Las Vegas Raiders

[Valuist]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Nevada-lawmakers-struggle-with-Vegas-stadium-deal-9971394.php

[barahona44]

I still have my doubts about Vegas being a good place for the NFL.The population isn't that big, it's a service oriented economy with low wage employees and a transient population with few emotional ties to the city.The Cardinals have the Arizona New Mexico market more or less locked up, although being an AFC team, their games would be going on CBS affiliates in those states .Sure the whales will come in the luxury boxes the casinos will buy (but that means they're not in the casino gambling...), and now that the Rams are back in L.A., the SoCal population won't need to go.And again why are taxpayers subsidizing billionaires who employ millionaires?

Also why can't the Raiders share the 49ers new stadium?.The Jets and Giants have been doing it for decades, without any huge issues.

[ReplayRandall]

I still have my doubts about Vegas being a good place for the NFL.The population isn't that big, it's a service oriented economy with low wage employees and a transient population with few emotional ties to the city.The Cardinals have the Arizona New Mexico market more or less locked up, although being an AFC team, their games would be going on CBS affiliates in those states .Sure the whales will come in the luxury boxes the casinos will buy (but that means they're not in the casino gambling...), and now that the Rams are back in L.A., the SoCal population won't need to go.And again why are taxpayers subsidizing billionaires who employ millionaires?

Also why can't the Raiders share the 49ers new stadium?.The Jets and Giants have been doing it for decades, without any huge issues.

Metro area ranked #29- Las Vegas- Henderson-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Area, 2,114,801 ...... Retrieved May 11, 2016.

[barahona44]

That would put them in the bottom 5 of NFL cities.-You need a passionate local base to sustain a franchise and I don't see it out in the desert.Too many diversions for tourists and the solid middle/upper class who buy tickets simply isn't there.

Not that I plan on feeling sick to my stomach about it. :)

[thaskalos]

I still have my doubts about Vegas being a good place for the NFL.The population isn't that big, it's a service oriented economy with low wage employees and a transient population with few emotional ties to the city.The Cardinals have the Arizona New Mexico market more or less locked up, although being an AFC team, their games would be going on CBS affiliates in those states .Sure the whales will come in the luxury boxes the casinos will buy (but that means they're not in the casino gambling...), and now that the Rams are back in L.A., the SoCal population won't need to go.

The Vegas casinos will buy-up all the empty seats...and comp them out to the slots players.

[barahona44]

The Vegas casinos will buy-up all the empty seats...and comp them out to the slots players.
I can see it now: a bunch of little old ladies hunched over their walkers filling up the end zone seats. :)

[kingfin66]

The Vegas casinos will buy-up all the empty seats...and comp them out to the slots players.

Would that be smart for the casinos to do? It is in the casinos' best interests to have those players in the house playing and...losing. An NFL game is a time consuming proposition. It sounds like a bad idea to me. This entire Raiders to Vegas thing sounds like a horrible idea. I guess that speaks to how desperate they are having lost out on the LA deal.

[RaceBookJoe]

Tons of Raider fans here in Vegas though, so the team will have a decent fan base to start with. I can see tourists coming here for the games, esp to see their team play, whether its the Raiders or the opponent. The big issue will be what to do with the stadium on the non-football days/offseason. Most of the local radio stuff I have heard in the negative has been on the traffic issue, even more so than the tax issue, which mainly will be from the tourists anyways..at least that's the plan :)

[Valuist]

There's plenty of Raiders fans all over California. Vegas isn't that far from Southern Cal. A plane ride from Bay area. Just gives fans an excuse to go to Vegas.