In making official Thursday what has been reported for months by applying for relocation from Oakland to Las Vegas, the Raiders moved this town one enormous step closer to the sort of national relevancy only those cities housing a National Football League team know.
Raiders/NFL
Steve Sisolak answered the phone and a shiver ran down his spine. At about 8 a.m. Thursday, after 19 months and countless hours spent trying bring an NFL franchise to the Las Vegas Valley, the Clark County commissioner got the news.
The Oakland Raiders have applied for relocation to Las Vegas, the franchise confirmed Thursday to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Oakland civic leaders and deep-pocketed investors fighting to keep the Raiders from moving insist they are still in the game despite team owner Mark Davis formally applying to the NFL to relocate to Las Vegas.
Matt Millen’s analysis of the Raiders’ planned relocation to Las Vegas from Oakland, particularly as a former player and NFL executive, is as worthy as anyone’s opinion.
A look at all the steps that took place before the Raiders filed to move to Las Vegas on Thursday.
Here’s what Nevada officials are saying about the Raiders filing for relocation to Las Vegas.
With the Oakland Raiders announcing Thursday that they have formally applied for relocation to Las Vegas, things will move fast as the nine-member board puts agreements in place to build a $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium for the team.
Jeff Sherman, Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook manager, said these would be his odds on the Raiders beginning to play their regular-season games at Sam Boyd Stadium if a new venue is built by 2020.
The day Oakland Raiders fans in Las Vegas have waited for is here — the team has filed paperwork to relocate to Southern Nevada. Here’s a look at how people are reacting.
The arrival of Las Vegas’ National Hockey League franchise and the potential relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Southern Nevada present enormous retail prospects on everything from T-shirts to all forms of logoed merchandise.
With only a month remaining before the Oakland Raiders’ deadline to file for relocation to Las Vegas, here are four issues worth monitoring.
Oakland Raiders executives have told the NFL that Goldman Sachs is committed to financing the team’s proposed domed stadium in Las Vegas with or without an investment from casino executive Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board learned Thursday.
San Diego might have opened a door much wider for the potential of Sam Boyd Stadium hosting the Raiders should relocation plans be approved by league owners and Oakland fans protest with their wallets.
The Oakland Raiders might decline Sheldon Adelson’s stadium investment in pursuing relocation to Las Vegas, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II said Wednesday.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]
Dominic Lavoie and the Vegas Nation team get you prepared for the season finale against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Raiders wide receiver Jakobi Meyers is hearing from everyone about how close he is to hitting a personal milestone. Even his mother.
The Raiders are facing some huge decisions this offseason, like whether to keep coach Antonio Pierce or take a quarterback in April’s draft.
Thomas Harper didn’t play football until he was a sophomore in high school, but now he’s making plays as a rookie safety for the Raiders.
each morning and afternoon.