Following its annual Franchise Owners General Meeting on Monday 27 March, the NFL has approved for the Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas Nevada within the next three years. US business news sources report that NFL Franchise owners voted overwhelmingly (31-1) in favour of a Las Vegas relocation for the Raiders, despite protests from Oakland fans and city officials. …
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NFL power brokers throw weight behind Vegas Raiders
The project to relocate the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas has gained the endorsement of two significant power brokers in Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys) and Robert Kraft (owner of the New England Patriots). A month following the relocation proposition put forward to NFL officials, Jones, and Kraft who own two of the NFL’s biggest and most lucrative …
Read More »Raiders to Sin City… Will Las Vegas gain an NFL franchise?
NFL senior officials are set to review a new franchise proposition for the city of Las Vegas, which aims to migrate the Oakland Raiders to ‘Sin City’. Pitching the proposition’s serious intent, Las Vegas Sands billionaire Sheldon Adelson hosted a media day last Thursday with former England Football captain David Beckham in attendance. Adelson, the fifteenth richest man in US (Forbes …
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