<P> In July 2014, San Antonio, Texas, emerged as a potential relocation candidate for the team, after Raiders owner Mark Davis visited an event hosted for former Raiders wide receiver Cliff Branch in the city . San Antonio, while it was in a smaller media market than the San Francisco Bay Area, had the advantage of having a relatively new and NFL - ready stadium in the Alamodome and less sporting competition . San Antonio remained in contention as a site through at least November 2014, when Raiders staffers scouted the stadium and began negotiating with San Antonio officials . </P> <P> By 2015, the Raiders had tacitly rejected San Antonio in favor of an attempt to return to Los Angeles . As the Raiders are believed to have relatively few liquid resources compared to the rest of the National Football League's teams, the Raiders partnered with the San Diego Chargers (who themselves were having difficulties negotiating a new stadium to replace aging Qualcomm Stadium) to propose Los Angeles Stadium in Carson, which both teams would co-own and share . In January 2016, the Raiders / Chargers joint stadium proposal found competition from the then - St. Louis Rams, who were proposing Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, a more ambitious stadium proposal backed by the much wealthier owner of the Rams (Stan Kroenke) and which was already under construction . The league approved the Rams' proposal over the Raiders / Chargers one, giving the Chargers the first choice to negotiate a lease with the Rams to share the Los Angeles market and the Hollywood Park stadium, and the Raiders the second choice if the Chargers did not do so within one year . The Chargers exercised their choice and announced their relocation to Los Angeles in January 2017, shutting the Raiders out of the Southern California market . </P> <P> Less than a month after the Chargers announced their move to Los Angeles, Las Vegas had emerged as the most likely destination candidate for the Raiders . </P> <P> On January 29, 2016, Davis met with Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson about possibly relocating to a $2.3 billion, 65,000 capacity domed stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada . During Davis' meeting with Adelson, he also visited the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), which included a contingent consisting of the university's president Len Jessup, former university president Donald Snyder, Steve Wynn, and former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) owner Lorenzo Fertitta . The proposed stadium would replace Sam Boyd Stadium and would serve as the home of both the Raiders and the UNLV Rebels college football program . A relocation to Las Vegas would be a long - term proposal, as Sam Boyd Stadium is undersized for the NFL and there are no other professional - caliber stadiums in Nevada . Raiders officials were also in Las Vegas to tour locations in the valley for a potential new home; they were also on the 42 - acre site of the proposed stadium to ask questions about the site . </P>

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