NFL owners approve Raiders’ move to Las Vegas, so what now?

Labor union member Geraldine Lacy celebrates Monday, March 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. NFL team owners approved the move of the Raiders to Las Vegas in a vote at an NFL football annual meeting in Phoenix. (AP Photo/John Locher) Labor union member Geraldine Lacy celebrates Monday, March 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. NFL team owners approved the move of the Raiders to Las Vegas in a vote at an NFL football annual meeting in Phoenix. (AP Photo/John Locher)

By Associated Press March 28, 2017 4 min read

PHOENIX (AP) – Sometime in the not distant future, they will become the Las Vegas Raiders.

Until then, likely in 2020, Mark Davis’ team belongs to Oakland. Well, sort of.

NFL owners approved the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas 31-1 at the league meetings Monday. Miami was the lone dissenter. Davis insisted the club his father, Hall of Fame owner Al Davis, built into a champion – in Oakland and Los Angeles – should still be considered a part of the Bay Area community.

“I wouldn’t use the term lame duck,” Davis insisted. “We’re still the Raiders and we represent Raider Nation.

“There will be disappointed fans, and it’s important for me to talk to them to explain why and how.”