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NFL games are determined by two things ONLY, TV (time) and previous record (location).
That said, Raiders at home will ONLY be a 415 or 820 Eastern time. Games start at 115, 415 or 820 on Sunday and on one game is Sunday Evening. It is on NBC so not gonna have ANY cooperation with ESPN or LM for TV concerns. The WORST NFL game takes F1 out back and embarrasses the BEST F1 race ratings, and sorry but the NFL don't give a rip about international ratings or LM. The only involvement in LM and the NFL is satellite radio for a channel and local radio rebroadcast. the 415 kick would be either CBS for AFC/AFC games and mostly Fox for NFC visiting teams. ESPN has Monday Night games so TV would not be a concern for the current TV deal for F1.
The final schedule is determined AFTER this season so attempting to guess if the Raiders will be home X weekend is near impossible. It is based on finish in division for the non-division teams and then the other games have to be worked out. The majority is set based on division teams first, then scheduled AFC East and NFC Central teams, then 3 TBDs of AFC Central and North and NFC East opponents determined as by 2022-2023 table results. The AFC North and NFC East teams would be home games.
10 pm Pacific time sounds great on paper but that's 1am East Coast and will destroy the ratings they desperately want to push. Most of the night games for Pac coast teams would kick around 10pm, it's a well known late night East Coast football time but not great ratings compared to the daytime and primetime games. That would also be a bit early on Sunday for Europe no? 1pm in Nov would generally be mid 80s (30ish) but with high sun and VERY VERY low humidity. Evening temps drop FAST, 50s (10-12C) commonly after dark temps in late November.
The other MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR concern is the overhaul of ESPN tv deals currently. THE major conference of college football is moving to ESPN/ABC for 2023 college season, this draws pro football level numbers at 330 pm and 7-8ish evening games. ESPN will not be taking off the coverage that costs BILLIONS for something they buy on the cheap and would LM want to be live in the US market on ESPNews?? I have to think LM wants this to grow viewership to sell the product to the next investor not just sell the event in person only.
LV race would have to be worked in around football IF LM wants TV. It would also have to be around football for the sportsbooks but you can post your picks online now so in casino isn't as big for the smaller bids but the pros are still in house bidding at the window via proxies.
It will be entertaining how they think they can fit everything and boot out any conventions with that weekend. Multiple conventions LOVE early Nov but late Nov gets tough for travel between full airplanes and people wanting to be off the road for work. And they are not returning as fast as expected so denying a convention could hurt more than it used to
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