four tribal gaming establishments\u00a0are in the area<\/a>, including the Desert Diamond a mere two miles away. Gila River’s closest venue to the Arizona stadium is 20 miles south.<\/p>\nChanging Times<\/b><\/h2>\n
NFL’s primary beef with gambling is sports betting, which is only fully legalized in Nevada. The Las Vegas Raiders will face monumental challenges in obtaining advertising from Sin City’s biggest companies, as the franchise can’t accept money from any entity that operates a sportsbook. In the casino capital of the US, that’s a heavy restriction to overcome.<\/p>\n
Federal law prevents Gila River’s three casinos from offering sports betting, but the gaming entity potentially\u00a0acquiring naming rights to the Arizona Cardinals stadium won’t likely sit well with the league’s front office.<\/p>\n
In March, after the Raiders were approved to relocate to Las Vegas by the owners, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told reporters, “Society has probably had a little bit of change with respect to gambling. I think we still strongly oppose it \u2026 and legalized sports gambling. The integrity of our game is number one. We will not compromise on that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Arizona Cardinals have played in the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale since the 72,200-seat domed facility opened in 2006. The institution, which specializes in online degrees but does have an actual campus in Phoenix, has paid tens of millions of dollars to the government-owned stadium in exchange for the naming rights. Last month, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":50165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Next Arizona Cardinals Stadium Name Might Break NFL Cardinal Rule<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n