Las Vegas Raiders Approved 31-1

[Flyn]

L.A. Raiders are moving to Vegas.

PHOENIX -- The Oakland Raiders will move to Las Vegas after garnering enough votes from NFL owners on Monday to relocate to Southern Nevada.

The Raiders received 31 of 32 votes to approve the move. Twenty-four votes were needed. The Miami Dolphins were the only team to vote against the move.

"My position today was that we as owners and as a league owe it to the fans to do everything we can to stay in the communities that have supported us until all options have been exhausted. I want to wish Mark Davis and the Raiders organization the best in Las Vegas," Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said in a statement.

The Raiders will still play in Oakland in 2017, and possibly longer.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19016323/raiders-move-las-vegas-approved-31-1

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[Marko]

Awesome

Why would the Dolphins vote against?

 

[Flyn]

They said they didn't think the Raiders had exhausted every option to keep them in Oakland and owed that to the fans.

It's going to be interesting to see the money and glitz in Vegas behind a football team. I wonder if their uniforms will be flashing or glow in the dark or something? Cheerleaders should be special. :smile:

 

[Mebot]

A big reason why it was almost unanimous.. $$$$

Report: NFL owners to each pocket $53M from team relocation fees
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Report: NFL owners to each pocket $53M from team relocation fees

Michael McClymont*Mar 27, 2017 13:21

Among the factors involved in the proposal to move the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas, there's this: as part of the NFL's relocation fee, each of the league's owners - aside from the owners of the Rams, Chargers, and Raiders - will make more than $53 million after all three teams have changed locales,*according to ESPN's Darren Rovell.

The Chargers and Rams were charged $650 million for their respective moves to Los Angeles. Las Vegas represents a smaller market than Oakland, however. That smaller size, among other things, means Raiders owner Mark Davis could pay less than half of what his competitors did. His relocation fee is expected to be below $400 million.

The final sum total represents a nice chunk of change for the rest of the league's owners.

 

[Marko]

Las Vegas is the definition of Greed.


But I do Love Vegas. Been there many times. Don't gamble too much. I love the girls, pool parties, shows, Hoover Dam, weather, etc....