To Replace Sheldon Adelson With Banks, Oakland Raiders Need Over $650 Million For Las Vegas Stadium - Video To Replace Sheldon Adelson, Oakland Raiders Need More Than $650 Million For Las Vegas NFL Stadium – Here's Why When Sheldon Adelson , Las Vegas Sands Founder and CEO and the catalyst for the Oakland Raiders plan to relocate to Las Vegas, pulled out of the effort, the media reported that the Silver and Black were trying to find 'someone' to replace the $650 million the casino mogul's intended $650 million investment. Then, this week, reports surfaced that Raiders President Marc Badain told “the NFL” that he secured, depending on who you believe, two or three banks to provide the $650 million. There's one thing wrong with all of the media reporting on this to date: the real amount is much more than the $650 million. It's more like between $738 million and as much as $1.1 billion the Raiders have to come up with. And the reason for that is, first, the ban