ervices on Flickr dent $ in | Oakland Raiders move to Las Vegas > Vegas continues its growth of new sports leagues Greg Waldock Staff Writer as Vegas has acquired the Oakland Raiders, which signals the city’s entrance into the NFL. The effort was led by the Raiders’ owner Mark Davis after multiple failed attempts at having the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum replaced, and now a new stadium is being built in Vegas. The move from Oakland and the construction of a new stadium in Las Vegas have both been controversial in their respective cities, with online petitions from California and Nevada residents calling for a better allocation of funds. The stadium is projected to cost around $750 million for taxpayers according to The Guardian, with another $500 million from the Raiders themselves. Davie Wong Sports Editor I: been a big weekend for the Douglas College Royals softball team. After a massive first two weeks, the Royals found themselves riding a hot streak of four games going into their series against Shoreline Community Ss. College. Fine play from pitchers » Keeley Ainge and Kira Staley have seen opponents swing away their chances, while the Royals batters have put the hurt on their North division rivals’ fielding and pitching numbers. On Saturday, the Shoreline CC squad came to visit the Royals at their home field at Softball City. With a divisional record of 1-3, the SHCC team were never favourites for the matchup. But it didn't a mean a that Bill Foley, owner of new NHL team The Las Vegas Golden Knights has also criticized the cost of the arena. In an interview with radio show Vegas Hockey Hotline, he said that there “were a lot better ways to spend $750 million,’ such as “police, firefighters, and teachers.” The Golden Knights’ new arena, the T-Mobile Arena, cost around $375 million and was constructed without money from taxpayers. The move was motivated by a need to transfer out of the aging Oakland- Alameda County Coliseum, which has been consistently ranked one of the worst major NFL stadiums in the country. Davis had previously attempted to secure public and private funding for either a remodeling or total reconstruction of the arena, but had been unsuccessful at doing so for years. This was also a contributing Bringing out the big guns > Royals Softball bats their way through the Royals could underestimate them. Waiting for the Shoreline batting rotation was one of the best pitchers in the league, Keeley Ainge. With her was one of the best fielding teams in NWAC. And SHCC would feel that. Although Ainge would go on to give up u hits on the game, the Royals would pick up 16 fielding putouts. They were flawless in the field, going the entire game without a single error. The team’s excellent fielding would keep Shoreline CC to just two earned runs in six innings. Offensively, the Royals had themselves a game. The team pumped the Shoreline pitcher’s ERA for 9 earned runs, with a total of 10 runs in the game. Laura Baldry hit her first home run of the year and had two RBI on the game. Daniella Vilio had three hits and one run with one RBI on the day. But it was Natasha Beddard with the big day on the plate. She was the breadwinner for the Royals, driving in four runners with her three hits on the day. Daniella Vilio and Jewel Gingras also had base steals in the game. At the end of six innings, the Royals had squeezed out the mercy win, 10-2. Game two of the series brought about a different look to it. Shoreline CC went up two runs early into the game, picking up the lead in the top of the second inning. Kira Staley would pitch four innings before being subbed out for Jesse Goddard. Staley factor in the Raiders’ first move out of Oakland in 1982 to Los Angeles, though they moved back 12 years later. The new location was chosen after years of failed negotiations with San Diego, Los Angeles, and Oakland itself. The public has reacted with raised eyebrows at both of these new entrances into major sports leagues for Las Vegas due to two major concerns. First, Las picked up two strikeouts but gave up three earned runs and six hits. Goddard would come in to right the ship. She pitched for two innings, picking up three strikeouts while giving up one earned run and one hit. She would also pick up the save for the match. Offensively, the Royals were a skulk of foxes. The team picked up a grand total of five stolen bases. Jordan Britten-Yung, Daniella Vilio, and Jewel Gingras all had one stolen base, while Rachel Warburton proved to be the kleptomaniac, stealing a team high two bases. On the swinging end of things, the Royals really went at it. They picked up a massive 17 hits on the game on their way to 12 runs. Daniella Vilio, Rachel Warburton, Michaela Moore, and Kim Anderson each had three hits in the game. Anderson batted in three runners while Warburton and Vilio got two each. In total, the Royals brought in 12 runners on 5 fielding errors from Shoreline CC. They would go on to win the game in six innings, forcing the mercy win 12-4. The two wins bring the team to 6-o on the year and put them in second behind Edmonds while being way ahead of the rest of the division. The closest team in terms of win percentage is the 2-1 Pierce College. In terms of wins, Bellevue are right behind the Royals with five, but have five losses on the year as well. Courtesy of NFL Vegas has rarely shown much of ademand for either the NFL or NHL, as the weather tends to favour neither and the public interest has been minimal. Second, both leagues have extremely strict rules against gambling on games and have a long history of upholding those rules. The establishment of new teams with Vegas’ famously lax gambling laws and culture opens the door, some fear, for the kind of illicit gambling present in boxing decades ago. The Raiders’ lease means they will remain in Oakland until 2018, by which time the new Las Vegas arena should be completed.