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- Updated: May 24, 2016
5:49 PM ET
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Raiders owner Mark Davis said Tuesday he was “very optimistic” about opportunities to relocate his team to Las Vegas.
Davis told reporters at the NFL owners’ meeting that the team continues to study whether the Las Vegas market is viable, but the preliminary reports have been positive.
He said it’s important to him to build a local fan base in the city.
“We’re not looking to make this something where the fans fly in on weekends for games,” he said. “For the first year, it would probably be like that, but we want to have a local fan base. That’s important to us.”
And while the subject of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas was not discussed by owners Tuesday, Davis told reporters, “I haven’t heard no.”
Davis said there is no timetable for the team to move, though the Raiders could play a preseason game in the city.
“We have a one-year lease in Oakland and we have two one-year options. We want to do it right, so there’s no real rush,” he said.
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