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Platters and steamer baskets are arriving fast at Rainbow Kitchen, a Cantonese restaurant that anchors the western end of a single-level, sand-colored strip mall south of Las Vegas remarkable Chinatown. They cover the table with the heart-racing variety that can make dim sum such a joy.

I reach for the har gow as soon as a server whizzes by with our order. The translucent wrappers pleated around the shrimp dumplings fit as snugly as cocoons. Too many versions of har gow cleave to the parchment paper beneath them in a gummy mess, but these lift cleanly, and the seafood inside snaps back at the first bite.

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3:20 p.m. June 10, 2022An earlier version of this post said Rainbow Kitchen is in Las Vegas Chinatown. It is several miles south of that neighborhood.

Abalone chicken sou, a showstopper among the dim sum dishes at Rainbow Kitchen in Las Vegas Chinatown.

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Herbal steam escapes as I unfold the lotus leaf wrapped around glutinous rice. My tablemates and I hunt for slices of lap cheong and dark wisps of chicken suspended in the rice like sticky amber. We plunge our chopsticks into squiggly cheong fun filled with curled shrimp, and sweet, spongy chickens feet, and curls of green pepper stuffed with shrimp paste.

Small tarts arrive last, as both showstoppers and a savory sort of dessert. Oval shells of puff pastry hold chicken, mushroom and scallion, all minced. On top of each tart lays an oblong piece of dried abalone, reconstituted to the texture of a firm scallop and lacquered with soy-rich sauce. The tart mimics the shape of the abalone; the flavors flip umami-fueled somersaults. It is exquisite in appearance and taste.

Ive had the dish once before at Lung King Heen, the three-Michelin-star restaurant in the Four Seasons Hong Kong, where chef Chan Yan-tak engineered the combination. The version at Rainbow Kitchen where owner Bill Chiang and chef Yung Tse, who both grew up in Hong Kong, are quick to cite the luxe inspiration rivals the original.

Har gow and shiu mai, center, are among Rainbow Kitchens standout classic dim sum dishes.

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It wasnt only the abalone tart that left me relishing the meal. In my coast-to-coast travels over the last decade, the delicate finesse of the dumplings and pastries at Rainbow Kitchen made for some of the best dim sum Ive had in North America.

My first-time experience of the restaurants excellent food was thrilling. During a recent week of immersive dining, inspired by Rainbow Kitchen, I turned my focus toward eating through the citys Chinatown. I soon understood, clearer than ever, that the dynamic, multifaceted area is the most exciting place to eat in Las Vegas.

A three-mile sweep that begins about a six-minute drive west of the Strip along Spring Mountain Road loosely defines the Chinatown district. It runs between Valley View Boulevard, where youll find a curative bowl of chicken pho served at Pho Ga Tony Tony at the intersections southeast corner, and the Korea Town Plaza on South Rainbow Boulevard. Its labyrinths of strip malls and shopping complexes is a familiar and promising sight if youve ever immersed yourself in the riches of the San Gabriel Valley. It houses nearly 200 restaurants serving the cuisines of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines ... for starters.

The gate to Chinatown Plaza on Spring Mountain Road in Las Vegas.

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Asiatown would be a far more accurate descriptor, but the areas name has a precedent. Its young existence began with the 1995 opening of Chinatown Plaza, built by James Chen and two business partners, K.C. Chen and Henry Hwan; the trio were high school classmates in Taiwan. They lined roofs with Taiwanese ceramic tiles and installed a paifang inspired by Tang Dynasty architecture as a gateway entrance. Their aim was specific: They created the plaza to serve visiting Asians and Las Vegas growing Asian American population. Beyond restaurants, tenants included a real estate office, a wedding chapel and a 99 Ranch Market.

A quarter century later, nearly two dozen shopping centers dot the surrounding landscape. So eating well in Chinatown is no sudden revelation: Its more that the district has reached a competitive pinnacle of superior options in every tier of dining.

These days Ill rest my head at a Strip hotel and stick around for, say, a Silk Sonic concert. When it comes to dining, though, the relentless crowds and the corporate sheen, thicker than ever, have me looking for exit ramps. Also, the compelling restaurant openings lately often come from L.A. chefs and restaurateurs. I already know how good we have it back home. (That said, Roy Chois Best Friend in Park MGM is one thats worth planning ahead for a reservation.)

When its mealtime I mostly steer my car west to Spring Mountain Road.

Taiwan Deli is a destination for Taiwanese breakfast in Vegas Chinatown.

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At breakfast, with the temperatures outside already rising, the destination one morning is a booth in the back of Taiwan Delis cool, dark room. The long menu channels many of the most popular sunrise street foods in Taiwan: oblong baked savory pastries filled with ropy threads of pork or egg or braised beef and mustard greens; turnip cakes, steamed dumplings and jiu cai he zi (pan-fried hand pies plump with sliced leeks, scrambled egg and vermicelli noodles); variations of fan tuan, its tubes of sticky rice filled with greens or meats; and, on almost every table, bowls of hot soy milk with long, crackling youtiao for dipping.

When I order o ah jian layered with textures in a swirl of omelet, oysters and sweet potato starch that firms into a gel when it cooks it amuses our server. Oh, so you like Taiwanese food! she says. You should get the stinky tofu too. I take her playful dare, and I eat it with pickled vegetables between bites of beef roll and soy milk. It blasts more fermented pungency than plenty of versions Ive tried in the SGV . I dont need coffee. Im thoroughly awake.

Unlike the deep historical contexts of Chinatowns in New York, San Francisco and L.A.s rebuilt New Chinatown, Vegas counterpart was founded with intention as a pluralistic business community; in a real sense its designed to be surveyed by cuisine. Can the whole family agree on Korean barbecue? 8 Oz Korean Steakhouse mixes and matches smart combinations of meat say, boneless short rib, beef belly, pork jowl and gently spicy pork bulgogi in various sizes and price points, with the very modern inclusion of cheese fondue for dipping. Hungry for a burger? Among the Japanese-inspired creations at Fukuburger, my go-to is the Karai, slicked with avocado cream and habanero kabayaki and crowned with pickled cucumbers; its flavor-texture interplays are at once sharp and soothing.

Pan fried pork buns with a lacy top at China Mama.

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Dumplings? The choices overwhelm, but I have a clear starting point: China Mama, where Ivy Ma excels at sheng jian bao, a cluster of pan-fried pork buns bound in a web of glassy, lacy batter. Follow those with her textbook mapo tofu, the silken clouds adrift in a fiery sunset of Sichuan peppercorn-infused oil.

Given the districts dominant architectural themes, it also tracks to explore Chinatown by shopping center. Among the grander entrants, Shanghai Plaza opened in 2019: It covers a sprawling 57,000 square feet with a warren of two-story buildings adorned with red brick columns. Its culinary centerpiece, Shanghai Taste, hides inconspicuously among rows of lookalike facades; look for groups gathered outside, waiting for seats or to-go orders.

Shanghainese chef Jimmy Li and business partner Joe Muscaglione opened noodle house Niu-Gu together in 2016, but theyve found an adoring audience in their new venture. Shanghai Tastes xiao long bao are the biggest draw. Soup dumplings can suffer from all sorts of engineering issues, but Lis are structural paradigms: thin yet sturdy wrappers, heavy with broth, with twisted tops that pop off easily for slurping. Wonderful Shanghai-style appetizers kao fu (braised wheat gluten with a honeycomb texture, paired with wood-ear mushrooms), refreshing bean curd noodles served cold in scallion oil, sweet-and-sour pork ribs round out the meal.

A server at Shanghai Taste shows off the restaurants vegetarian xiao long bao.

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Im naive about Shanghai Tastes popularity. I show up for lunch on Monday at 12:30 and a staffer quotes me an hour and 15 minute wait. Lesson learned: Sign up for the Yelp wait list ahead of time. But it gives me time to wander the complex. I start the day with desserts: an appetite-revving mango-chile pop from the Paleta Bar nearby and hot, fish-shaped taiyaki filled with custard from SomiSomi a couple of buildings over. There is still plenty of room for soup dumplings.

As with Li and Muscaglione, Bank Atchawaran, who runs the Thai restaurant Lamaii a block from Shanghai Plaza, earned his success through years of name recognition in the community. Atcharawan was formerly a sommelier at Lotus of Siam, the off-Strip Thai restaurant with a remarkable wine program made famous by Jonathan Gold during his years writing for Gourmet magazine. Atcharawan opened his first restaurant, Chada Thai & Wine, in Chinatown in 2012; it closed in 2018 and he regrouped with Lamaii a year later.

Mango with sticky rice at Thai restaurant Lamaii.

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Gray leather booths line the dining room below rows of lantern chandeliers casting coppery shadows. The menu charts dishes from the breadth of Thailand: Peppercorn-spiked kua king with pork from the south can be ordered with a comforting bowl of kao soi from the north. Alongside gaeng rawaeng, golden and earthy with turmeric, and crab curry with vermicelli I disappear into a bottle of 1990 Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese. Its nearly dessert wine in its sweetness but ends up accentuating the layers of spice. Lamaii happens to be quiet during a Sunday dinner; it should be filled nightly with local and visiting wine geeks coming from anywhere in the city.

Aburiya Raku needs no encouraging words. Its reputation has arguably tractor-beamed more diners to Vegas Chinatown than any other restaurant. Chef-owner Mitsuo Endo opened his robata grill in 2008, wowing with his instincts for cooking skewered proteins and vegetables over oak binchotan charcoal with such precision that you can discern the deliberate nuances of char and smoke. He followed with dessert bar Sweets Raku in a separate building of the same strip mall in 2013. In the pandemic its squiggly, dramatically plated creations were dialed back, but it remains an indulgent midday stop for chocolate souffl baked with banana pudding and finished with cinnamon custard.

Chef Yoshida Tomori of Toridokoru Raku mans the grill at Toridokoro Raku.

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Endos third Vegas restaurant, Toridokoro Raku, opened in July 2020; the emphasis is on a gamut of poultry cuts prepared with exacting precision. Behind a glass partition, flames surge from the grill as chef Yoshiya Tomori lines its grate with skewered chicken thighs, gizzards and hearts. Tsukune, ground chicken formed in the shape of a drumstick and served with an egg yolk for dipping, is exceptional. A $75 omakase makes for a decision-free tour of the menu, including an appetizer set with tastes of Endos cumulous homemade tofu, though you may want to add an order of chicken oysters, the prized oval pieces of dark meat cut from the back of the thigh.

If you miss foie gras in California, a trip to Toridokoro Raku for liver cloaked in camphire scents might be reason enough to visit Vegas.

One caveat: The restaurant resides in the Flamingo Arville Plaza, a walkable mile south of Chinatown Plaza. Chinatowns borders are not official, though they are ever-expanding, but no one would consider this location in the district. Not yet, anyway. So forgive me, as with Rainbow Kitchen, for occasionally coloring outside the lines. But when it comes to Vegas most exhilarating dining community, Im considering it permissible to expand its borders while stretching my waistline.

Rainbow Kitchen: 7537 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas, (702) 960-7577

Pho Ga Tony Tony: 3775 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas, (725) 204-8084

Taiwan Deli: 4300 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas, (702) 222-3435, taiwandeli.com

8 Oz Korean Steakhouse: 4545 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas, (702) 909-3121, 8ozkbbq.com

Fukuburger: 3429 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas, fukuburger.com

China Mama: 3420 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas, (702) 873-1977, chinamamavegas.com

The Paleta Bar: 4258 Spring Mountain Road, (702) 330-0974, thepaletabar.com

SomiSomi: 4284 Spring Mountain Road, (702) 473-9628, somisomi.com

Lamaii: 4480 Spring Mountain Road, (702) 238-0567, lamaiilv.com

Aburiya Raku: 5030 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas, (702) 367-3511, raku-grill.com

Sweets Raku: 5040 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas, (702) 290-7181, raku-grill.com

Toridokoro Raku: 4439 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, (702) 337-6233, raku-grill.com

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Witnesses describe incident to police

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) A Las Vegas woman is accused of grabbing a 4-year-old child by the wrist in the bathroom of a business in what police said was an attempt to lure her away.

Alyssa Jones, 31, faces a charge of attempting to lure a child or mentally ill person, records showed.

Officers said they were called to a business near Alta Drive and Valley View Boulevard for a report of the battery of a child inside of [a] restroom, they said.

Inside the business, officers spoke to the 4-year-olds father who said his daughter was inside the bathroom when a woman attempted to lure her away, police said.

A witness who was also in the bathroom said Jones told the girl she was very cute and attempted to walk with her by grabbing [the child] by the wrist.

An employee said she had entered the bathroom and saw the child scared in front of [Jones]. Jones was then kicked out of the business.

Judge Elana Graham set Jones bail at $5,000, ordering her to stay away from children except her own. While Jones paid bond, she remained in the Clark County Detention Center as of Tuesday awaiting a June 16 hearing.

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Man crossing intersection in marked crosswalk, police say

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) A suspected impaired driver hit and killed a man who was using a walker in a marked crosswalk, telling officers he thought he had hit a shopping cart, Las Vegas Metro police said.

Luis Gonzalez, 30, faces charges of DUI resulting in death and duty to stop at the scene of an accident involving death or injury.

Officers said they responded to the collision between a car and a person crossing the street at the intersection of Las Vegas and Lamb boulevards around 2 a.m. Tuesday.

Police said evidence at the scene suggested a black Chevrolet Malibu had collided with a person who was using a walker and crossing the street in a marked crosswalk. Police identified the victim, Kevin Williams, from his Nevada ID card, they said.

Through video evidence, investigators were able to track the car and find its license plate and VIN number. Both matched to Gonzalez, they said.

Gonzalez struck Williams, causing him to crash into the windshield, police said. The windshield broke, but Gonzalez drove off, police said.

Gonzalez told officers he had thought he hit a shopping cart, police said. He admitted to consuming marijuana the day before. While speaking to Gonzalez, officers said they could smell an odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage on him. Gonzalez also appeared under the influence as his speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet, police said.

Officers performed a field sobriety test, which Gonzalez failed, they said.

In court Wednesday, Judge Elana Graham set bail at $75,000. If Gonzalez makes bond, he cannot use alcohol and cannot drive.

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) Station Casinos has announced that it will light up Las Vegas with a city-wide fireworks show on Independence Day.

The launch of each fireworks display will be coordinated between Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, Palace Station, Sunset Station, Santa Fe Station, Boulder Station, and Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa & Casino.

The shows will be live streamed on social media and will have a synchronized playlist for guests to listen along to. Both are available at stationcasinos.com/fireworks.

Boulder Station, Palace Station, and Santa Fe Station will have parking lot viewings that are complimentary and open to the public.

Sunset Station will offer a complimentary firework viewing party from the Sunset Amphitheater starting at 7 p.m.

Red Rock Casino and Green Valley Ranch Resort will offer separate viewing parties from their main pools at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available to buy from June 20 to July 4 at both resorts gift shops. Ticket prices begin at $10 for guests two to 11 years old and $25 for guests 12 and older. Children under the age of two are free.

All shows start at 9 p.m. and each location will also host a weekend of live entertainment leading up to the holiday.

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Southern Nevadas commercial real estate industry entered 2022 on an upswing and continues to flourish, despite some headwinds.

The commercial real estate market is being bolstered by our areas substantial economic growth, robust demand and a development industry that is ablaze with activity.

The following sectors are best positioned to overcome expected challenges in 2022.

They include:

The industrial sector remains strong and resilient. In fact, one of its biggest challenges has been a growing demand for space that is outpacing our local supply. Smaller facilities remain in demand, while e-commerce companies are looking to lease or build larger warehouses ranging from 500,000 square feet to 800,000 square feet.

The North Las Vegas submarket continues to thrive, with most projects designed to meet the needs of e-commerce companies, such as Amazon and Fanatics. Other submarkets like Henderson and the area around the airport have attracted very large users like FedEx and Kroger.

On the docket for 2022, plans include another 18 million square feet of planned industrial space to be built, though most of those projects wont be finished until 2023 and are already spoken for. Southern Nevada absorbed more than 10 million square feet of industrial space in 2021. According to developers, competition is at unprecedented levels and everyone wants a piece of the industrial market, creating a huge shortage of materials and escalating land prices.

The office sector continues its ongoing recovery from COVID-19 and associated lockdowns. During 2021, vacancy decreased to 13.3 percent, which was lower than its pre-lockdown rate of 13.6 percent, but also the markets lowest vacancy rate since before the Great Recession. Asking rental rates increased to $2.27 on a full-service basis. Office inventory increased by 93,365 square feet in the fourth quarter of 2021, bringing year-to-date deliveries to 178,035 square feet.

Southern Nevada had 674,214 square feet of office space under construction at years end, the most space under construction since 2014. Southern Nevada had three quarters of strong net absorption in 2021, with occupancy increasing by 931,390 square feet this year.

Moving forward, the state of our tourism industry will be a key driver in Southern Nevadas recovery. This year, the local economy is expected to continue progressing along its road to recovery even with new COVID-19 variants overshadowing the headlines we have enjoyed recently when it comes to population growth, rising gaming revenues and a steady return of tourists enjoying the bright lights of Las Vegas. After record-breaking gaming revenue numbers through the end of 2021, industry experts are predicting Las Vegas could see a full recovery by 2023.

Still, the states recovery has been skewed and uneven. For instance, Northern Nevadas employment numbers have now exceeded pre-pandemic levels, while Southern Nevada cant yet say the same. And, while gaming revenues are up, local hotel room occupancy levels are not back to pre-pandemic peaks. Of course, the Las Vegas area was one of the hardest hit in the U.S. because of its heavy reliance on travel and tourism.

Large conventions have begun returning to Las Vegas, but with the omicron surge, some of the larger companies that attend such conventions have switched to online participation.

Additionally, international travelers, who account for up to 20 percent of all Las Vegas visitors in recent years, have been slow to return.

By most accounts, the commercial real estate sector is expected to continue on an upward trajectory this year, but look for vulnerabilities in rapidly rising material costs, inflation, land constraints, omicron and concerns of water supply amidst a regional drought, despite our ongoing conservation efforts.

Good times in 2022, but what will happen in 2023?

Hayim Mizrachi is president of the 2022 NAIOP board of directors and president of the MDL Group.

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A Las Vegas hospitality group is coming on to Dallas hard with two restaurant openings. One will be an Italian steakhouse, the other an Asian restaurant and bar.

The group is Hooper Hospitality Concepts, which owns Italian and Mexican Restaurants in Las Vegas. The restaurants are:

The Saint will feature an Italian-inspired menu, with dry-aged meat and chops, pasta made in-house, and an abundance of vegetable-based dishes for vegetarians and vegans. The beverage program will consist of inventive spins on classic cocktails, with house-made syrups and tonics, and a wine list emphasizing Italian wine and California reds.

The 4,900-square-foot space will offer lounge seating for 120, with a "saints and sinners" theme, evoking contrasting moods via materials and design such as wood and steel and bright and dark colors.

Night Rooster will feature shareable plates featuring dim sum and classic Asian dishes, as well as Japanese beef and raw bar favorites. The cocktail program will emphasize Asian whiskeys, soju, and sake.

The space will offer seating for more than 300, with 4,000 square feet of space inside and 3,000 square feet outside, including downstairs seating and rooftop. The interior will be "modern-Asian inspired," with a dark and moody atmosphere, while the lower-level, outside dining space will take inspiration from a Hong Kong alleyway. The rooftop will be adorned with wood and plants.

In a release, Hooper Hospitality Concepts CEO Andy Hooper describes Dallas as "an incredible city with one of the most exciting and diverse culinary scenes in America," and promises that The Saint and Night Rooster will offer unique dining experiences, combining Las Vegas flair and Texas hospitality.

Hooper has opened restaurants such as The Black Sheep, a Las Vegas spot serving casual modern Vietnamese-American food in an elevated neighborhood environment; and Locale Italian Kitchen + Craft Cocktails in Mountains Edge, which was honored with a James Beard nomination and was named New Restaurant of the Year by the Nevada Restaurant Association.

According to his bio, Hooper oversaw the opening of Mario Batali's first restaurants in Las Vegas, B&B Ristorante and Carnevino Italian Steakhouse, and also worked with MGM Resorts International, as well as Buddakan in New York, Alicart Restaurant Group, and for chef Daniel Boulud and Dinex Group.

In addition to the two restaurants, Hooper is also planning to open a boutique hotel in Dallas.

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) Less than a week after his trip to Las Vegas to help launch the Interstate 15-Tropicana Avenue project, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has tested positive for COVID-19.

Buttigieg tweeted on Monday morning: I have tested positive for COVID-19 and am experiencing mild symptoms. I plan to work remotely while isolating according to CDC guidelines, and look forward to when I can safely return to the office and the road.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and Buttigieg were on hand for the ceremony to launch the $305 million interchange project on Tuesday, May 31. U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and U.S. Rep. Dina Titus were also at the event.

Buttigieg quarantined for 14 days in February 2021 after a member of his security detail tested positive for the coronavirus, according to The Hill. Buttigieg made a public appearance as recently as Sunday, when he spoke on ABCs This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

The Transportation secretary has two infant children with his husbandChasten Buttigieg,with both children ineligible for COVID-19 vaccination due to their ages, according to The Hill.

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Its time for another episode of theLocked on Womens Basketballpodcast. This episode features hostHoward Megdal and beat reporter for the Las Vegas Aces Matthew Walter. The fellas discuss all things Las Vegas Aces.

Matthew talks about who Kelsey Plum is as a person and player:

She describes herself as a dog and I put it with a, WG instead of [D O G] like shes a dog at heart, which to me means, shes going to go out there and do what she needs to do. And play at the level she plays at no matter whether theyre up 20, down 20 whatever the game is. And its shown through the first 12 games of this season so far for the Aces.

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Plum is the leading scorer on the Aces; however, she is not the number one option. Matthew speaks more on this:

I dont think this offense has a number one option. I think that the way that their offense runs, I dont think theyve had consecutive games with the same leading scorer. Every game theres been somebody different from the previous game, who leads them in scoring because they have the ability, where all five of the people on the floor with the spacing and the way they attack the basket can score.

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You never know what fans are thinking ... until you ask.

We recently ran a poll, now with the 2022 NFL draft well in the books, what is an early position fans think the Las Vegas Raiders may target in the first round of next years draft. Its an impossible task because there are so many unknowns. But there are a few positions that stand out as early possibilities.

Yet, we had a surprise winner and it wasnt even close. In a poll in which more than 1,110 votes were tallied, 765 votes (69 percent) voted for quarterback.

Wow. OK.

Raiders starter Derek Carr is just 31 and he just signed a three-year contract. Yes, the Raiders can get out of the deal next year, but thats not their goal. They want it to work out with Carr.

Yet, next years quarterback draft class is supposed to be solid, so maybe the quarterback voters were thinking it would be a good time to draft Carrs future replacement and stash him for a year or two. Perhaps some voters were just throwing shade at Carr.

Whatever the reason, it was a runaway vote.

Here are the complete voting percentages: QB 69, Tackle 10, CB 9, LB 6, DT 2, WR 1, G 1, S 1. DE 1. Running back, tight end and center all tallied zero percent. My early guess would be tackle because I think the Raiders offensive line is still a work in progress. But, really, its a mystery.

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Las Vegas Raiders teammates Derek Carr and Davante Adams shared a pretty special moment during the teams recent offseason work.

The Las Vegas Raiders are a side that for years were very close to making a breakout, but somehow just werent able to get over the line when it mattered, although things have started to look up for them in recent years.

They are slowly making progress in terms of win totals, winning 4 games in 2018, which became 7 wins in 2019, 8 in 2020 and 10 in 2021 which brought them their first playoff berth since the 2016 season, although they were made to work hard for it, as their place wasnt secured until the final play of the regular season when they beat the Los Angeles Chargers in a win or go home game in Week 18.

And that was after they had to go through a coaching change midway through the season as Jon Gruden resigned following some revelations that came out about things that he had said during his time as a commentator for ESPN.

In an attempt to make their offense that little bit more dangerous, the Raiders went out and make a big move this past offseason, bringing on board Davante Adams in a trade with the Green Bay Packers, sending them a 1st and 2nd round pick in this years draft.

Adams has become quite the threat in the NFL having worked with Aaron Rodgers, with his 123 catches which yielded 1,553 yards and 11 touchdowns putting him in the conversation as one of the best receivers in the game

Which should make Raiders quarterback Derek Carr very happy indeed, as he knows personally how good of a player he is.

The two men actually played together during their college days at Fresno State and it was clear to see just how excited they are to be working again as footage emerged from the teams offseason work.

Carr interrupted Adams as he was conducting an interview, as it was the first time that Carr had seen Adams in the iconic silver and black uniform of the Raiders:

Lets just hope their chemistry off the field turns into something on the field too, because if he can bring what he did with the Packers to Sin City, then the Raiders could be on to something special this season.

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