Bad idea. Professional sports wont work in Vegas.

It would for the NFL for sure. Cuz all opposing teams fans would plan their trips to Vegas when their team is there. So they'd sell out. Wouldn't be much of a home field advantage for Vegas Raiders, but they'd always have sell outs.

No way they always have sell outs.

It wasn't "thought about," an AFL franchise was awarded to the Twin Cities before the NFL offered one instead and ownership took the better offer. (I think the NFL did the same thing with Atlanta and/or New Orleans.) Oakland was sort of thrown together at the last minute, and their ownership structure has been convoluted and jury-rigged ever since.

I follow some "business of sports" sites. None of the posters can claim to know the "inside track" on any of this, but some would suggest that the Kroeneke LA sports stadium/NFL temple/multi zillion dollar thing he's building won him fans among other owners, enough so that there are those who feel Kroeneke deserves LA on his own, at least for now.

Meanwhile, political leaders in Oakland are not sounding enthusiastic about doing the financial back flips that the Twin Cities did to keep the Vikings, so I think the Raiders will go somewhere. Levi's Stadium is not going well for the 49'ers, and Davis apparently doesn't want to go there anyway.

San Diego has made some headway recently about the convention center/stadium project they've talked about before, and the Charger/city talks are at least not as acrimonious as they were several months ago. Plus, the league likes having San Diego in play for hosting Super Bowls, so that may work out.

With Vegas, there may be people in the league who at least are grateful that this Davis isn't acting like his dad, and that he could be rewarded for not bitching and threatening court actions, etc. So if he wants Vegas, there might be more important people than in the past who are willing to think they owe him one.

Vegas has enough arenas, but I've read there has been some interest in a larger facility of some kind for major sports and bigger concert draws; the stadium currently being used by UNLV is arguably close in quality to Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, which does not make it really workable for other uses as is.

Vegas has private money, and Vegas taxpayers haven't really been hit yet with paying for many other large projects like this one would be. Davis has about $200-300 million to work with, and it's been suggested that Vegas could pay for all or most of it through tourist taxes (rental cars, hotel rooms, etc.) Plus you have Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson expressing clear interest:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-m ... olumn.html

I think Vegas is a real possibility.

Don't the Atlanta Falcons/Hawks/hockey organ-I-zations prove anything? Transient/shit non-city "home" teams (like Las Vegas) don't really add anything to the sports landscape(or quality).

Foreclosed & crappy assed Vegas can't even pay for another decent college team anymore, and we're supposed to believe that they're a legitimate pro town?

Don't the Atlanta Falcons/Hawks/hockey organ-I-zations prove anything? Transient/shit non-city "home" teams (like Las Vegas) don't really add anything to the sports landscape(or quality).

Foreclosed & crappy assed Vegas can't even pay for another decent college team anymore, and we're supposed to believe that they're a legitimate pro town?

Every time I went to Las Vegas I intended to do something other than gamble, go to a big guy's night dinner, go to clubs or hang out by the pool. I never did.