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10 minutes ago, renoskier said:

I don't know, I think a lot of the fans like that image; kinda like Harley owners and the biker gang image.

It depresses me that anyone would consciously seek to reinforce a stereotype...

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19 minutes ago, ag4fr said:

I would not mind seeing the Raider franchise try to distance itself a wee bit from some of the gangsta and thug image.

I think there are more $$ out there held by real Football fans looking for a team to cheer for than there are $$ out there with gang bangers and thugs looking for a team to cheer for.

Most of those types don't actually end up being very loyal or committed fans.  They buy or steal the jersey and the hat, but that is about it...

That's right. Raider gear has always been cool with thugs in the urban black community. Most of them aren't ever going to pay to see a game, it's more of a fashion statement thing. 

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3 minutes ago, Nevada Convert said:

That's right. Raider gear has always been cool with wanna be thugs from the burbs in the urban black community. Most of them aren't ever going to pay to see a game, it's more of a fashion statement thing. 

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The Raiders can pretty much out-price the game tickets for the poorer thugs. You have 8 home games, and they should easily sell out. High prices for Raiders games will actually be a good thing to improve the stadium game experience. In contrast when they were in LA, there were so many street punks in the cheap seats, it was ridiculous. Opposing team fans quickly discovered that they didn't want to go with the cheapest seats unless they liked to be assaulted, have food and beer thrown on them, getting beaned hard with pennies, etc.

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1 minute ago, Nevada Convert said:

The Raiders can pretty much out-price the game tickets for the poorer thugs. You have 8 home games, and they should easily sell out. High prices for Raiders games will actually be a good thing to improve the stadium game experience. In contrast when they were in LA, there were so many street punks in the cheap seats, it was ridiculous. Opposing team fans quickly discovered that they didn't want to go with the cheapest seats unless they liked to be assaulted, have food and beer thrown on them, getting beaned hard with pennies, etc.

lol.

Thanks for the heads up. I'm usually a cheap kinda guy. What you're saying does make sense though.

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3 minutes ago, renoskier said:

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I don't totally agree with that at all. Raider gear is big in the hood, period. Even back in the early 90's when I was going to school and driving a big Crown school bus for San Diego Unified, it was everywhere in the dangerous neighborhoods including around MLK. Some kids would get their Raiders jackets forcefully taken from them from street thugs. 

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15 minutes ago, Nevada Convert said:

The Raiders can pretty much out-price the game tickets for the poorer thugs. You have 8 home games, and they should easily sell out. High prices for Raiders games will actually be a good thing to improve the stadium game experience. In contrast when they were in LA, there were so many street punks in the cheap seats, it was ridiculous. Opposing team fans quickly discovered that they didn't want to go with the cheapest seats unless they liked to be assaulted, have food and beer thrown on them, getting beaned hard with pennies, etc.

ya, the high prices really did a lot to price out the "thugs" from levi's stadium

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1 hour ago, TK_05 said:

 

it's your term, that's your job

 

point is, the high ticket prices didn't stop levi stadium from being overrun by so-called "thugs"

If you won't answer my question, then what do you call them if you don't like "thug"? 

Well that's the Bay Area and the 49ers for you. But I also think you don't realize how expensive it'll be to get any Raider ticket in Vegas with only 8 games a season. Before long, or even right away, the place will turn into Bronco Stadium with every seat in the joint being a sold out season ticket. I know they've come out and said they would expect 45k season tickets to start, but that's more about lowering expectations. 

At some point the only tickets for sale will be on Stub Hub, and those will be sky high. The casinos will be huge buyers of season tickets and they'll use them in expensive trip packages and give-aways.  It will be interesting to see how it plays out. But Davis is going to make insane money. 

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10 minutes ago, Nevada Convert said:

If you won't answer my question, then what do you call them if you don't like "thug"? 

Well that's the Bay Area and the 49ers for you. But I also think you don't realize how expensive it'll be to get any Raider ticket in Vegas with only 8 games a season. Before long, or even right away, the place will turn into Bronco Stadium with every seat in the joint being a sold out season ticket. I know they've come out and said they would expect 45k season tickets to start, but that's more about lowering expectations. 

At some point the only tickets for sale will be on Stub Hub, and those will be sky high. The casinos will be huge buyers of season tickets and they'll use them in expensive trip packages and give-aways.  It will be interesting to see how it plays out. But Davis is going to make insane money. 

 

well the niners have the most expensive tickets in the league so.....

 

i get it that you have an opinion and now you're like 5 posts into that opinion but expounding on that opinion and doubling down on that opinion doesn't make it any more likely to be right. it's still, at the end of the day, your opinion 

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With the NFL vote coming next week it's time to stir this topic up.  

A good chance that a vote will take place next week as the Raiders have made it know that their option to purchase the stadium site runs out soon.

If true the move will cost the Raiders $350 million unlike the Chargers having to fork over $650 million to share a stadium.

 

This quote from the NFL website is also encouraging.

"Expect UNLV to have a significant presence on the new stadium, as opposed to simply being someone who plays games there. That means signage and other amenities to show the Runnin' Rebs are partners. In addition, expect a developer to be announced this week for around the stadium, one who has experience working with UNLV."

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000794589/article/raiders-closing-in-on-potential-move-to-las-vegas

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So after looking at the lease terms the Raiders prez submitted awhile back, i am already pissed.  They want our 750MM in tax dollars and to +++++ over unlv with the field and rights to approve or deny home games?   Not happening.  I sincerely hope that was a mistake.  As far as i am.concerned this is as much unlv's stadium as it is theirs.  

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4 minutes ago, RoscoesDad said:

So after looking at the lease terms the Raiders prez submitted awhile back, i am already pissed.  They want our 750MM in tax dollars and to +++++ over unlv with the field and rights to approve or deny home games?   Not happening.  I sincerely hope that was a mistake.  As far as i am.concerned this is as much unlv's stadium as it is theirs.  

Yeah.  Those preliminary lease terms weren't going anywhere.  Hell, it pissed Adelson off and he bailed.  Not that I care about Adelson.  

To have UNLV signage on the new stadium will be awesome.  And, I hope we get a lot more out of this.

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5 minutes ago, CockyUNLVPoster said:

Yeah.  Those preliminary lease terms weren't going anywhere.  Hell, it pissed Adelson off and he bailed.  Not that I care about Adelson.  

To have UNLV signage on the new stadium will be awesome.  And, I hope we get a lot more out of this.

Our city council needs to stand strong on this issue. We are co-tenants.    I think guys like sisolak and beers will be up.for the fight.  And why would the raiders want to press fhe issue and make enemies before they play a game here?

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5 minutes ago, RoscoesDad said:

Our city council needs to stand strong on this issue. We are co-tenants.    I think guys like sisolak and beers will be up.for the fight.  And why would the raiders want to press fhe issue and make enemies before they play a game here?

I think you mean the County Commission.  In either case it won't even be up to them once the NFL gives the approval.  The new governing body will be the Stadium Authority.  The new Authority will have representatives from UNLV as well as the County Commission to name a few.  

And, I agree we need to stand strong and if we have to we need to pressure the new Stadium Authority to make sure our needs are met.

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On 3/22/2017 at 6:05 PM, CockyUNLVPoster said:

Yeah.  Those preliminary lease terms weren't going anywhere.  Hell, it pissed Adelson off and he bailed.  Not that I care about Adelson.  

To have UNLV signage on the new stadium will be awesome.  And, I hope we get a lot more out of this.

With Roski as a partner, UNLV will get a much better deal out then we would of ever gotten with Adelson.

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