With the Oakland Raiders leaving for Las Vegas in 2020, Onion Sports looks back on some of the biggest franchise relocations in history.
1937
The Boston Redskins relocate to Washington, D.C. and take immediate advantage of the fresh start by finally changing their nickname
1961
Washington Senators begin playing home games in Minneapolis on weekdays and Baltimore on weekends as part of an MLB joint custody agreement
1979
The NBA’s New Orleans Jazz relocate to Salt Lake City and became the Utah Tabernacle Choir
1993
Habana’s Metropolitanos baseball club defects from Cuba on a small raft and lands in Miami, where they assume a new identity as the Florida Marlins
1995
Relocating the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore and changing their name was tragically not enough to attain Art Modell’s dream of ensuring no football player would ever again have to don a Browns jersey
1999
Jefferson Valley Little League now includes sluggers from the neighboring hamlet of Bush Pines following a change in district zoning
2005
The Montreal Expos must move back home to Washington, D.C. following the expiration of their work visa
2006
Following years of threats and bitter negotiations, the Arizona Cardinals break the hearts of millions of fans by abandoning Tempe for lush Glendale
2016
Unable to choose to between St. Louis and Los Angeles, the NFL’s Rams compromise and relocate to Springer, New Mexico, the midpoint between the two cities
2025
Jacksonville-area fans are informed that the Jaguars have been playing all of their home games in London for three years