NFL owners approved the Oakland Raiders’ move to Las Vegas at the league meetings on Monday.

The vote was a foregone conclusion after the league and Raiders were not satisfied with Oakland’s proposals for a new stadium, and Las Vegas stepped up with $750m in public money. Bank of America also is giving Raiders owner Mark Davis a $650m loan, further helping convince the owners to allow the third team relocation in just over a year.

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The Rams moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 2016, and in January the Chargers relocated from San Diego to LA. The Raiders likely will play two or three more years in the Bay Area before their $1.7bn stadium near the Las Vegas strip is ready.

Las Vegas, long taboo to the NFL because of its legalized gambling, also is getting an NHL team this fall, the Golden Knights.

Shortly before Monday’s vote, Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf released a letter being hand-delivered to individual NFL team owners reiterating the case for a new, fully-financed Raiders’ stadium in the area.

“Never that we know of has the NFL [sic] voted to displace a team from its established market when there is a fully-financed option before them with all the issues addressed,” Schaaf wrote. “I’d be remiss if I didn’t do everything in my power to make the case for Oakland up until the very end.”

The Raiders vote was one of many issues on the table this week. Among those: