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DAVY’S RESURFACES IN ARTS DISTRICT WITH A NEW VIBE A new bar has quietly opened on Main Street, and it’s hoping to bring laid-back Caribbean vibes to the area. Operating in the former Nevada Test Site location, Davy’s soft-opened to the public October 1. The bar is owned by Las Vegan Ed Dorville and operated in partnership with Derek Stonebarger and his company, Arts Eatery, which spearheaded Nevada Test Site and owns and operates ReBar next door. (A short-lived version of Davy’s existed prior to the partnership with Dorville). “The space was basically turnkey, so we are going to, over time, make changes here and there to get it to be what we envision,” Dorville says. Inside, the storied Davy’s Locker sign hangs above the bar, paying homage to Davy’s namesake, a 1960s-era midtown bar that changed its name and theme after being sold at the end of 2016. “It holds historical value to people,” Dorville says of the sign, though the current bar has no affiliation with the former. Instead, this new Davy’s will feature Caribbean-inspired light bites and cocktails, drawing from Dorville’s heritage growing up in the Dominican Republic. “There are some key items and things that do embrace part of my background,” Dorville says, including the Dominican rum Brugal, but Davy’s aims to embrace all parts of the Caribbean, from Puerto Rico to Cuba and beyond. “I’m not considering us a rum bar or tiki bar,” Dorville says. “We’re just hoping to be an easygoing local hangout spot, embracing the Caribbean mentality. We’re going to give it a lot of love and hopefully make it a destination.” –Leslie Ventura
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Election: Why every eligible American must vote in 2020 Cover story: Elio adds stellar Mexican dining to Wynn Food & Drink: Fried chicken in Chinatown Sports: Assessing the Raiders a quarter into the season Vegas Inc: Our Top Lawyers lists help you choose
Seattle’s Breanna Stewart (30) gets between Las Vegas’ A’ja Wilson (22) and Cierra Burdick during Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, October 6 in Bradenton, Florida. Stewart scored 26 points to help Seattle complete a three-game sweep with a 92-59 win. The Aces advanced one step further in the playoffs than in 2019 but could not overcome the loss of Dearica Hamby to injury, in addition to missing starters Liz Cambage and Kelsey Plum all season. (Chris O’Meara/ Associated Press)
STORIES FROM LAST WEEK RAIDERS PLAYERS FINED FOR COVID-19 VIOLATIONS Darren Waller and several Las Vegas Raiders teammates were fined October 5 for attending Waller’s charity event that violated COVID-19 protocols. Waller was fined $30,000, and his teammates were docked $15,000 each. The next day, defensive tackle Maurice Hurst was placed on the Reserve-COVID-19 list.
CENSUS DEADLINE EXTENDED The Census Bureau had planned to end the count on October 5, but an extension to October 31 was granted by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in California. The census determines federal funding distributed to the states for the next 10 years, meaning every count is crucial in securing funds.
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Stocks turned sharply lower Tuesday on Wall Street after President Donald Trump ordered a stop to negotiations with Democrats on a coronavirus economic stimulus bill until after the election. The S&P index slid 1.3% after Trump tweeted his mandate. The benchmark index had been up 0.7% just prior to the president’s announcement with about an hour of trading left.
“LGBTQ rights aren’t up for debate. There shouldn’t be two sides here. My love doesn’t harm you. You know what’s harmful? Being denied housing, employment or legal entry to the hospital your spouse is rushed to. We can debate pineapple on pizza. We won’t be debating civil rights.” –Chasten Buttigieg, October 5, on Twitter
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s legal fight with a woman who accuses the international soccer star of raping her in his suite at a Las Vegas resort more than 10 years ago is heading toward a trial before a federal judge in Nevada. No date was immediately set, but U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey said she will hear arguments and decide herself whether Kathryn Mayorga was mentally fit to enter a 2010 hush-money agreement with Ronaldo’s representatives that paid Mayorga $375,000.
GO GOLD The Vegas Golden Knights unveiled new jerseys October 2 at City National Arena. The signature element is a newly developed metallic gold body fabric. There’s also a “Treasure Chest” that includes Adidas Golden Knights sneakers and is available for $777 at the Arsenal store at the arena. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
WITH SUPPLY TIGHT, LOCAL HOME PRICES HIT ALL-TIME HIGH The median sale price of existing homes in the Las Vegas area grew to a record-high $337,250 in September, according to a monthly report from Las Vegas Realtors. That’s an increase of 9% from September of last year, and a bump of about $2,000 from August. The median price for September sets a new all-time record for the region, though a shortage of inventory has led to an unbalanced market, despite near all-time low mortgage rates. The continued rise of home prices has come despite a pandemic that has decimated the region’s tourism-based economy. “Local home prices keep setting records, which is remarkable when you think about the challenges we’re facing,” said Tom Blanchard, president of Las Vegas Realtors and a longtime local agent. “The pause during the beginning of the pandemic seems to have pushed the traditional summer sales season into the fall.” For townhomes and condominiums, the median sale price for a unit in September was $195,500, which represented a 14% increase from September 2019. After an order by Gov. Steve Sisolak allowed open houses to resume earlier this month, Blanchard said he envisions the potential for market activity in the coming weeks and months. “We’ll see if we can sustain this momentum heading into next year,” Blanchard said. “We’re also dealing with a housing shortage, with no signs of that changing anytime soon.” The number of homes available for sale remains “well below” the six-month supply that’s generally considered to represent a balanced market. At the end of last month, just under 4,800 homes—not including condos or townhomes—were listed for sale without an offer, down 35% from September 2019. –Bryan Horwath
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f there’s one thing we’ve learned this year, it’s that if we don’t accept the responsibility of protecting each other, no one is safe. That applies to voting, too. In fact, it especially applies to voting this year. With no end in sight to the disease that has threatened the lives of everyone around us, we must vote to elect leaders who are capable of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and placing the nation on a solid path toward recovery health-wise and economically. In order to ensure the welfare of all of us, we must have leaders who will follow the guidance of public health experts and epidemiologists, as opposed to rejecting something as simple but powerful as the act of wearing a face mask in public. We must vote to provide equal justice and equal protection under the law for everyone in our communities, regardless of their ethnicity. The estimated 26 million Americans who participated in this year’s Black Lives Matter protests—which would make it the largest protest movement in our history—have spoken loudly for the need for reforms to the way that Black Americans are treated by law enforcement and in the courts. We must vote to keep our country moving forward toward achieving its foundational ideal of equality for all. We must vote to help the victims of wildfires, hurricanes, extreme drought and other worsening effects of climate change, a cataclysmic disaster that is playing out before our eyes and putting everyone on the planet at increasing risk. As we inhale smoke from Western wildfires, watch the Lake Mead water level continue to drop and endure a record stretch without measurable rainfall, we need leaders who will respect climate science and halt the catastrophe staring us right in the face in Southern Nevada. We must vote to protect our individual liberties, and those of everyone around us. The pillars of our democracy are cracking under an assault by extremists subverting our system of checks and balances to establish authoritarian control, and carrying out systematic voting restrictions to create permanent minority rule. Our Justice Department is being corrupted by a president and an attorney general who are willing to commit all manner of abuses against the American people, including turning violent federal troops against peaceful protesters. The individuals who were detained by unidentified federal government forces and thrown into unmarked vans in Portland could be any of us, unless we vote to defend our system. That applies to people from across the political spectrum: History is replete with individuals who were once considered supporters of a dictatorial regime but
IT’S EVERY ELIGIBLE AMERICAN’S RESPONSIBILITY TO VOTE (AND TO DO SO CAREFULLY) later were jailed, disappeared or executed after being declared enemies of the state for fabricated reasons. We must vote for candidates who support public education, not those bent on siphoning off public funding for education to subsidize the private education of elites. Protecting public schools is vital to our ability to produce future leaders, innovators and capable members of an increasingly high-tech workforce. Without that influx, the economy lags and we all suffer. For the same reason, we also must vote for supporters of establishing fair and humane immigration policy, which will ensure that the U.S. meets the needs of its labor force and remains a magnet for the world’s best and brightest contributors in education, industry, and arts and culture. This era of extreme cruelty toward immigrants—of locking up children, of allegedly performing forced hysterectomies on detained migrant women, of efforts to deport DREAMers and recipients of Temporary Protected Status who have lived here for decades— does nothing but diminish us as a nation morally and from a practical standpoint by closing the door to those seeking to make their contributions in our land of opportunity. It hasn’t made a dent on crime or the importation of illegal drugs, because that was always a false narrative by those who vilify immigrants. The fact is, immigrant communities are safer than average, and the root problem of narcotics is demand north of the border as opposed to supply from the south. We must elect officials who encourage Americans to vote, rather than try to suppress it and keep people from exercising their rights as Americans. Elected officials who are against expanding the franchise of voting should be driven from office. There are innumerable ways in which voting for other people’s interests protects our own. Voting to protect Americans and their children from gun
violence via greater gun-safety regulation helps to remove everyone from harm’s way. Voting to address the income inequality puts more money into the hands of more people, which leads to more entrepreneurship, more innovation, more consumer spending and a better economy for all Americans. And as highlighted this year, voting to establish a health care safety net for everyone in our country has across-the-board benefits. It’s also everyone’s responsibility to base their vote on credible information from trustworthy sources, not partisan electronic media or social media. In the case of social media, especially, remember that they’re selling out users for profit— peddling personal information to advertisers. As we saw in 2016, it’s particularly easy for bad actors to spread misinformation on social media and deceive voters. To guard against them, and to make well-educated decisions on candidates, we must ensure that our votes are based on facts. Some Americans say they’ll skip voting this year as a protest—a statement that the candidates are unacceptable to them, or that they believe the outcome won’t affect them. That’s not just wrong thinking, it’s dangerous thinking. This year, sitting out the vote is like having a water hose during a wildfire but not turning it on. People are going to get hurt. We can talk about reforms to the party system some other time. This year, voting is an emergency. We see it in our disturbing rate of COVID-19 deaths and infections, in the tragically high number of Nevadans who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic, in the dystopian days when smoke from wildfires blankets Las Vegas, in our high rate of gun violence and elsewhere. In Southern Nevada, there are highly qualified and highly capable candidates at every level— national, statewide, local and judicial. They’re prepared to go to work to protect the health and well-being of their fellow Nevadans, clean up the environment, forge progress on equality and get things back on a stable and positive trajectory after these years of chaos. They need our votes. But more than that, we need our votes as a community, a state and a nation. It’s a moment when we can all be heroes, in the spirit of generations of Americans who embraced a collective spirit by working and sacrificing for one another. Think of the patriots of the revolution, or the Greatest Generation banding together at home and abroad to defeat threats from overseas. This is such a time. The nation and the world are calling on us for help. We must respond with the greatest force we have—by exercising our right to vote.
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EARLY OPTIONS Southern Nevada’s early-voting sites and hours LONG-TERM LOCATIONS October 17-29, 9 a.m. -7 p.m. October 30, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
n Arroyo Market Square (parking lot near Men’s Wearhouse), 7200 Arroyo Crossing Parkway. n Blue Diamond Crossing (parking lot between Target and Kohl’s), 4112 Blue Diamond Road. n Boulevard Mall (parking lot south of Applebee’s), 3528 S. Maryland Parkway. n Centennial Center Home Depot (parking lot), 7881 W. Tropical Parkway. n Cora Coleman Senior Center, 2100 Bonnie Lane. n Deer Springs Town Center (parking lot near Home Depot), 7090 N. 5th St. n Desert Breeze Community Center, 8275 Spring Mountain Road. n Downtown Summerlin Las Vegas Ballpark (Aviators south parking lot), 1650 S. Pavilion Center Drive. n East Las Vegas Community Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave. n Galleria at Sunset (parking Lot near La-Z-Boy), 1300 W. Sunset Road. n Heritage Park Senior Facility, 300 S. Racetrack Road. n Hollywood Recreation Center, 1650 S. Hollywood Blvd. n Las Vegas Athletic Club (parking lot), 6050 N. Decatur Blvd. n Las Vegas Athletic Club (parking lot), 1725 N. Rainbow Blvd. n Las Vegas Strip (parking lot at West Pebble Road), 8755 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
n Lowe’s (parking lot), 2570 E. Craig Road. n McCarran Marketplace (parking lot near Peter Piper Pizza), 5825 S. Eastern Ave. n Meadows Mall (parking area near Dillard’s), 4300 Meadows Lane. n Mountain Crest Community Center, 4701 N. Durango Drive. n Mountain’s Edge Regional Park (parking lot), 7929 W. Mountain’s Edge Parkway. n Nellis Crossing Shopping Center (parking lot near Target), 1240 S. Nellis Blvd. n North Las Vegas Neighborhood Recreation Center, 1638 N. Bruce St. n Paradise Community Center, 4775 S. McLeod Drive. n Parkdale Recreation and Senior Center, 3200 Ferndale St. n Silver Mesa Recreation Center, 4025 Allen Lane. n Silver Springs Recreation Center, 1951 E. Silver Springs Parkway. n Silverado Ranch Plaza (parking lot near PetSmart), 9731 S. Eastern Ave. #A9. n Veterans Memorial Leisure Center, 101 S. Pavilion Center Drive. n Walnut Recreation Center, 3075 N. Walnut Road. n West Flamingo Senior Center, 6255 W. Flamingo Road. n Whitney Community Recreation Center, 5712 Missouri Ave.
SHORT-TERM LOCATIONS Hours vary and are listed below.
n Boulder City Hall, 401 California Ave. October 17-18, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; October 19-20, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. n CSN Henderson Campus Student Union, 700 College Drive. October 28-29, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. n CSN North Las Vegas Campus Student Union, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. October 19-20, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. n CSN West Charleston Campus Student Union, 6375 W. Charleston Blvd. October 28-29, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. n Desert Vista Community Center, 10360 Sun City Blvd. October 26-27, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. n Doolittle Senior Center, 1950 J St. October 17-23, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. n Dr. William U. Pearson Community Center (Room C), 1625 W. Carey Ave. October 24-29, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; October 30, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. n Laughlin Library, 2840 S. Needles Highway. October 23-24, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; October 25, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
n Mesquite Deuce 2 Building, 150 N. Yucca St. October 22-24, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. n Moapa Valley Community Center, 320 N. Moapa Valley Blvd., Overton.. October 21, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. n Mountain Shadows Community Center, 9107 Del Webb Blvd. October 20-22, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. n Nevada State College Rogers Student Center, 1300 Nevada State Drive. October 26-27, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. n Searchlight Community Center, 200 Michael Wendell Way. October 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. n Sun City Anthem Center, 2450 Hampton Road. October 28-29, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; October 30, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. n Sun City MacDonald Ranch Community Center, 2020 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway. October 26-27, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. n Sun City Mesquite, 1350 Flat Top Mesa Drive. October 25, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. n UNLV Lied Library, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. October 2123, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Source: Clark County Election Department
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D – Democrat R – Republican IA – Independent American Party L – Libertarian N/A – No party (I) – Incumbent The Sun’s endorsements are in bold.
The following is a basic list of Las Vegas Sun endorsements for contested races on the November ballot. Look for extended endorsements here in the weeks to come. We invite voters to refer to this list when filling out their mail-in ballots or to take it with them to the polls for early voting or for balloting on November 3.
NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT • Joe Biden/Kamala Harris–D • Don Blankenship/William Mohr–IA • Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy “Spike” Cohen–L • Donald Trump/Mike Pence (I)–R A vote for Biden and Harris puts the nation on a path to repairing four years of wreckage, chaos and dysfunction brought on by the Trump administration and his supporters.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1 • Kamau Bakari–IA • Joyce Bentley–R • Robert Van Strawder Jr.–L • Dina Titus (I)–D Titus has established herself as a staunch and effective protector of Nevadans’ interests, and further distinguished herself during her current term as a watchdog against Trump’s corruption.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3 • Ed S. Bridges II–IA • Steve Brown–L • Susie Lee (I)–D • Dan “Big Dan” Rodimer–R Lee, who was elected to Congress in 2018, brought a bipartisan approach to her work on Capitol Hill. After four years of venom and partisanship in Washington, Lee is the kind of across-the-aisle healer we need going forward, while her main opponent promises nothing but more Trump-inspired anger and incompetence.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4 • Jonathan Royce Esteban–L • Steven Horsford (I)–D • Jim Marchant–R • Barry Rubinson–IA Horsford stands out in this race for his years of experience in Congress and the Nevada Legislature, along with his moderate and measured political sensibilities.
STATE LEGISLATURE SENATE DISTRICT 4 • Esper M. Hickman–R • Dina Neal (I)–D
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 2 • Heidi Kasama–R • Radhika “RPK” Kunnel–D • Garrett LeDuff–N/A
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 9 • Barbara Altman–R • Steve Yeager (I)–D
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 16 • Cecelia González–D • Reyna “Alex” Sajdak–R
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 29 • Lesley Elizabeth Cohen (I)–D • Steven E. DeLisle–R
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 17 • Jack Polcyn–R • Clara “Claire” Thomas–D
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 34 • Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (I)–D • Jay Thomas Carlson–R
SENATE DISTRICT 5 • Carrie Ann Buck–R • Tim Hagan–L • Kristee Watson–D
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 4 • Richard McArthur–R • Connie Munk (I)–D
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 10 • Jonathan Friedrich–IA • Chris Hisgen–R • Rochelle Nguyen (I)–D
SENATE DISTRICT 11 • Joshua Dowden–R • Dallas Harris (I)–D
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 5 • Brittney Miller (I)–D • Mack Miller–R
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 11 • Beatrice A. Duran (I)–D • Eric Krattiger–R
SENATE DISTRICT 18 • Liz Becker–D • Scott T. Hammond (I)–R
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 6 • Katie Duncan–R • Shondra SummersArmstrong–D The Sun is endorsing both candidates.
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 12 • John Cardiff Gerhardt–N/A • Jeremy A. Graves–R • Susan Martinez (I)–D
SENATE DISTRICT 19 • Pete Goicoechea (I)–R • Tiffany “Gholson” Seeback–IA
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 7 • Cameron “C.H.” Miller–D • Anthony “Tony” Palmer–R ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 8 • Edward “Eddie” Facey–R • Jason Frierson (I)–D
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 14 • Maggie Carlton (I)–D • Robert Wayerski–R ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 15 • Stan Vaughan–R • Howard Watts (I)–D
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 18 • Venicia Considine–D • Heather Ann Florian–R ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 21 • Cherlyn Arrington–R • Elaine Marzola–D ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 23 • Brent Foutz–D • Bill Hoge–IA • Glen Leavitt (I)–R ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 28 • Natasha Bousley–L • Edgar Flores (I)–D
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 35 • Jay Calhoun–R • Michelle Gorelow (I)–D ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 37 • Shea Backus (I)–D • Andy Matthews–R ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 41 • Victoria K. DaCosta–IA • Sandra Jauregui (I)–D • Erika Smith–R ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 42 • Alexander Assefa (I)–D • Liz DelSignore–L • Sayed “SM” Zaidi–N/A
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STATEWIDE NEVADA BOARD OF REGENTS DISTRICT 2 • Lois Tarkanian • Bret Whipple The Sun offers no recommendation in this district. The voters will be well-served by either candidate. NEVADA BOARD OF REGENTS DISTRICT 3 • Byron Brooks • Swadeep Nigam NEVADA BOARD OF REGENTS DISTRICT 5 • Patrick Boylan • Nick “Doc” Spirtos The Sun urges voters not to choose either of these candidates. This is a perfect example of why voters need to vote for Question 1, to make sure only qualified candidates are selected to serve in this important capacity. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 1 • Angelo Casino • Tim Hughes STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 4 • Rene Cantu • Mark Newburn (I)
LOCAL COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT A • Michael Naft (I)–D • Michael Thomas–R COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT B • Marilyn Kirkpatrick (I)–D • Warren R. Markowitz–IA • Kevin M. Williams–R COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT C • Stavros Anthony–R • Ross Miller–D COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT D • William McCurdy II–D • David L. Washington–No party CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, DISTRICT A • Lisa Guzman • Liberty Leavitt The Sun is endorsing both candidates.
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SUPREME COURT JUSTICE D • Ozzie Fumo • Douglas Herndon The Sun is endorsing both candidates. COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE 3 • Bonnie Bulla (I) • Susan Bush DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 1 • Jacob Villani • Bita “Marie” Yeager The Sun is endorsing both candidates.
CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, DISTRICT E • Lola Brooks (I) • Alexis Salt
DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 19 • Crystal Eller • William “Bill” Kephart (I)
FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT J • Dedree “Dee” Butler • Scott MacDonald
DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 20 • Dawn Allysa Hooker • Eric Johnson (I)
FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT M • Lynn Hughes • Amy Mastin
DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 21 • Tara Clark Newberry • Jacob Reynolds
FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT P • Sara Dayani • Mary Perry
DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 22 • Susan Holland Johnson (I) • Ben Nadig
FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT T • Nadin Cutter • Jason Stoffel The Sun is endorsing both candidates.
DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT 2 • Carli Lynn Kierny • Richard Scotti (I)
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BY BROCK RADKE f it’s possible for a restaurant to transcend its genre, that’s definitely the goal at Elio. It’s the first Mexican restaurant ever to open inside Wynn or Encore, the connected luxury resorts that have sculpted the tone of fine dining on the Strip for 15 years. Also contributing to anticipation and expectations are its origins. Elio comes from Enrique Olvera, Daniela Soto-Innes and Santiago Perez of the ATM Group, the international company behind the acclaimed Cosme and Atla in New York City and Pujol in Mexico City. Located in the Encore space formerly known as clubby Asian eatery Andrea’s, Elio is designed to be simple and maybe minimal, warm and comfortable with understated flourishes of 1950s glamour. It’s intended both to complement the nightlife experience at Encore Beach Club next door and to serve as a grown-up alternative to it. It certainly doesn’t fall into stereotypical descriptions of vibrant and fun Mexican restaurants, but it’s definitely both of those things. “One thing we like about ourselves is we don’t take ourselves too seriously,” Olvera says. Elio was originally scheduled to open
Wynn’s first Mexican restaurant—Elio— builds toward a post-pandemic world on March 19. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered the closure of all casinos statewide by March 18, but Wynn Resorts had already announced three days earlier that it would close its Las Vegas properties, making Wynn and Encore the first Strip resorts to shutter in response to the coronavirus. Instead the restaurant opened June 18 for a sort of summer preview. It hosted a special event with luxury tequila brand Casa Dragones over what was surely the most subdued Mexican Independence Day weekend in modern Las Vegas history, but it just isn’t possible for Elio to splash into the local dining scene the way it deserves during the pandemic and the Strip’s slow recovery efforts. “We’re here for the long run, so we’re not so concerned with how we’re performing financially right now,” Olvera says. “In a
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sense, we have a greater opportunity to make early adjustments to make sure we have the restaurant that we want to have. I like to focus on positive things, and I think it’s a positive to open with a little less people so we have time to make those adjustments. And then hopefully we flow into normality next year being better prepared for that push of hundreds of covers.” The pre-pandemic plan had Elio kicking off a year of dining innovations at Wynn. The glamorous supper club Delilah was slated for a late-spring arrival, followed by a new Thomas Keller concept at the former Country Club space in the fall. Many other Wynn and Encore restaurants were set to receive various levels of renovation in 2020, including some complete rebranding projects. Those developments are on hold, but the company sounds committed to proceeding with its plans when the time is right. The dedication to keeping Elio on track demonstrates as much. “I think Elio now is very true to the concept we first talked about 18 months ago. The thinking then was good thinking, and it will be again. We built our restaurant for 50 years, not one,” says Matt Safchik, Wynn’s vice president of food and beverage development. “There are some short-term tweaks for the customers in Las Vegas right now, but Vegas isn’t Vegas yet.
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“You think of a margarita, and you think, let’s party. It’s part of who we are as a culture, and that’s something I don’t think COVID will change.” -Chef and restaurateur Enrique Olvera
We’re looking past the pandemic.” Industry outsiders might consider opening a new restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip in the age of COVID an impossible task. But experienced restaurateurs know how to make quick changes, stay nimble and hone in on the guest experience during the first few months of a new operation. That’s the business. “I think the direction is exactly the same,” Olvera says. “We are adjusting the menu, but that happens. It happened when we opened Cosme and it will happen here, because you start to see how people are going to behave in the restaurant and you make little adjustments.” At Cosme, the New York City Flatiron District institution where the ATM Group built the blueprint for a new kind of sleek, contemporary Mexican restaurant, there were separate opening menus for the bar and the restaurant. “Everybody wanted to be in the restaurant and nobody wanted to be in the bar, so people kept asking for the restaurant menu at the bar,” Olvera says. “Four or five weeks in, we decided to tear out the wall that separated those spaces and serve the same menu everywhere. Here, what’s happening is a little of the opposite. The bar menu is something people are enjoying more, so let’s take a little bit of that into the restaurant.” Snacking could include herb guacamole with homemade tostadas; an aguachile
dish with Hawaiian kampachi, cucumber and avocado; tuna tartare served with crispy potatoes; or carrots “al pastor” with pineapple and searing serrano chilies. Of course, cocktails are mandatory, and Elio’s signature margarita—made with Casa Dragones Blanco tequila, Giffard triple sec and Combier, the original triple sec liqueur, fresh lime and herb salt—might just set a new Strip standard. The colorful and exotic Trickle Down, with Charanda Uruapan rum, epazote, mint and red fruit salad, is another intriguing option, and Elio is also emerging as one of the best places in Las Vegas to enjoy mezcal. There’s a small tasting room housing the restaurant’s carefully curated collection of the smoky spirit. At the core of Elio’s cuisine are traditional Mexican flavors and ingredients, with each dish achieving elevation by virtue of the respect and passion held for those traditions. Chef de cuisine Sarah Thompson previously served as executive sous chef at Cosme after working at NYC icons like Marea and Alder, so she’s well-versed in pushing boundaries in the kitchen. Tuna tataki is rubbed in adobo and served with tender nopales and scallions in smoked soy sauce. Tortillas are a very serious thing here, and you’ll eat a bunch with whole grilled fish, maybe red snapper with crispy scales, plus ginger mojo and fresh herbs. Elizabeth Blau, the hall of fame restaurateur who developed restaurant lineups
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for Bellagio in 1998, Wynn in 2005 and Encore in 2008 and has returned as a consultant to help the Wynn dining team in 2020, calls it “a new level of Mexican cuisine for this city. You can’t compare it,” she says. Olvera takes it further: “It’s true not only for Las Vegas but in Mexico, where the idea of refined Mexican food in restaurants doesn’t have more than 30 years of history. It’s groundbreaking, because people didn’t think the tortilla is something that is sophisticated. If you start thinking about where the corn comes from and start speaking of corn the way you do coffee or wine—how it’s not just a glass of wine but it’s white or red and from which region and which producer and what’s the weather like—that’s exactly the same conversation now with corn. “A tortilla now is not something that comes in a bag at the supermarket,” Olvera continues. ”It’s actually a product that reflects the terroir, that carries a lot of culture and the technique that it’s cooked with. We’re not trying to say this is something previous that shouldn’t be touched. It’s actually quite the opposite.” Elio wants to keep Mexican food fun and accessible. Duck carnitas with radish and cilantro. Enfrijoladas, which are like enchiladas in a creamy, rich black bean sauce, spiked with ricotta. Dreamy flan with figs and orange or churros with chocolate and thick cajeta, Mexican caramel made with goat’s milk. It’s not what you expected, yet it’s still familiar. “I don’t think the plan changes. If you think what is the DNA of a Mexican restaurant, I would say warmth is one thing. Warmth and service,” Olvera says. “The other is just a happy, fun restaurant. You think of a margarita, and you think, let’s party. It’s part of who we are as a culture, and that’s something I don’t think COVID will change. And when we are out of it, whenever that is, that part will become even stronger.”
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SOUND AND VISION Geeky advice for those considering a home theater
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here’s no replacing the experience of seeing a first-run movie in a theater. While the advantages to watching movies at home are undeniable—it’s cheaper, more comfortable and you can use your phone as much as you want—there’s nothing quite like the movie theater experience to focus your attention on the film (seriously, put the phone away) and to emphasize cinema’s communal moments (“Avengers, assemble!”). But we don’t really have that option right now. Sure, some theaters are open, and there’s a legit Big Movie now playing. (I haven’t seen Tenet yet, either.) But until COVID-19 is contained, you might be understandably reluctant to return to movie houses, which means that if you value the cinematic experience even a tiny bit, you need to make your home as cinemalike as possible, short of scattering popcorn on the floor and prefacing every screening with 25 minutes of commercials and trailers. At the risk of sounding like your dad, you need a home theater setup. So here are a few tips on how to make one.
MEASURE TWICE How big is your living space? Do you share walls or a ceiling/floor with neighbors? Do other members of your household feel less inclined to live in a screening room? Take careful consideration of the assets and liabilities of your space, along with your own preferences, before you’re tempted to pay for stuff that just doesn’t fit your needs. For example: In a 2014 article for CNET.com—an excellent source for unbiased product reviews, by the by— Wirecutter editor-at-large Geoffrey Morrison did the math to figure out how big of a TV you should get for your space, the key being how far you sit from your television. (On the average, most of us sit about nine feet away from our TVs, or 108 inches.) Once you’ve figured that out, it’s time to hit the calculator. THX—the “audience is listening” crew—recommends a screen that fills 40 degrees of your field of vision—or the distance in inches multiplied by 0.84—while the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) recommends 30 degrees, which means the distance in inches times 0.625. The resulting number is the suggested size, in diagonal inches, of the screen that will give you an optimal at-the-movies feeling. By that reckoning, if your TV is nine feet away, THX suggests a 90-inch screen, while SMPTE suggests a 65- to 70-inch screen. It might go without saying, but you should also consider how a massive screen might dominate a space. If you have a dedicated TV/theater room, great; if you’re shoehorning this beast into a cozy living room, or if you’re freaked out by Black Mirror, bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better. Sound, obviously, is a more subjective thing. It’s all about what your ears, and the ears of nearby others, can comfortably take. The CDC cautions that anything above 105 decibels— what it defines as a “very loud” TV or stereo—can cause hearing damage after just five minutes of constant exposure. If you’ve got a big house without any common walls, go ahead and go with a multiple speaker set; if you’re in an apartment, a soundbar should work just fine.
TERMS OF ENVELOPMENT Before you begin shopping for home theater gear, you’ll encounter some numbers that may not make immediate sense. This first, 4K, relates to so-called “Ultra High-Definition”—a display that’s nearly 4000 pixels wide, or 3840 pixels wide by 2160 pixels tall. (For the sake of contrast: Standard high-definition is 1920 by 1080.) Most TVs sold today are 4K, but some smaller sets are still sold at standard HD, and some larger modern sets are a bat-guano loony 8K.
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DO YOU NEED AN 8K SET? Not unless you have eyesight that’s dramatically better than 20/20, or plan to sit unhealthily close to your set as a matter of routine. The eye can only detect so much detail, and until science gives us all super-android eyes, there’s little sense going overboard. Besides, you should be more concerned with a television’s color and contrast—that’s the real make-or-break.
ASSEMBLE! That’s as far as we dare go. We have no advice on how to build speakers into walls; for that, check out some web tutorials (HGTV has a good one at bit.ly/36lyWFc), or consult with a local contractor. And we can’t recommend one brand of television or surround system over another for a couple of reasons: because tastes vary, and because the product landscape is constantly changing. From the time you read these words to the day you string your first HDMI cable, new products will have been released, and the prices of slightly older products will have dropped. We strongly recommend doing research through consumer electronics review sites like CNET, Gizmodo, Engadget and Wirecutter.
5.1 This is the widely used name for a six-channel surround-sound speaker kit. It consists of two sets of left and right speakers, one set facing the viewer and another to either side of the viewer; a “center channel” that’s largely used for dialogue, and a subwoofer to provide rumble. A 5.2 surround layout has all the above plus an extra subwoofer; a 2.1 layout is a right and left speaker with a subwoofer.
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There’s one last thing that you need to make peace with: Whatever you build, no matter how expensive or expansive, will be outdated by the time you turn it on—and one or more of its components will wear out within a decade. That’s OK. You’re not making something that needs to stand for all time. All it needs to do is put you inside of a story … and deep enough that you don’t think about why half the movie theaters are closed, or notice what’s happening on your phone.
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Ronnie Abaldonado breakdances in the Distrct Arts studio. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
Ronnie Abaldonado’s Distrct Arts breakdance studio is back at work BY LESLIE VENTURA
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online and continued to offer virtual classes, hosting Zoom workshops and even online competitions. “During the pandemic, we were just catering to our local students,” Abaldonado says. “We created a summer breaking camp that Red Bull helped sponsor, and we collaborated with other dance studios around the USA.” The content was free to students, he adds, and breakers were able to learn from some of the best b-boys and girls from all over the world—a rare and unique opportunity that arose from isolation. Distrct Arts reopened to the public in May with limited capacity and added social distancing guidelines, so students could once again practice breaking inside a real studio. “We were able to bring the students back that were comfortable,” Abaldonado says, adding that online classes are still available for those who are immunocompromised or simply wish to limit their interactions during the pandemic. On top of breaking, Distrct Arts also provides youth ballet and jazz dance classes and hourly studio rentals for yoga instructors, choreographers and more. It’s also where Super Cr3w holds its rehearsals, and choreographers for Mariah Carey and Britney Spears have
both been known to pop in. “They would come to our studio and create the choreography you see in their shows on the Strip,” Abaldonado says. Coming to the studio, he says, can provide a more dynamic experience than what students and dancers can get online. “It’s a more intimate energy, and the motivation is a lot different in person. You get a firsthand feel of what the move will look like.” Abaldonado says students are looking to hone their skills even more after having been at home for most of 2020. With the Summer Olympics set to take place in Paris in 2024, it could be the first year that breakdancing is considered an official Olympic sport. “Everyone really wants to practice and elevate their games,” Abaldonado says. “The Olympics are around the corner, and we’re really trying to mentaly prepare [the students] for these future world competitions.” Ultimately, Abaldonado says, Distrct Arts is about community, from teaching the youth to providing a space for dancers of all backgrounds to express themselves. “We’re really just trying to support the community the best way we can,” he says. “Knowing that a lot of studios have closed, we’re really trying to reach out to anyone that’s willing to come join us.”
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GRAND ILLUSIONS Downtown Grand’s Gallery Tower debuts with an ambitious new art program
Artist Camila Magrane’s “Transmigrations” mural, seen from a Downtown Grand room (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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Artist Camila Magrane demonstrates her augmented reality experience “Transmigrations.” (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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eople travel to discover new horizons. But sometimes, those new worlds are right outside your hotel window. Guests in certain rooms of the Downtown Grand’s new Gallery Tower will look out to see a mystical black-and-white demi-world full of palm fronds, interior oceans, shadowed figures, peacocks, zebras and ladders that lead nowhere. If that’s not fantastical enough, peer through the in-room iPad, and that entire world springs into motion as soothing music plays. The peacock spreads its fan. The figures do yoga and climb the ladders. Tilt the screen to get different views. Look down and you might even see a tiny person moving about on the windowsill. Each room in the “Virtual Pad collection” has a different view of the enormous mural. Venezuelan-American multimedia artist Camila Magrane created two augmented-reality murals, the crown jewels in the Gallery Tower’s art program. The combined piece is titled “Transmigrations,” which Magrane says is the “concept of migrating from your physical self to the spirit world.”
Each mural is roughly 80-feet-by-100 feet, according to Magrane. Or, to put it in a different perspective, each mural is eight floors tall and seven hotel rooms wide. Perhaps the most literal definition of the word “transmigration” is in the location of the mural itself: Magrane’s art transformed what would otherwise be an undesirable parking garage view into a destination in and of itself. To create “Transmigrations,” Magrane started by designing the static version of the mural, even as she kept in mind the final product. She says that she played a lot with scale, drawing both tiny and large people for the mural. With the design complete, she began creating animations of the subjects in the mural. Finally, she built an app that serves as an interview between the physical image and the animations. The “Transmigrations” app can be downloaded free to an iPhone or iPad from Apple’s app store. Magrane’s “Transmigrations” can A two-sided lenticular piece inside Downtown Grand’s new Gallery Tower (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
really only be experienced by hotel guests (unless you want to sweet talk a concierge for a sneak peek of an unoccupied room). But other pieces in the Gallery Tower’s collection are on display for all. Austin-based muralist Josef Kristofoletti created a colorful, geomet-
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ric mural that can be seen from the porte-cochere, as well as from the street. Angled bars of color (blues, greens and orange)—painted on a slatted wall—turn what would otherwise be an unsightly industrial area into a thing of inspiration and beauty. No classic Las Vegas locale would be complete without art by James Stanford and Jerry Misko. The Downtown Grand Gallery Tower features both beloved local artists. In a nod to the location’s original casino, the Lady Luck, Misko digitally interprets the word “LUCK” in his unique, painted “neon” aesthetic. Titled “Tyche,” the piece is a triptych of three canvases decorating the entrance to the casino floor, nearest to the Gallery Tower elevators. His other piece, “You’ll Always Be Fond of Me,” adorns the living room of one of the tower suites. In Misko’s signature style, that piece spells out the word “SIN” in neon pink outline. Clever murals in the Gallery Tower breezeways, by Kevin Barry Fine Art, feature fun phrases (such as “All bets are off”) that read differently depending on the direction from which you view them. “Downtown Las Vegas is a celebration of life and the culmination of the good things in it,” Mayor Carolyn Goodman said at the September opening event for the Gallery Tower. “And one of those things is the Downtown Grand.” That’s certainly true for the resort’s new art program.
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hese days in the restaurant business, every little bit helps in getting the word out. Take BB.Q, which opened at the beginning of the year within Chinatown’s Shanghai Plaza, right before COVID-19 upended our lives. Owner Emmy Praferosa says people sheltering at home heard of her restaurant by watching Korean soap operas on Netflix. Of course, it helps that BB.Q is a major brand in Korea and is thoroughly entrenched in popular culture there, endorsed by K-pop stars like BTS. BB.Q’s specialty is fried chicken, and if you’d never had the Korean version of the comfort food, you’re in for a revelation. Forget what you know about its American counterpart—Korean fried chicken is a whole different bird. And just how seriously does Korea
take its fried chicken? “There are 38,000 fried chicken places in South Korea alone,” Praferosa says, and BB.Q has more than 2,000 outlets there. The secret’s in the sauce … and so much more. “Our chicken is hand-battered, and everything is cooked to order using olive oil. That’s why it’s really good,” Praferosa says. And there are no cutting corners in the process. The honey garlic wings alone take two days to marinade. After you order, prepare to wait patiently for 30 minutes to get your food, which speaks to the quality of the method. Start with the Golden Original ($13 for a half chicken; $23 for a whole bird). The pieces are carefully trimmed, battered and fried to an unbelievable crisp, leaving the inside juicy and flavorful. Kick it up with
the Secret Spicy ($14-$25), which tosses the Golden Original into a secret sauce made with tomato, garlic, onions and spices. One of the more unusual flavors is the Cheesling ($13), boneless pieces of chicken covered in cheddar and mascarpone cheese powder. Along with the Honey Garlic Wings ($14-$24), it’s perfect for table sharing. Pickled radishes come with each order to cleanse the palate. There are other items on the menu beyond fried chicken, including bulgogi poutine ($13), an excellent japchae ($12), fried dumplings ($7) and the popular South Korean street food so ddeok so ddeok—rice cake and sausage—($7). A second location of BB.Q will open this month in Silverado Ranch, and while it’s a long way from 2,000 locations, it’s definitely a start.
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not a lot of good Mexican food in this town. Now here we are, and we’re getting really good feedback from our guests.” The family-run northwest eatery started as a takeout spot with nine seats, no restrooms and no beer or wine. It quickly doubled in size and now seats more than 70 for dining in. And although the pandemic stalled business for a few weeks during springtime, Aleman says Sin Fronteras is busier now than ever. The comfortable menu is stocked with favorites, from appetizers like “super nachos” ($8) and queso fundido with chorizo and poblano peppers ($9) to a variety of tacos, burritos and fajitas. A massive plate of carne asada fries ($12) and the Black Angus-beef “fire burger” ($9) with Oaxacan cheese and morita chili pepper barbecue sauce offer innovations on familiar flavors. The most popular item is likely the enchiladas, a dish that doesn’t see a lot of variation in the local restaurant scene. “In Tex-Mex cuisine, enchiladas are always swimming in a pool of sauce, just tortillas rolled around some chicken, and traditional enchiladas are not that way,” Aleman says. “Ours are different. We add vegetables and breakfast potatoes, and of course you can do any meat. Sometimes folks who have never been into the middle of Mexico or even out of the [United States] will say, ‘This isn’t enchiladas,’ and we just say, well, try it, and after that, it’s ‘Wow, amazing! They’re the best we’ve ever had.’” If you want the Sin Fronteras red mojo rojo sauce on yours, it’s best to get them with housemade chorizo ($10). If you prefer the spicy green tomatillo sauce, opt for carnitas ($10).
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QUARTERLY REPORT Evaluating the Raiders through four games in Las Vegas BY CASE KEEFER
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Quarterback Derek Carr Quarterbacks take the brunt of the blame for defeats, so many will consider this choice outrageous following a two-game losing streak. But the truth is, picking anyone else would be ridiculous. Carr has completed 73.6% of his passes for 1,095 yards and eight touchdowns with no interceptions. By any advanced metric grading overall performance, he has been a top-10 quarterback in the NFL this year. He became the Raiders’ all-time leader in touchdown passes in the Week 4 loss to the Buffalo Bills with the 151st of his career. Without Carr, the Raiders would be far worse off.
Runner-up:
Tight end Darren Waller The sure-handed 6-foot-6, 225-pound Waller has probably been the best player on the field in the Raiders’ two games at Allegiant Stadium, but he’s been far less effective in a pair of road games. To take the next step and truly become one of the best players in the NFL—as the Raiders hype him to be—Waller needs to find a way to produce even when opposing defenses have centered game plans around stopping him.
Defensive MVP:
Cornerback Trayvon Mullen The second-year defensive back took his lumps in Week 4 against one of the NFL’s best receivers—the Bills’ Stefon Diggs—but has otherwise been very solid. That’s more than can be said for almost every other defensive starter. The pass defense remains mediocre, but it has improved slightly from last year, and that’s almost entirely because of Mullen. The Clemson graduate relentlessly sticks to receivers and ranked first in the league in press man coverage by Pro Football Focus through three weeks.
Runner-up:
Linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski It’s no coincidence that the two games in which the Raiders allowed the fewest yards and yards per play—Week 1 against Carolina and Week 4 against Buffalo—came when Kwiatkoski was in the lineup and not out with a pectoral injury. The other heralded offseason free agent acquisitions on the defense—defensive tackle Maliek Collins, linebacker Cory Littleton and defensive end Carl Nassib—have been disappointing but Kwiatkoski has lived up to his billing by directing the Raiders’ defense when he’s on the field.
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Best Offensive Moment:
Zay Jones’ touchdown catch before halftime against the Saints The precise connection from Carr to Jones along the sideline in the end zone kick-started a 24-0 Raiders run that secured the first victory in Allegiant Stadium history. Even if the rest of the season proves a disaster, the joy of winning the inaugural home game in Las Vegas by upsetting one of the NFL’s perennial powers will be remembered for years to come. Oh, and this touchdown might have produced the NFL’s best end zone celebration of the year, as Jones pretended to dispense hand sanitizer to his surrounding teammates.
Top Offensive Concern:
The run game Coach Jon Gruden wants to build the Raiders’ attack around the run game, And so far, it hasn’t been efficient enough to justify that approach. Star running back Josh Jacobs has only 300 yards on 83 carries, with no attempts having gone for more than 16 yards. The main problem would seem to be an offensive line ravaged by injuries; right tackle Trent Brown and left guard Richie Incognito have missed the majority of the season.
Results and upcoming games Week 1: Raiders 34, Panthers 30 Week 2: Raiders 34, Saints 24 Week 3: Patriots 36, Raiders 20 Week 4: Bills 30, Raiders 23 Week 5: Raiders at Chiefs, Sunday October 11, 10 a.m. Week 6: Buccaneers at Raiders, Sunday, October 25, 5:20 p.m. Week 7: Raiders at Browns, Sunday, November 1, 10 a.m. Week 8: Raiders at Chargers, Sunday, November 8, 1 p.m.
Best Defensive Moment:
Clelin Ferrell’s stuffing the fourth-and-1 play to clinch victory in Carolina The inconsistent Ferrell has failed to live up to his billing as the No. 4 overall draft pick two years ago, but he at least secured a win in the Las Vegas Raiders’ first-ever game. The Panthers tried to extend a potential game-winning drive inside the two-minute warning with a fullback dive, but Ferrell snuffed it out, came down the line and flattened ball-carrier Alex Armah.
Top Defensive Concern:
Lack of a pass rush The Raiders invested significant capital along the defensive front in each of the past two offseasons to create more pressure, but they have little to show for it. Opposing quarterbacks have torn them apart by virtue of having seemingly unlimited time in the pocket. Las Vegas sits 31st in the NFL in sack rate at 2.9%. Maxx Crosby, who has three of the team’s four sacks, is the only player on the roster who has provided any semblance of consistent pressure.
Special Teams MVP:
Kicker Daniel Carlson A liability a year ago, Carlson has become a strength this season. He has made nine of 10 field goals, including a trio of 54-yarders, and has yet to miss an extra point.
Top Special Teams Concern:
Poor in-game decision-making Carlson’s workload has been too large. Gruden has continually squandered points and win probability by sending the kicker out on fourthand-short situations. Playing for three points once in scoring range has always been a losing long-term strategy, but in what has so far been the highest-scoring NFL season in history, the conservatism is even more damaging and less defensible.
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■ LAST WEEK: BILLS 30, RAIDERS 23 Derek Carr and Darren Waller each lost fumbles in the fourth quarter to prevent the Raiders from mounting any real comeback in a game they trailed throughout. Las Vegas’ defense had no answer for Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen, who built an early 14-3 lead with two touchdown passes on a day when he threw for 288 yards on 24-for-34 passing.
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Opponent: It doesn’t get any tougher than facing the defending Super Bowl champions, especially when it appears they’ve picked up right where they left off last season. Super Bowl MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes should be in the thick of the race to win his second regular-season MVP in three years. The Raiders haven’t won in Kansas City since 2012 and haven’t stayed within single digits against them there since 2016, the year before Mahomes was drafted. Injury report: Las Vegas is getting healthier but still remains significantly weakened. Both starting rookie receivers, Henry Ruggs III and Bryan Edwards, missed the Bills game and could see their absences extended. The status of right tackle Trent Brown remains murky, though Las Vegas hopes he can return Sunday. –Case Keefer
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