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LAS VEGAS — This being Sin City, Bill Foley puts all his cards on the table when it comes to the possible relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas.

“I’d rather not have them here. Because they’re competition,” the owner of the Golden Knights NHL expansion franchise says. “But it’s probably good for Las Vegas to have the exposure.”

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About a 20-minute drive from the neon glow of the famed Strip, we are sitting in a boardroom at Foley’s upscale offices in suburban Summerlin. In this quiet setting, the subject is the possibility of the NFL following the NHL’s lead to put a team in the gambling capital of the world.

Foley, 71, says there is room for both the NHL and NFL in these parts. After all, there were plenty of naysayers who didn’t think he’d get this far with an NHL expansion bid. So he must know the landscape as well as anyone.

“Here’s the thing: NFL teams have only eight regular season home games and two pre-season home games,” Foley says. “(The Raiders) are going to import a lot of fans. So it’s not going to be the same.