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The Raiders return to L.A. on Thursday night. In many ways it's as if they never left.

The Raiders haven’ t called Los Angeles home since 1994, but their multitude of fans who remain in the area can purchase all the team merchandise they desire at The Raider Image at Universal CityWalk.

LOS ANGELES — The Raider Image, a store with a giant Raiders helmet for an entrance, was briefly without a customer Saturday afternoon. A young woman was behind the register. Otherwise, the modest space was empty amid the surrounding chaos at Universal CityWalk.

Not for long.

"We have some new things," the employee told a family of four once they entered through the helmet tunnel. "Holiday items and blankets."

Within minutes, the store was packed with people browsing through all things Raiders: Dominoes, stockings and sleep sets. Shot glasses, wine glasses, beer glasses and sunglasses. Baby clothes, jerseys and jackets. Raiderettes calendars. Black and Silver everywhere.

The Raiders haven't called Los Angeles home since 1994. Art Shell was their coach. Jeff Hostetler was the

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