Anyone who has spent time there in the summer knows: The heat in Las Vegas is no joke.
With coronavirus forcing the Raiders to move training camp to the organization's new facility in Henderson, Nevada, players and staff have had to acclimate to a pretty consistent diet of 100+ degree days, something that isn't exactly ideal for professional athletes looking to get a workout in.
“I’ve been all over the country, obviously, and I’ve been hot,” Mayock told NBC Sports' Peter King on a day that reached 113 degrees in Sin City. “But this is pretty hard to get used to.”
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But don't think for a second that Mayock and the Raiders' leadership didn't anticipate scorching temperatures during training camp.
“Jon wants to practice outside some," Mayock continued. "The good thing for us is, we’ve got three alternatives for practice—an outdoor grass field, an indoor [FieldTurf] field with one-and-a-half fields, and a climate-controlled stadium. When we’re outside, Jon wants to be off the field by 10 a.m.”
The climate in Las Vegas is similar to what the Arizona Cardinals have to deal with in Phoenix. Facing similarly brutal summers, the Cardinals conduct most of their training camp activities inside the team's home stadium in Glendale, Ariz., which features a retractable roof.
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Mark Davis recently said he hopes the team will continue the tradition in 2021 of hosting training camp in Northern California's Napa Valley, where it had been for the past 25 years prior to 2020.
“I would like to continue to do it there,” Davis said. “It is one of the most beautiful places in the world and gives us ties back to our Northern California roots. Southern California is another possibility, but I just think there is nothing better than Napa.”