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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
Oakland started talking with LV loosely in 2015. But when the NFL screwed them in 2016 about LA they quickly turned to LV in 2016 and in less than 6 months
they announced to Oakland a deal had been reached.
The only reason they are not leaving next year and playing at UNLV is they sold out ST this season at The Oc The fans have rallied because they love their Raiders but they hate Mark Davis and the mayor Libby Schaaf for not coming to an agreement.
They will be physically moved by 2020.
As a Raiders fan I thought there is no way in hell the NFL would agree to have a team in LV as they have been dead against it for the gambling reasons and I thought there was no way Oakland would be that team yet it happened and quickly.
Point being anything is possible when a city and a sports franchise ownership can't be reasonable with each other.
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After 9 years of negotiations you'd expect something to break. We are in year 2. It's not going to happen fast. It is a false threat for now. The NHL wants 600 million from Seattle not 200 million. So there is no immediate place to move the flames to. Maybe Quebec City but that tossing away revenue even with their building.
My general point is we have 3-5 years before having to worry. Nenshi won't run for a fourth term so it is possible the Flames might even spend 4 years waiting him out then put on a high pressure Build or Move on a new mayor.
More likely the flames are at least waiting until the Olympic bid decision as then the city will need a partner and the flames have leverage. Either way we have 3-5 years to finish this. Now is not the time to panic.