The Raiders will announce and celebrate the break-up, once it is approved, but they won’t pack up and go away, not yet, and maybe that will only make it worse and worse for Oakland.
Immediate closure for the divorce? Not happening for East Bay fans, because when and if the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas is approved by NFL owners early next week, the Raiders still plan to play–and have a lease for–several more seasons at the Coliseum.
A new start? Not for two or three years, while the $1.9 billion Las Vegas stadium is constructed (and because UNLV’s Sam Boyd Stadium is not close to NFL standards and probably could not be brought to that level even with renovations).