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Both the Los Angeles Daily News and NFL's website said the
Raiders, who have already seen two potential partners bow out,
secured financing from Bank of America.
The reports come weeks after casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and
later Goldman Sachs pulled out of a plan to build a $1.9 billion
stadium in Las Vegas.
Adelson had pledged up to $650 million toward construction of
the domed stadium but pulled his support in January after the
team presented a lease proposal without his knowledge.
Goldman Sachs, which had also said it would finance part of the
Raiders' proposal, withdrew a day later.
Raiders owner Mark Davis has expressed dissatisfaction with the
aging Oakland Coliseum, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and for
much of last year pursued a possible move to Las Vegas.
The Raiders officially submitted relocation papers with the
National Football League in January.
If they land in Las Vegas, they would become only the second
major sports franchise ever based there. The National Hockey
League's Golden Knights will begin playing in the city later
this year.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Larry Fine)
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