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19 Jan, 2017

The Raiders have filed their relocation paperwork with the NFL to move from Oakland to Las Vegas, the league announced in a statement Thursday.

“Today, the Oakland Raiders submitted an application to relocate their franchise to Las Vegas, as is provided for under the NFL Policy and Procedures for Proposed Franchise Relocations,” the statement read.

“The application will be reviewed in the coming weeks by league staff and the Stadium and Finance Committees. The relocation of a franchise requires the affirmative vote of three-quarters of the NFL clubs.”

The move was anticipated. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Saturday the Raiders would file their relocation paperwork within days. It is the first step in a relocation process that won’t become official until the Raiders receive 24 votes from NFL owners to formally make the move.

The Raiders had until Feb. 15 to file relocation papers. NFL owners could vote on the team’s relocation proposal at the Annual League Meeting in March, per Rapoport.

If the Raiders are given the green light to move, they likely wouldn’t relocate to their proposed, 65,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas until 2020.

The city of Oakland has made no progress to keep the team, sources told Rapoport. It has not come up with a stadium proposal that league or independent sources believe is credible.

The proposal comes a week after the Chargers announced their decision to relocate from San Diego to Los Angeles and a year after the Rams moved back to L.A. from St. Louis.

NFL.com

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