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Goldman Sachs No Salve For Oakland Raiders Sheldon Adelson Issues In Las Vegas

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January 14, 2017

The Oakland Raiders Owner Mark Davis has reportedly told the members of the finance and stadium committees of the NFL Owners Group that the organization has a plan to finance the construction of a new stadium with or without Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson. That’s a tall order that, when one starts to think about it, doesn’t really pass the stadium financing smell test. Take a look at why with me (and see the video at Zennie62 on YouTube by Zennie Abraham).

Oakland Raiders: $500 million
Nevada Subsidy $750 million
Stadium Cost Gap 1 $350 million

Total Stadium Cost $1.6 billion

The problem is that without Sheldon Adelson’s help, there’s still a $350 million stadium cost gap that would have to be filled if the total cost was $1.6 billion and not $1.9 billion. Its not enough for the Raiders to say that Goldman Sachs will finance the stadium without Adelson, and because they’re not investors – they’re investment bankers.

Goldman Sachs’s speciality is in bonds and loans for, in this case, the construction of NFL stadiums. If they were to give the $350 million to fill the gap, it would have to be matched by some stadium-related revenue stream that would throw off $350 million over some period of time. Think about this.

Goldman is not going to just say, “Hey Raiders! Here’s $350 million, and don’t worry because you will not have to pay us back!” You believe that’s the case, you’re a fool. What Goldman would want is what Sheldon Adelson wants, and that means a percentage of stadium revenues necessary to raise $350 million.

Where would that come from?

Well, the Raiders have already pledged $500 million from stadium-related revenues and NFL loans. But really that’s just $200 million from the sale of personal seat licenses. So, right off the bat, the Raiders have to shave off $550 million in stadium revenue to help pay for it’s construction. Chances are, naming rights will be about $150 million at best, which gets The Raiders less than halfway to the mark. The remaining gap would have to be filled by luxury box revenue, but when you start to run those numbers, the remaining answer means the Raiders would wind up using all of their luxury box revenue for stadium construction, and nothing would be left over for the team’s use.

Think about it.

Let’s say the proposed Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL stadium has 137 luxury boxes, each costing an average of $80,000. Assuming a 100 percent sales rate – all 137 suites – that comes to $10,960,000 a year. Over a 30 year period (the length of the bond issue tied to the Nevada Subsidy of $750 million) that comes to $328 million. So we could use luxury box revenue to fill most of the $350 million gap, or we would wind up using $178 million of that if the Raiders landed a naming rights agreement of $150 million.

That still means The Raiders would use 54 percent of luxury box revenues for stadium construction. And that’s if the stadium manages to cost $1.6 billion – if it went to $1.75 billion or higher, then both naming rights revenues and luxury suite revenues would be entirely used to pay for the stadium’s construction. The Raiders would use 100 percent of both sources – no money for the team.

Mark Davis can’t be happy with that prospect. Moreover, I can’t see how his meeting with the NFL Owners, who know this as well as I do, went so well at all. Davis can’t do this without Adelson or another investor. That group or person is going to want their cut – there’s no avoiding it.

Davis’ only way is by having development around the stadium – but that calls for a new developer and investor. Kind of like Majestic Realty. Remember them? The ones who brought $150 million? Bet Davis wishes he had them back in about now.

Davis should stay in Oakland.

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts found Darius Cooper with nine seconds left for the game winning touchdown as his team beat the Tennessee Titans 24-20 in Nashville. Hurts finished the day 26/37 for 264 yards. He threw for two touchdowns and two interceptions. Prior to the final drive, the Eagles ran 25 plays for 45 […]
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Prior to the final drive, the Eagles ran 25 plays for 45 yards. During the final drive Hurts went 6-8 with 61 passing yards and the touchdown. Titans defensive tackle — and team captain — Jeffery Simmons said this week that the way to defend Jalen Hurts is to make him “play quarterback.”

Hurts said to Simmons after today’s game: “You started that sh**. I had to finish it.”

Running back Saquon Barkley suffered a stinger in the first half but he ultimately finished the game. He had four carries and nine yards and one catch for eleven yards. He will get an MRI for his injury, but admitted to Cameron Wolfe of the NFL Network he was fine.

Caleb Williams leaves game against Vikings with apparent lower-body injury

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams was helped off the field with a right leg injury with 7:42 remaining in the fourth quarter. Williams was down, writhing in pain after scrambling to his left. After departing the injury tent, Williams raised his right fist, acknowledging the crowd while expressing his frustration. Testing will commence on Monday to find out more details about his injury.

“We’ll know tomorrow,” Johnson admitted regarding Williams’ injury. “He’s in good spirits. He’s a team player.”

Williams finished the day with 138 passing yards and one interception.

“I’m actually happy it’s nothing with the knee — that was my first inclination,” Johnson said. “But, a hamstring could be pretty damaging as well. So, we’ll see. We’ll see how bad it is tomorrow and we’ll go from there.”

Bryce Young once again dominated the Falcons

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young is 5-1 against the Atlanta Falcons and is undefeated at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Today, Young threw for 287 yards and three touchdowns as he led the Panthers to a 34-3 dismembering of the Atlanta Falcons. Georgia Tech alumnus Darren Waller caught two touchdowns and linebacker Devin Lloyd returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown.

Cooper Rush started his second straight game for the Falcons and it did not go well. The partisan crowd voiced their displeasure after Rush completed 10/17 passes for 86 yards and two interceptions. Jack Strand entered the game for Rush prompting cheers from the Falcons fans. The rookie threw a pick-six on his first career pass attempt. Strand was the first QB to accomplish that feat since Sam Darnold in 2018 and is the first Falcons player to do that since Brett Favre in 1991. Strand finished the day with 59 passing yards and 16 rushing yards.

According to reports, quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. is expected to make his season debut this Thursday at the Green Bay Packers. His return should help the Falcons. They are the first team since the 2008 Rams to not run any plays in the red zone after the first two games to open a season.

The bright spots for the Falcons today were the Spelman College Jaguarettes performing with the Falcons cheerleaders and Florida A&M’s marching band, The Marching 100, also performed during halftime!

Jayden Daniels gets carted off after apparent arm injury

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels appeared to injure his left elbow on the final play of the first half in his game against the Dallas Cowboys. During the play, Daniels got stepped on, braced himself for the fall, and his elbow bent the wrong way. Daniels draped a towel over his head as he exited the field on the cart.

He was later ruled out.

Daniels suffered a dislocated elbow to the same arm during week nine of last season against the Washington Commanders, which led to him being shut down for the remainder of the season.

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