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The Nevada state Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to help finance an estimated $1.9 billion domed stadium for the Raiders in Las Vegas. The legislation now goes to the Assembly.

Lawmakers have held a series of special session hearings since Monday on a bill to put $750 million in public funds toward the stadium.

On Tuesday, the Senate voted 16-5 to approve the bill, achieving the two-thirds requirement. It will also require a two-thirds vote in the Assembly, which will reconvene Thursday morning. If passed, Gov. Brian Sandoval is expected to sign it into law.

The $750 million would be raised through taxes on hotel rooms and would supplement $650 million from casino mogul and billionaire Sheldon Adelson and $500 million from the Raiders to build the stadium. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ football team would share the stadium with the Raiders.

Team owner Mark Davis has said he would move the team if a domed stadium is built in Las Vegas. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, however, has said he believes there’s a solution to keep the team in Oakland. NFL owners would have to vote by a three-fourths majority in order for the Raiders to relocate from Oakland.

NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, who played for the San Francisco 49ers and briefly for the Raiders, has been working with city and county officials to work out a deal to keep the team in Oakland.

During meetings on Monday and Tuesday, Nevada lawmakers heard support from powerful casino owner Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts and Jim Murren of MGM Resorts International.

“This is an absolute dead-bang, winning opportunity, and I hope you find it in your wisdom to approve it shortly,” Wynn said at a hearing on Monday.

The hotel tax would also pay for expansion of Las Vegas’ convention center.

Opponents were upset that lawmakers packaged the convention center expansion with the stadium deal because people who support convention center jobs but are opposed to the stadium will have to reject the bill.

“There’s something very, very flawed in this,” said Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani, a vocal opponent of the deal. “Have the courage to vote it down and take the time to do it right.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.