The final tally to send the Raiders to Las Vegas: 31-1

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Las Vegas goes from 0 pro teams to 2 in a matter of a year. I'll be curious to see if it works out. It's a decent size metro but is it really a "sports town" kind of market? I guess we will find out.

it will be most out of towners going

When the seven Canadian based NHL teams are there, I suspect half the crowd will be cheering for the road team, and same for football

 

[CowboyChris]

lol. I wonder which owner casted the one and only dissenting vote against the Raiders' move?

If I had a vote...i would've voted against it too.

 

[MileyDancer]

None of the articles mentioned gangs. All of the incidences occurred in the stadium or parking lot. It's ridiculous to argue otherwise.

And most of it is Raider an Raider violence because of gangs.

 

[Avery]

Good move overall. Tons of people will fly in, stay on the cheap and gamble their kid's college fund away. This will be a good boost for tourism.

 

[haleyrules]

Raiders fans are minor league. Come to upstate NY and watch a game!

 

[Longboysfan]

If we play the Raiders this year then it's 4 years between.
So 2017.
2018 - No.
2019 - No
2020 - No.
2021 - Yes.

Unless we hit them in a strength of schedule game?

 

[Diehardblues]

lol. I wonder which owner casted the one and only dissenting vote against the Raiders' move?

Dolphins

 

[DeaconBlues]

And most of it is Raider an Raider violence because of gangs.

You know, constantly repeating this lie does not make it true.

 

[Wood]

gonna be nuts.

 

[hornitosmonster]

All the Raiders players on the roster will get a raise just by the no state tax in Nevada.

 

[MileyDancer]

You know, constantly repeating this lie does not make it true.

So, you're basing this on one article? OK.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Can't decide whether I think this is awesome, or awful. Normally, a team moving is awful, but there's something about football in Vegas and it being the Raiders that just seems right.

I think this is probably the better scenarios of a move. Oakland won't budge on a new stadium. Normally I hate giving welfare to these owners, but the Oakland Colosseum badly needs to be replaced and quite frankly, I think the dynamics of the area with the Niners in place (even though they are in Santa Clara), it's a bit ridiculous to have 2 pro football teams (and 2 pro baseball teams). The economics and land just don't fit.

Meanwhile, Las Vegas has been long overdue for a pro sports team. They have the land and economics for it. This isn't like putting a new team in Jacksonville which grew rapidly and they never really analyzed weather Jacksonville would accept a pro sports team and not realizing that they had to compete with college football. Las Vegas is chomping at the bit for a pro sports team in their city.

I'm also glad some of this is happening because it means less credibility of threats by owners to move their team. They can no longer use LA as a potential place to move their team and Las Vegas was the only other real option. Now I highly doubt that St. Louis would welcome a team in my lifetime, the same goes for San Diego and Oakland. The only options are OKC, San Antonio (highly doubt it given Jerry wanting control of those markets), Portland (Seahawks country that has never been in talks for an NFL team) and London (have fun with that).




YR

 

[Tabascocat]

Things are getting hostile in Oakland, there is a good chance that they play in San Antonio until they move to Vegas

 

[Idgit]

I think this is probably the better scenarios of a move. Oakland won't budge on a new stadium. Normally I hate giving welfare to these owners, but the Oakland Colosseum badly needs to be replaced and quite frankly, I think the dynamics of the area with the Niners in place (even though they are in Santa Clara), it's a bit ridiculous to have 2 pro football teams (and 2 pro baseball teams). The economics and land just don't fit.

Meanwhile, Las Vegas has been long overdue for a pro sports team. They have the land and economics for it. This isn't like putting a new team in Jacksonville which grew rapidly and they never really analyzed weather Jacksonville would accept a pro sports team and not realizing that they had to compete with college football. Las Vegas is chomping at the bit for a pro sports team in their city.

I'm also glad some of this is happening because it means less credibility of threats by owners to move their team. They can no longer use LA as a potential place to move their team and Las Vegas was the only other real option. Now I highly doubt that St. Louis would welcome a team in my lifetime, the same goes for San Diego and Oakland. The only options are OKC, San Antonio (highly doubt it given Jerry wanting control of those markets), Portland (Seahawks country that has never been in talks for an NFL team) and London (have fun with that).

YR

Bay Area sports are an interesting tangle right now. You're right about the Collesium.

I'm curious to see what an NFL franchise will do in an area with so much else going on. I'm also interested to see what hybrid of LV culture and the NFL will be given birth to in that new stadium.

I also like the idea of a Vegas mancation to see my Cowboys play now and then. Even though I live near Oakland right now and would never go to a Cowboys game there.

 

[viman96]

LOL Oakland does not want the Raiders in 2019

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...m-stadium-authority-want-oakland-raiders-2019

While the Las Vegas-bound Raiders will spend the next two seasons in Oakland, Scott McKibben, executive director of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority, said it's unlikely they'll be welcomed back in 2019.

"I would say to you with the highest level of confidence, my opinion and recommendation, and that of my board members -- I don't believe there is any appetite for a third season [in Oakland]," McKibben told USA Today Sports on Tuesday.

 

[ROUSH8692]

Yes Sir!

Sure, because the stadium is already built in LV right.....

 

[ROUSH8692]

I'm afraid I'd get stabbed....literally.

Ill pay for your ticket !

 

[T-RO]

The Vraiders.

 

[CowboyGil]

yeah

If we play the Raiders this year then it's 4 years between.
So 2017.
2018 - No.
2019 - No
2020 - No.
2021 - Yes.

Unless we hit them in a strength of schedule game?

Yeah, but 2021 will be here. 2025 will be the first time Dallas travels to LV.

 

[DeaconBlues]

So, you're basing this on one article? OK.

So, make up stories and can't read. I specifically stated: multiple stabbings. As in multiple articles.

Also, since your going to ask: no, I am not linking the articles. Google exists for a reason.