I feel like every team is leaving Oakland now, but, why?
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Shortest answer is the owners can make a lot more money in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas has a significant tourism board that dwarfs the Bay Area. While people want to visit San Francisco and see the Golden Gate Bridge, not a lot of people, outside of locals, want to visit Oakland.
Couple this with Las Vegas locals have been vying for sports representation. The LV Golden Knights were the city’s first professional team and it has been wildly successful. Not just as local fans, but as a destination fan trip for out-of-towners to see their favorite team and add a few days in Vegas for fun. Las Vegas can also absorb travelers with the tens of thousands of hotel room capacity. And Las Vegas out by the strip is sized block for block for mega resorts, so fitting a stadium or two in is pretty easy.
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