Now that the National Football League has approved the relocation of the Oakland Raiders franchise to Las Vegas, it’s time to buy those season tickets, right? Wrong.
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The NFL has given its approval. The Oakland Raiders will relocate to Las Vegas. Here’s what fans are saying on Twitter about the approval for relocation.
Raiders officials have said they plan on playing in Oakland until the new 65,000-seat domed stadium is complete in Las Vegas. But the facility isn’t expected to open until the 2020 season.
National Football League owners voted Monday in Phoenix to approve the relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Southern Nevada, where a $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium will be built for the team.
A pro-Las Vegas vote is anticipated, but owner Mark Davis has been nervous for months regarding the outcome as he waits for his wealthy peer group to decide whether it is in their financial interest to allow the Raiders to move to the desert.
In a letter obtained by The Mercury News, Goodell told Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf the city’s current stadium proposal is not up to snuff days before the league’s owners are expected to vote on the team’s relocation to Las Vegas.
When NFL owners gather in Phoenix beginning Monday, they’re expected to consider a vote to relocate the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas.
NFL owners begin gathering Sunday at a plush resort outside Phoenix, where atop the agenda for the annual spring meetings of 32 teams is the Raiders’ application to move to Las Vegas.
With the Raiders gazing at Las Vegas and sticking one foot out the door, Oakland is making a last-minute plea to hang on to them. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on Friday shared details of investors’ plans for the first time for a stadium on the current Coliseum site, and vowed that she and the city are doing all they can to keep the team.
Speculation about the Pac-12 Conference football championship game moving to Las Vegas’ proposed 65,000-seat, $1.9 billion domed stadium grew on Thursday when commissioner Larry Scott said he would explore the option.
It’s easy to remember defensive tackle Jason Fao for his nickname and outgoing personality, but he wants to be known as the dominant run stuffer for UNLV in his senior season.
The jerseys worn by Brady during this year’s Super Bowl and the 2015 Super Bowl were returned to Gillette Stadium Thursday, the FBI announced.
Oakland Raiders president Marc Badain met Wednesday with Clark County commissioner Steve Sisolak and discussed a likely vote next week on the franchise’s relocation bid to Las Vegas.
Jericho Flowers had an unusual 2016 season with the Rebels. Things are back to normal for the cornerback this spring.
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton’s offseason “sabbatical” is going to be a little longer than expected.