Posted on 01/19/2017 10:25:35 AM PST by C19fan
They’ll be a lot of folks from LA making the trip to Las Vegas for their games.
When they come to LA to play the Chargers, it will be 90% Raiders fans in the stands.
Gonna be a Raiders fan now. I’ll have to frequently travel to Vegas to support my team!
I don’t care about the NFL anymore but it seems to me that this move is damaging the NFL brand even more. The Raiders have always been attractive to people aligned with the gang culture. It was good news for LA when the Raiders left for the return trip to Oakland years ago. The NFL in Las Vegas is problematical enough. Now add an emphasis on gang culture and its going to lead to trouble soon.
Las Vegas Bandits.
That’s not why they left LA. Attendance was better in LA then it was in Oakland. Not getting a new stadium drove them out.
Exactly. I don’t need a government subsidy to buy stock in Amazon. I figure it’s a good investment, so I dig into my own pocket, I put down my own money, I invest in Amazon, and down the road, I expect to reap a reward.
Football COULD be like that, except the investment in a new stadium is seen (by Football owners) as a very risky investment. Pay for that?? They’ll lose their shirt!!! So, instead, the extort local politicians and say, “Hey, invest in us — think of the huge profits you will surely reap!! Or else we will leave and someone else will reap enormous profits!”
It’s amazing anyone falls for this.
Why don’t these owners build their own damn stadiums?
Some do, like Jerry Jones and Dan Snyder and others.
If they can do it, all can do it!...............
Show me the Money. Vegas baby. Radier fans and every opponents fans. Big money and big ticket prices. Vegas casinos will buy it out for their big fish customers. Guaranteed money printing press.
And now the Bay Area is stuck with the Niners.
Raiders. Pirates. Vegas. Makes perfect sense to me.
Viva Las Raiders!
Put some slot machines in the locker rooms.
“Las Vegas Raiders/Just doesn’t sound right.”
It’s not horrific. But it’s sad that they’re leaving CA.
But, they have billion$ of reasons why...
Well, their logo features a thief with an eye patch, so that would work.
The NFL is losing fan loyalty.
The Rams are.
How about:
Las Vegas Wallet Raiders?
True, but PPPs are how most stadiums and arenas get built. The Chargers move is more disturbing than the Faiders.
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