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Roger Goodell warns that Raiders' potential move to Vegas is far from done deal

Published Sep. 18, 2016 10:59 p.m. ET

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The Oakland Raiders took another step toward moving to Las Vegas this week, but Roger Goodell warned that there's "still a lot of work to be done" before the potential relocation could occur.

"There's still a lot that has to happen before we would get to that stage," Goodell said of the owners approving Las Vegas as an NFL city. "Recognizing that they came out of committee with a bill, but there's still a lot of work to be done to improve that recommendation."

A Nevada oversight committee voted to recommend spending $750 million in public money on an NFL stadium Thursday, but Goodell said the potential move would still need the approval of 24 owners.

"Well, you never want to see a community lose their franchise once, much less twice," said Goodell, who was in Minnesota for the opening of the Vikings' new stadium. "That's why we work so hard with our communities to say, `This is what you have to try to get to,' because you need to try to make sure this franchise continues to be successful.'

"The Minnesota community did that in a great way. I think we can do it in Oakland. I think there's a solution there, but it takes the community to help identify it."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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