Are they one step closer to relocation or just trying to put a little bit of extra pressure on Alameda County?
Whatever their reason, the Oakland Raiders this week trademarked “LAS VEGAS RAIDERS” as a potential new name for the franchise. The trademark submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office was filed on August 20, 2016 by “The Oakland Raiders Limited Partnership California”
The Raiders have been long known to be looking for a new home stadium, whether that be in Oakland, Los Angeles, or Las Vegas. Los Angeles ended up getting the St Louis Rams (and possibly could still get the San Diego Chargers as well), Oakland is reportedly “behind-the-scenes” talking about a new Coliseum, and folks in Nevada are meeting this morning to discuss allocating resources for a new domed stadium to house a potential NFL team in Las Vegas.
It’s not common for teams to trademark names for a potential relocation that never happens but it has occurred in the past, a few years ago the Sacramento Kings trademarked several names for a phantom move to Anaheim all of which had the team named “Royals”.
A helmet tap to Clark Rasmussen for giving us the heads up on this story.
Related stories:
Chiefs, Raiders To Wear Traditional Home, Road Uniforms On Monday Night Football 
Las Vegas Raiders WR DeSean Jackson Says NFL Made Him Remove Cleats Honoring John Madden 
Las Vegas Raiders Add Helmet Decal In Honor Of Late Hall Of Fame Coach John Madden 
Penn Retires, Wears Shirt with his Face on Raiders Logo 
OFFICIAL: Oakland Raiders Are Moving to Las Vegas Report: Raiders Opt to Relocate to Las Vegas 
Chargers, Raiders, and Rams all file for relocation to LA 
Logo Links Mar 7, 2012: New NCAA Unis, Regina Lingerie Team
