Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
Originally posted by Empire49:
Originally posted by 49AllTheTime:
they might not be welcomed, but they have nowhere else to go and Oakland (City) needs the money.
Paying off the stadium could get rid of the SBLs which benefit the fans.
It could. But it wouldn't.
And I didn't mean the raiders would be able to play in the Coliseum but wouldn't be "welcomed," I meant they would not be able to play there because they won't be allowed.
Allowed.. why are they allowed today?
They have a lease option that allows them to play there in 2017 and 2018. That's why. After that, they have no contract and it will be up to the stadium authority, which has said they have no desire to have the raiders playing there in 2019. Again, they are not welcome in 2019. The Vegas stadium won't be ready until 2020.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-raiders-stadium-oakland-20170329-story.html
"I would say to you with the highest level of confidence, my opinion and recommendation and that of my board members — I don't believe there is any appetite for a third season [in Oakland]," Scott McKibben of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority said.
That article then goes on to state that they lose money on raider games and the stadium authority sounds like they would boot them out right now if they could.
[ Edited by Empire49 on May 16, 2017 at 3:20 PM ]