-s national park service is celebrating 100 years. president woodrow wilson signed the organic act of 1916 on august 25th of that year... creating the national park service. was tasked with managing 14- national parks and 21-monuments. that was then. now - the national parks service oversees 58- national parks and 150-national monuments. today - mayor pro tem steve ross and the city of las vegas presented a centennial proclamation to the national park service... at the tule springs fossil nevada has the great basin national park... but zion national

robert goldstein, dir., president and chief operating officer at las vegas sands corp. time is not on our side right now, we're running against a time frame the raiders keep bringing up " steve sisolak the committee overseeing the stadium has to come up with a to submit to the state legislature. that didn't happen today, so they expect to finalize a recommendation at their next meeting in september. then the legislature has to go into a special session to decide how much tax revenue will go toward the project. the sands corporation isn't budging- they say they need 750 million in public funds. it's an expensive proposition, we hope it gets done, we need support from the committee and the state, we remain committed to our position, we're committed. this is a game changing project for this city and this state, so we're hoping it gets done robert goldstein, dir., president and chief operating officer at las vegas sands corp. 20 cent impact on a room, we think that is going to be compelling to taxpayers bc they're not going to be paying for the stadium, it's going to be pai

750-million dollars in public funding for the nearly two-billion dollar, 65-thousands c-o-o robert goldstein said at yesterday's meeting that sands will walk away from the deal if their terms aren't met representatives from majestic realty and sands made their pitch to the southern nevada infrastructure committee... identifying their top two potential sites for a stadium... one near russell road just west of i-15... the other where the bali hai golf course is now. three-fourths of nfl owners would still have to vote to approve relocation from oakland. heard yesterday for using public dollars to build a stadium is all the revenue an nfl team would produce. one valley commercial real estate agent tells us she's already getting interest from businesses wanting to cash in on prime property near potential stadium sites: (( jennifer ott/commercial alliance las vegas president-elect: "we have had quite a few clients asking about it. we work on a project on the strip now and that's something that has come up. clients want to know if it's true or not. it's a game changer for las vegas to get professi

this is a game changing project for this city and this state, so we're hoping it gets done robert goldstein, dir., president and chief operating officer at las vegas sands corp. the adelson owned sands corporation president says the state must contribute that 750 million or adelson walks. he's never changed his mind, he's happy to change his mind and say i tried my come from 20 cent a night increase in the hotel tax. 20 cent impact on a room, we think that is going to be compelling to taxpayers bc they're not going to be paying for the stadium, it's going to be paid by tourists, we think that increase in the room tax will be suitable"andy abboud, sand corporation together we can turn the silver state into silver and black state (nats, cheering, fade out) an important note- even though most of the stadium funding would come from private money, this would be a publicly owned facility. the committee's next meeting is in september. when it comes to hockey -- our team has a name... it's just being kept a big secret. but we may be getting closer to figuring it out. team owner bill foley has locke

here is sand's ceo robert goldstein. >> our side of the equation is simple. it is an expensive proposio we need support from community and state and we remain committed to our position which hasn't changed from day one. we've always had that number and we remain committed. >> it is now almost 60 percent. again this is a pubically owned stadium with a 60 percent private investment. that's what we presented to the committee today. >> reporter: back now live. excuse me. it's getting windy out here. the tie is flying all over the place. sooner rather than later. don't forget whatever recommendation this committee comes up with it has to get signed off on from state lawmakers up in carson city. that has to happen as soon as possible because if this pushes the nfl timeline for the raiders down the road a bit it could, we learned today, jeopardize this entire project. here's the other thing we found out today. how serious in fact are the raiders to come here? we learned this week they had raiders. that's got to mean something. live in las vegas, i'm jeff gillan, new

this is a game changing project for this city and this state, so we're hoping it gets done robert goldstein, dir., president and chief operating officer at las vegas sands corp. the adelson owned sands corporation president says the state must contribute that 750 million or adelson walks. he's never changed his mind, he's happy to change his mind and say i tried my best the money would come from 20 cent a night increase in the hotel tax. 20 cent impact on a room, we think that is going to be paying for the stadium, it's going to be paid by tourists, we think that increase in the room tax will be suitable"andy abboud, sand corporation (the time is now) 447 together we can turn the silver state into silver and black state (nats, cheering) (p1) 20306 "las vegas raiders" logo, fade out an important note- even though most of the stadium funding would come from private money, this would be a publicly owned facility. the committee's next meeting is in september, that's when they need to make a recommendation to submit to the state legislature. if the legislature doesn't vote on this by the end of

las vegas sands president and c-o-o robert goldstein said at today's meeting that sands will walk away from the table if their terms aren't met... and warned that they won't wait a long time on a decision. representatives from majestic realty and sands made their identifying their top two potential sites for a stadium... one near russell road just west of i-15... the other where the bali hai golf course is now. the stadium mock-up is nearly identical to a rendering that was submitted when the raiders flirted with l-a... only with a dome on top. excitement started today with the revelation that the team has filed a trademark for the term "las vegas raiders" but they're putting the cart way before the horse -- like we said, money will talk. 40-percent of the funding to come from the public. that cash would come from a nearly one-percent increase in hotel room taxes. the committee has to make a recommendation on whether to pursue the plan... governor sandoval could then call a special legislative session to approve the funding... and three-fourths of nfl owners would still have to vote to

the sands are walking from the ((robert goldstein // president & coo, las vegas sands: we're running out of time... time is of the essence.")) >> you're probably asking why... why is time such a factor? it's because once a recommendation is made here... the governor will have to call a special session and the legislature will have to approve the funding. the team also needs to get this plan going before january because that's when nfl owners who must approve any team relocation are scheduled to meet and could decide whether to let for next month... but both sides hope to have a recommendation done before that date. ((christianne klein)) >>> it was a graphic day in court today during the michael solid is accused of running over 15 year old marcos arenas in 2013 while his friend struggled with the victim through the passenger window over an ipad. the teen was fatally hit with an suv while the two suspects got a way with the device. 8 news now karen castro has been sitting in on the trial... and joins us live from the regional justice center. karen? ((karen castro)) jurors autopsy pictu