the raiders are moving to las vegas from mission bay.
where are the raiders moving to las vegas?
mission bay
mccallum played a significant role in the oakland raiders relocation to las vegas by setting up a meeting in 2015 between raiders owner mark davis and various officials in las vegas after approaching davis about moving the team to las vegas before a broncos-raiders game on november 9, 2014 in oakland. mccallum was the first to suggest meeting with unlv about the idea. previously, las vegas officials, notably mayor carolyn goodman, had suggested building a stadium near las vegas motor speedway. he later set up a meeting between davis and his boss at las vegas sands sheldon adelson who would later help davis secure the public money needed to build las vegas stadium.
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the team also scouted the alamodome in san antonio, texas as another potential relocation candidate in late 2014, before it began focusing on its failed carson stadium proposal. more recently, team officials began conversing with officials from las vegas, nevada regarding a potential future relocation there; in january 2016, raiders owner mark davis met with sheldon adelson (las vegas sands owner and ceo) about a proposed $1.3 billion, 65,000 seat domed stadium. on march 23, 2016, davis met with nevada governor brian sandoval about moving his team to las vegas and recently on april 1, 2016, mark davis toured sam boyd stadium whether it could serve as a temporary home (it would likely pose a problem for the raiders; the stadium seats fewer than 40,000 spectators, less than the 50,000-seat minimum, nor are there any other stadiums in nevada that meet nfl requirements) and met unlv coach tony sanchez, athletics director tina kunzer-murphy, adviser don snyder, and university president len jessup about further exploring the possibility of the raiders moving to las vegas. on april 28, 2016, davis pledged to commit $500 million toward a new stadium in las vegas at a panel that included soccer superstar david beckham, who was backing a proposed major league soccer franchise that would share the stadium with the raiders and unlv college football. the raiders' proposal needed approval and funding from the nevada state legislature and, ostensibly, league approval to go forward (only ostensibly, since the raiders have left oakland without permission at least once before and won their case in court); the league indicated at the may 2016 owners' meetings that it would not object to the raiders relocating. davis stated on june 7 that the options for staying in oakland had been exhausted for the time being and that he fully intended to relocate to las vegas in the long term, this despite a rumor that commissioner roger goodell was attempting to undermine a move by orchestrating a counterproposal for an oakland stadium in collaboration with ronnie lott.
2016 oakland raiders season