The mayor of Oakland is asking NFL owners to hold off voting on the Raiders’ proposed move to Las Vegas, as Josh Dubow of The Associated Press writes. The league is set to hold a vote during this week’s meetings in Arizona and it is said to be at the top of the agenda. 
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“Never that we know of has the NFL voted to displace a team from its established market when there is a fully financed option before them with all the issues addressed,” Mayor Libby Schaaf said in a statement, adding that the city has put forth a $1.3 billion plan for a new stadium that would be ready in five years. “I’d be remiss if I didn’t do everything in my power to make the case for Oakland up until the very end.”
At this point, “everything” in Schaaf’s power doesn’t include much. The city of Oakland has declined to build the Raiders a new state-of-the-art stadium largely bankrolled by public funds. Local government has instead opted to back a brand new facility for the Oakland A’s, leading the Raiders down the Vegas path. Meanwhile, owners seem to have made peace with concerns about legalized gambling in Nevada and how it could potentially affect the integrity of the game.
If 24 of the league’s 32 owners approve the Raiders’ relocation to Las Vegas, very little will stand in the way of the move. That vote is scheduled to go down in a matter of moments and Schaff’s last-ditch effort probably won’t buy her additional time.
Should’ve let them move to LA…the Lambs were just fine in St. Louis
Good luck with that, NFL isn’t gonna pass up 750m in public money.
Once again Oakland politicians wait until the 11th hour to beg and plead. You have had YEARS to come up with something, anything to keep the Raiders. Losing the Warriors and the A’s trying to leave Oakland for the past 8 years should have been a wake up call to save the Raiders.
it’s just for show. try to grab a few extra votes next election cycle with some crocodile tears.
Viva Las Vegas Raiders. I’m looking for a new house in sin city now.
Too little, too late, Oakland. Feels like a prisoner on death row asking for the governor.