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[quote author=SF_Cardinal_Fan link=topic=16724.msg191899#msg191899 date=1492541737]I don't foresee enough tourists willing to pay several hundred dollars to attend a Sunday afternoon game and then rush to catch an airplane home.

You'd be surprised. Some time I was flying down to LA on a Monday after a Raiders game and the plane was full of fans in silver and black.

Will that still happen with Vegas? I dunno, but I think the Raiders have a better chance of succeeding in Vegas than the Chargers do in LA.
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I am sure that there will be airplanes full of Las Vegas Raiders fans. But, a 747 has a capacity of about 500 people. Most of the planes flying in an out of Las Vegas probably have a capacity of about 200 passengers.
I expect each week a few thousand fans may make the 4 hour drive  from the LA metro area. And, probably another few thousand travel by airplane to see a Raiders game. So, these two groups combined I would guess buy will 10,000 seats.
The new Raiders Las Vegas stadium will have a capacity of about 65,000 people. My expectation is that there will be games with dismal attendance, such as only 20,000 spectators, two thirds of the seats empty.
As for the Chargers in Los Angeles, I don't see the logic of that move.

[SF_Cardinal_Fan]

[quote author=SF_Cardinal_Fan link=topic=16724.msg191899#msg191899 date=1492541737]I don't foresee enough tourists willing to pay several hundred dollars to attend a Sunday afternoon game and then rush to catch an airplane home.

You'd be surprised. Some time I was flying down to LA on a Monday after a Raiders game and the plane was full of fans in silver and black.

Will that still happen with Vegas? I dunno, but I think the Raiders have a better chance of succeeding in Vegas than the Chargers do in LA.
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I am sure that there will be airplanes full of Las Vegas Raiders fans. But, a 747 has a capacity of about 500 people. Most of the planes flying in an out of Las Vegas probably have a capacity of about 200 passengers.
I expect each week a few thousand fans may make the 4 hour drive  from the LA metro area. And, probably another few thousand travel by airplane to see a Raiders game. So, these two groups combined I would guess buy will 10,000 seats.
The new Raiders Las Vegas stadium will have a capacity of about 65,000 people. My expectation is that there will be games with dismal attendance, such as only 20,000 spectators, two thirds of the seats empty.
As for the Chargers in Los Angeles, I don't see the logic of that move.