The Raiders football team originally comes from Oakland, California. Founded in 1960 as one of the original teams of the American Football League (AFL), they began in Oakland before moving several times. They played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994, then returned to Oakland until 2020. In 2020, the team relocated to the Las Vegas metropolitan area, where they are currently based and play as the Las Vegas Raiders in the NFL. The team's origin and early years are rooted in Oakland, California, before these relocations.