(11-09-2021, 10:02 AM)kevin Wrote: but The Raiders still have one of the better Defenses in The NFL, and at Home with a loud Raider 12th Man on D Crowd against the struggling Bengals.   So with all Raiders woes, I would make them the favorite to beat my Bengals in Las Vegas with many LA Raiders Fans making the trip to Vegas.  With all the Rap wardrobes of Raiders Black Hats and Black Jerseys, the Raiders are not at a loss for Fans.  That Vegas Stadium will be Sold Out with loud Raiders Fans.  All they did was move the Black Hole from Oakland to LA to Oakland to Las Vegas, but The Fan Base is there.  Many make the trip from LA to Vegas.  Vegas has their own Fan Base. So there games sell out.  Heck, some Oakland Fans probably go to Vegas to see the Raiders.  Selling Out The Stadium in Vegas is NOT one of their problems.  There are always more Raider Fans than seats.  

Bengals are walking into a tough Defense with that Raiders 12th Man Pit of Raiders Zany Fans much louder than The Jungle.  So I'm not shedding any tears for the Raiders, since their Defense might shut down Bengals as The Browns Defense did. Plus it is Indoors, and The Bengals will struggle to call plays in that Crowd Noise bouncing off the roof and walls like an echo chamber.

(11-09-2021, 11:01 AM)Sled21 Wrote: I haven't watched a Raider game since they moved. Do they really have that big of a local fanbase (I know it's huge nationwide) Since Vegas is mostly a vacation/gambling city, I was wondering how they would do filling the stadium with home team fans, and how many would be from out of town just catching a game.

(11-09-2021, 10:02 AM)kevin Wrote: Selling Out The Stadium in Vegas is NOT one of their problems.  There are always more Raider Fans than seats.

(11-09-2021, 11:19 AM)Goalpost Wrote:
Probably a good amount of people come from out of town to watch their own team while they are in Vegas also.  That said....I was in Vegas a few months back.  The city has a lot of Raider references in stores around the casinos.  The stadium is cool looking.  They are creating a nice tailgating setup.  I think it is close to Mandalay Bay near the stadium..a bud light zone.  While I was there, there was no football going on, but baseball was and it seems there is a big Dodger following.  I'd wake up in the morning and the casinos were filled with a lot of Dodger playback on the tv's from the night before, as if Vegas's team was the Dodgers.  They also get a lot of Californians that road trip there on weekends.