The Las Vegas Raiders are embroiled in a soap opera of sorts. What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas—unless it involves an NFL team that calls Las Vegas home.
A pair of top team execs with the Raiders left in May, with one charging owner Mark Davis with creating a hostile workplace and potential misconduct, according to the Nevada Independent.
None of this has affected the operations and funding of the $2 billion Allegiant Stadium.
A published report in The New York Times detailed financial irregularities and management issues that led interim team president Dan Ventrelle and Jeremy Aguero, the team’s chief operations and analytics officer to tender their resignations. Aguero had oversight over Allegiant Stadium.
The Times article described lax controls over spending including how people were paid.
Steve Hill, chair of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority, which owns the 65,000-seat stadium, said “whoever owns the Raiders owns the contracts and the rights and responsibilities that go along with those contracts.”
The Raiders have a 30-year lease to operate the stadium and maintain the facility at a “premiere, world-class” standard. The NFL team contracted with ASM Global to help run the stadium.
Hill, who is also CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, said because contracts have been signed, future events like the 2024 Super Bowl are not in danger of leaving town.
Aguero resigned on May 5 after just seven months on the job, declined to comment. Ventrelle, who was fired by Raiders owner Mark Davis on May 6.
NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said in an email Monday the league declined to comment on the New York Times story.
“We said on Friday, May 6, that we would review the allegations made by Mr. Ventrelle,” McCarthy said.
