<P> The Raiders officially filed paperwork to relocate from Oakland, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 19, 2017 . The Raiders needed 24 of the 32 NFL club owners to vote to officially approve the move to Las Vegas . </P> <P> On January 30, 2017, it was announced that Adelson had dropped out of the stadium project, also withdrawing the Las Vegas Sands' proposed $650 million contribution from the project . Instead, the Raiders would increase their contribution from $500 million to $1.15 billion . One day after Adelson's announcement, Goldman Sachs (the company behind the financing to the proposed Las Vegas stadium) announced its intent to withdraw from the project . </P> <P> On March 6, 2017, the Raiders revealed that Bank of America would be replacing Sheldon Adelson's portion of the funding for the new stadium in Las Vegas . On March 27, 2017, the National Football League officially approved the Raiders move from Oakland to Las Vegas in a 31--1 vote, ensuring them a new stadium in the process . However, even though the Raiders were approved to move to Las Vegas, the club will still play the 2017 and 2018 NFL seasons at the Oakland--Alameda County Coliseum and still be known as the Oakland Raiders so as long as they play in the San Francisco Bay Area . About one thousand season ticket holders asked for and received refunds after the move to Las Vegas was announced . Their tickets were sold to other fans within hours, and the Raiders' 53,250 season tickets were all sold out by late May . </P> <P> The league levied a $350 million relocation fee on the Raiders, which will be paid in ten annual installments beginning in 2019 . This figure is slightly more than half of the $650 million fee that the Rams and Chargers each paid to relocate to Los Angeles . </P>

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