The raiders suck dick anyways. You should probably get used to the fact that they are moving somewhere... again. I'm a 49ers fan and could care less about the Raiders, Chargers, Rams or any other team moving here. Only way it really helps me is I might get the chance to see the 49ers play here.
No one thought the Sonics would move here though either. People go crazy for sports here and the OKC fans are the best in the NBA. Everyone that plays here talks about how it's hard to play against the Thunder because of the crowd noise and Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka signed long term deals to stay here. It's a realistic shot that another team could end up here someday.
Mayor late to Raiders stadium meeting with NFL
Team owner Mark Davis, along with Oakland and Alameda County officials, met at the team headquarters last week to update a delegation from the National Football League on the prospects for a new stadium.
Sources tell the Chronicle’s Phillip Matier And Andrew Ross that Davis appears sincerely to want the Raiders to stay in Oakland. However, reports from city planners indicate the money for a new Raiders home is as elusive as ever.
“The fact is that Davis doesn’t have finances like, say, a Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys) to swing a stadium deal on his own,” said one person who was at the meeting. “We’d have to ask the voters to help.”
And while no one said it at the meeting, everyone knows the chances of voters helping out with a new stadium deal – while they are still paying off $20 million a year for the 1990s renovation of the old one – are slim to none.
People at the meeting – none of whom would speak on the record, because the session was supposed to be private – say their efforts to convince the NFL that there’s still hope in the East Bay weren’t boosted by the tardy entrance of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan.
“She arrived 20 minutes late,” said our attendee. “She apologized, saying she was held up by a phone call.”
