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ALAMEDA, Calif. -- As the?Oakland Raiders interest in Las Vegas as a new home remains strong, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee held a special meeting Monday to discuss nine potential sites for a?65,000-seat stadium.The estimated price tag has gone up, from an initial $1.4 billion to possibly as much as $2.1 billion. The rise in price would be in part due to land acquisitions, as well as theow being proposed as a retractable dome.Raiders owner Mark Davis has said that he would prefer a retractable dome as well as a natural grass playing surface, though when it comes to a location in Las Vegas, Davis told ESPN.com he was site agnostic.Also, the committee, which was initially to dispand at the end of July, will ask Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, who convened the committee, for two more months before issuing an o stadium now being proposed as a retractable dome.Raiders owner Mark Davis has said that he would prefer a retractable dome as well as a natural grass playing surface, though when it comes to a location in Las Vegas, Davis told ESPN.com he was site agnostic.Also, the committee, which was initially to dispand at the end of July, will ask Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, who convened the committee, for two more months before issuing an official recommendation.The nine sites discussed:??A 42-acre site owned by UNLV at the corner of Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane, though it is across the street from McCarran International Airport and in the flight path, and Southwest Airlines already has written its protest to such a site.? A 65-acre site just east on Tropicana, on the UNLV campus in the Thomas & Mack Centers parking lot.? A site on more than 100 acres farther west on Tropicana just off Interstate 15 that is owned by the Fertitta family, which just reportedly sold UFC for $4 billion.? A 47-acre site where the Riviera Hotel & Casino stood on Las Vegas Boulevard, an area owned by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.? A 35-acre site on the southwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue that is referred to as the Rock in Rio festival grounds and is owned by MGM Resorts International.? A 50-acre site where Cashman Field now sits near North Las Vegas, as the baseball Triple-A team Las Vegas 51s, a minor league affiliate of the?New York Mets, will soon move to a new facility in Summerlin, northwest?of downtown Las Vegas.? A 62-acre site west and across I-15 of Mandalay Bay on Russell Road.? A 139-acre site on the Wynn Golf Club, east of Wynn Encore and Wynn Las Vegas, off the Strip.? A 27-acre site on Las Vegas Boulevard where the Wet n Wild water park stood. Air Max Australia Cheap . 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Cheap Air Max . The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said hed like to play the outfield. Yankees manager Joe Girardi says hes thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros. FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The first rule of Jets training camp: No talking about Ryan Fitzpatrick.With players reporting Wednesday to the teams facility for physicals a day before the start of practices, this biggest topic of conversation was the guy who wasnt even there.No one knows if or when Fitzpatrick will re-sign with New York. But one thing was clear: Discussing the quarterbacks monthslong contract stalemate with the Jets was off limits.All questions about Ryan are for coach (Todd) Bowles, running back Matt Forte said. They told me to tell you all that. Everybody knows who `they are.The team has been locked in a staredown with Fitzpatrick and his representatives all winter, spring and, now, summer. Fitzpatrick set a franchise record with 31 touchdown passes last year while leading the Jets within a victory of a playoff spot. But he and the Jets have failed to come to an agreement on a deal that would satisfy both sides.So, for now, Geno Smith is the starter again -- just as he was a year ago, before a punch from a teammate broke his jaw during camp and pushed Fitzpatrick into the role he never relinquished even when Smith got healthy.Forte was one of five Jets players who spoke to the media on report day, along with center Nick Mangold, safety Marcus Gilchrist and linebackers David Harris and Erin Henderson. Each of them sidestepped questions about Fitzpatrick, deferring to Bowles.The Jets coach was scheduled to speak to the media for the first time Thursday after the first training camp practice.I have talked to Fitz, said Mangold, one of the quarterbacks best friends on the team. Do I talk football or business? No, because I ask him how his kids are doing, hows your golf game, those type of things. As far as his mindset, I have no idea.When pressed about whether hes curious about whats going on, Mangold came up with an unusual comparison: those who go to smell the stench of the corpse flower at the New York Botanical Garden.Yes, really.Curiosity is going to get you over to that plant in the Bronx and smell that terrible smell, Mangold said. Yeah, the corpse flower. Curiosity is going to get you to smell something. Some people want to smell something bad. Some people want to find out different mindsets. I dont particularly care.Mangold reiterated thhat he has no control over the contract situation with Fitzpatrick and is focused now only on who is actually in camp.ddddddddddddHopefully, things get worked out, he said. If they dont, they dont. If they do, thats great. I have no control over it, so I dont particularly worry about it.If Fitzpatrick doesnt come back, then the job is all Smiths. Forte, who signed with New York in March as a free agent, was impressed by what he saw during the offseason.You could see his arm strength, his accuracy and his decision-making were pretty good, Forte said. There werent too many drills we were doing where there was pressure, but his timing and calling timeouts, he made good decisions on that. Going against our defense, which is no slack of a defense, it was good to see him do that and I was impressed by him.Several players, such as wide receivers Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker, made it clear early in the offseason that they would like to see Fitzpatrick return. That might have created a bit of an awkward situation for Smith, who has tried to approach the offseason as though hell be the starter in Week 1 against Cincinnati.Nobody knows except him, Harris said of Smith. But hes not going around throwing a pity party for himself. I know that.Fitzpatrick wasnt the only player not in attendance when the rest of the team arrived. Linebacker Darron Lee, the teams first-round draft pick, reached an agreement on a four-year deal worth $10.2 million with the Jets later Wednesday.Lee, who was with the team for offseason workouts and minicamp, is expected to have a big role immediately in Bowles defense as a hybrid linebacker who can play in different spots on the field because of his speed and athleticism.Hell be here in time, Harris said a few hours before Lee signed. I dont know when, but it happens all around the league. Its the business side of it and I respect it. Im pretty sure hell come here ready to go when he does get here. I know what type of player he is and I know hes going to be in his playbook the days hes not here, so Im not worried about that.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '