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Oakland Raiders in the Same Place on Relocation

By Carl Cockerham

May 11, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; General view of Oakland Raiders helmet at the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign on the Las Vegas strip on Las Vegas Blvd. Raiders owner Mark Davis (not pictured) has pledged $500 million toward building a 65,000-seat domed stadium in Las Vegas at a total cost of $1.4 billion. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell (not pictured) said Davis can explore his options in Las Vegas but would require 24 of 32 owners to approve the move. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
May 11, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; General view of Oakland Raiders helmet at the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign on the Las Vegas strip on Las Vegas Blvd. Raiders owner Mark Davis (not pictured) has pledged $500 million toward building a 65,000-seat domed stadium in Las Vegas at a total cost of $1.4 billion. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell (not pictured) said Davis can explore his options in Las Vegas but would require 24 of 32 owners to approve the move. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 24, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders fan dressed as Darth Vader with a “The dark side” banner during the first quarter against the San Diego Chargers at O.co Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 24, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders fan dressed as Darth Vader with a “The dark side” banner during the first quarter against the San Diego Chargers at O.co Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

Los Angeles Still Possible? 

The city of Los Angeles is still keeping hope alive for the Raiders for the Raiders moving down there. The Raiders were announced as next in line to move in with the Rams if the Chargers don’t. However, we’re still talking about too many ifs, ands or buts falling in the right way.

The first one is the Chargers refusing to exercise their right to move to Los Angeles with the Rams. Many in the city are holding on to the slim hopes of that happening but it looks unlikely now. A vote is coming in June for San Diego has raise taxes for public funding.

According to the polls done by the San Diego Tribune, the citizens of the city don’t like it. The polls showed only 33 percent were in favor of using at least $375 million of taxpayer money from the city’s general fund to help build a new NFL stadium in San Diego.

On top of that, Chargers owner Dean Spanos claims a pretty large portion of his fan base is from LA. It doesn’t make business sense to let another team into SoCal to take more fans away. Three teams in a 100-mile radius doesn’t bode so well for the Chargers, who would be the least popular.

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