Indy Gaming: Q&A with Raiders President Sandra Douglass Morgan from IndyFest
Las Vegas Raiders President Sandra Douglass Morgan says there is an opportunity for more professional sports franchises to move to Southern Nevada. Morgan was named the first-ever female African American president of an NFL team in July.
Sandra Douglass Morgan is the president of the Las Vegas Raiders. She is responsible for the financial health and overall well-being of Raiders, business operations, corporate sponsorships, and sales of their suites at Allegiant Stadium.
Mark Davis was transparent with him about some of the issues that were going on. The Raiders organization is incredibly strong and built on the vision of Al Davis legacy. People were siloed during the transition to Las Vegas. There were some cultural changes and transitions. He has been welcomed with open arms within the Raiders organisation and the NFL community.
The NFL was opposed to sports betting before the Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in May 2018. Now he wants to help the league navigate the sports gambling matters. Nevada has a patchwork of different gambling regulations. The NFL and other national companies are looking at advertising and investing in certain things.
The NFL is considering allowing betting lines to be shown at stadiums during games. Las Vegas is used to it but there are some fans who don't want to see betting.
Southern Nevada has shown it can support major professional teams. The Pro Bowl and the NFL Draft were not available 10 years ago. It's great for the community. Sandra Douglass Morgan is the president of the Raiders.
The host committee will work on all of the events and amazing things that happen around the Super Bowl. There are going to be pre-event concerts, an entire family fun zone with different skill challenges and things like that. Historically, more people come to Las Vegas for the game even when the event is not in Las Las Vegans.
McDowell worked as a publicist at Bally's Park Place and Tropicana Atlantic City. She was a reporter by trade and worked her way up the ranks. McDowell was the first Black woman to be inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame. In 2005, she joined Argosy Gaming and later Trump Entertainment Resorts. Now she runs Global Gaming Women, which was created to bring women into gaming industry management. She and Patti Hart helped to create the organization. They also helped it into a nonprofit. At a conference in Atlantic city, a young woman thanked her for her words of encouragement.
Michael Rumbolz and Gavin Isaacs are joining McDowell in the Class of 2022. RumberolZ is the executive chairman of Everi Holdings. Isaac is chairman and CEO of Games Global. They both have worked in gaming industry for more than 40 years. They are both former executives of gaming equipment manufacturers. The class of 2012 is being inducted into the Gaming Hall. It will be held in February 2022 at McDowall's. For more information, visit gaminghall.org. for details. and for information on the class, call the office on (844) 615-8255.
Light & Wonder sold its sports betting business to Endeavor for $800 million. The company also sold the lottery operations to Brookfield Business Partners for a total of $6.05 billion. The new focus is on developing cross-platform gaming products. It's also removing the interim CEO title from Matt Wilson's title. He was named interim chief executive of the company in late August. An analyst sees the sale as a positive for the Las Vegas-based company. They expect it to focus on growth in digital gaming and market share gains in land- based gaming.
Analyst outlook on Macau is murky following September revenue decline. Travel restrictions from Mainland China and zero-COVID policy measures have sent Macao gaming revenue totals tumbling more than 53 percent compared to 2021. Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts and MGM Resort International operate casinos in Macua. Marina Bay Sands in Singapore remains the only casino operating without major restrictions. Maca's gaming revenues hit a record high of $45 billion in 2013, but economic challenges in China caused declines in the market over the next few years.
