How much is a round trip flight, $100? That would be worth it.
If you book last second it can be $500 or more
But knowing the schedule comes out in advance you should be able to book far enough ahead of time to get a cheap flight. Then hope the game doesn't get changed to SNF. But if 4 of you are going to the game driving is the only way to go because 4 flights and all really starts to add up
VD: We all have. The SoCal/Vegas drive can be done in about 4 hours. But as you know there are times when it can take 2x longer. Leave Vegas to come back to SoCal around Noon on Memorial Day/Labor Day and if you are done in under 8 hours you got lucky.
I prefer to drive home Saturday Night. Leave about 8-9P and now the drive is a "short" 3.5-4 hour one because so few cars are on the road. I'd rather do that then spend $150 to stay Saturday Night and have to leave at 7A. Drive home Saturday Night, sleep in Sunday, wake up and have a nice brunch for around the same price (or less) as what you paid to spend a few hours in your room Saturday Night
I can tell all here the single greatest day to drive home from Vegas is Xmas Night. 3 years in a row I celebrated Xmas in Vegas with Sis and the family. 3 years in a row I had to be back to SoCal for a game no later 10A on Dec. 26. 3 years in a row I drove home Xmas Night. I left no later than 8P and all 3 years I was home and in bed by Midnight. When you leave NV and get to Jean it is about 10-ish miles to Primm. Normally there are a trillion cars coming in both directions. Xmas Night I think I saw 10. If that. NHP/CHP will usually let you get away with doing 80MPH. I was doing 80 and I had a NHP officer blow past me so fast I only heard the sound of the car going by because that car was a blur.
What most people don't realize is the Raiders might have as many fans still in LA as they do in Oakland. A few times I would be at John Wayne on a Sunday morning and I saw a ton of Raiders' fans taking the short flight to the game. Now the commute is around the same when you factor in when you have to get to the airport for your flight.