Raiders owner Mark Davis talks with the media at Allegiant Stadium, site of Super Bowl LVIII between the 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs.He even helped secure Super Bowl LVIII, which was awarded to the city in December of 2021. Wouldn’t you know it? The two teams playing in Allegiant Stadium Sunday are the Raiders’ sworn enemy in the Kansas City Chiefs and their former geographical rival in the 49ers.
“It’s really fantastic,” Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said. “And it’s going to be nice to see a red end zone with `Chiefs’ on it.” Davis is living large in a city the Raiders have called home since 2020 in a way he never did in the Bay Area. Unable to secure a stadium deal, Davis was looked at as more of an oddity after taking over in 2011 following the death of his Hall of Fame father Al Davis.
Unlike his late father, Davis is even on good terms with the commissioner who called Las Vegas “Sports Town USA” at a Super Bowl event in December. He has had four head coaches in four seasons in Las Vegas — Jon Gruden, Rich Bisaccia, Josh McDaniels and Antonio Pierce. Gruden resigned in an email scandal. Interim coach Bisaccia was bypassed despite leading the Raiders into the playoffs. McDaniels was a disaster from the outset and was fired in November. Pierce was recently named head coach after rebuilding the team’s psyche when McDaniels was let go.
Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis poses during a kick-off event celebrating the 2022 NFL Draft at the Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas sign on April 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Getty Images“There is no question Las Vegas is the best city for infrastructure for a Super Bowl. The people here really know what to do, how to put one-off events like they did with Formula I a month and a half ago. It’s quite an undertaking, but it’s not just the local community that does the lifting.
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