Raiders 34th on valuation list
29 NFL teams put on Forbes’ top 50 franchises ranking
For years, Raiders owner Mark Davispushedforanewstadiumin Oakland. It never materialized, and he looked elsewhere for the team’s new home.
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$1.8 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium scheduled to open for the 2020 season.
The Raiders’ new stadium and relocation to Las Vegas could be reasons that the team’s financial value went up from a year ago.
The Raiders ranked 34th on Forbes’ 50 most valuable sports teams of
2018 list. The Silver and Black have a value of $2.38 billion, with a 13 percent year-to-year increase.
The NFL landed 29 of its 32 franchises on the list.
Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys topped the list at a value of $4.8 billion, with a 14 percent increase from last year.
The Cleveland Browns rounded out the list at No. 50 with a $1.95 billion value and 5 percent increase. Only the Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals and Detroit Lions missed the cut among NFL teams.
American football dominated the list, but the second NFL team came in five spots after the Cowboys.
The New England Patriots ranked sixth at $3.7 billion with a 9 percent increase.
Soccer had spots two through four with Manchester United ($4.123 billion, 12 percent increase), Real Madrid ($4.09 billion, 14 percent) and Barcelona ($4.064 billion 12 percent).
Major League Baseball’s New
York Yankees ($4 billion, 8 percent increase) ranked fifth, and the NBA’S New York Knicks ($3.6 billion, 9 percent) and Los Angeles Lakers ($3.3 billion, 10 percent) were seventh and eighth.
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