And their fate now rests in the hands of 31 National Football League team owners, who are likely to decide the Raiders’ future sometime over the next two months. In a long-expected move dating to last January when the Raiders began working with Las Vegas and Nevada business and political leaders on a $1.9 billion stadium plan – of which $750 million will be raised by a recently approved Nevada hotel tax hike – the Silver and Black formally field relocation papers with the NFL on Thursday morning.