GF, downtown Oakland? It's so easy to get confused with all these proposals, the A's talked for years about moving out of the city itself.
LV is a magnet. Even if it weren't, my sense is Raider fans travel fairly well. And even if they didn't, the financial well being of teams is much less anchored to in game attendance than it used to be.I think the Raiders fans will travel well, and the visiting teams with strong fanbases will have strong presences. This happens a lot in the English soccer leagues since teams are near each other, and it definitely makes the crowds noisier and more involved. It could be a lot of fun. Or Raiders fans could murder a lot of people from Green Bay. We'll have to wait and see.
But I know friends are going to want to fly out there for a long weekend, gamble, hit the strip clubs, and see the Pats play the Raiders.
With all the rain we've had this year, those mountains could be green until, I don't know, June. Hire a couple of those TV show rehab and demolition crews and Git r done!Will the Oakland Coliseum take down Mt Davis once the Raiders are gone? There used to be a nice vista out towards CF before they filled it in for football.
Wow, if you were trying to construct a hypothetical situation that could make you feel sympathy for an NFL owner, that'd be pretty close to the scenario you'd come up with.Sponsorships are not a worry, since there are hardly any in the Coliseum that pay the Raiders. One of the factors that Mark Davis referenced yesterday was the fact that the City (read: Schaf) ripped up the lease he negotiated after the LA debacle last January and tripled the rate on him, as well as took all sponsorship money for stadium advertising away from the Raiders. This is what he cited as the final straw yesterday and is why the Coliseum has no naming right sponsor.
He still owes BofA $600M. Although per NFL rules, he can't have secured that note against his equity in the team, so there have to have been other revenue streams that he essentially securitized here as collateral. I wonder how they squared that.Oh, and about Mark Davis? People can laugh all they want, but he doesn't have near the liquidity of many NFL owners. This team is his major asset. So good on him for making this move and keeping all of the team, no doubt to the disappointment of vulture and investment bank assholes.
We need a time machine back to when the U was the U and Mark could just park there for the groceries.According to Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Sun, Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof announced plans to open a Raiders-themed establishment called “Pirate’s Booty.”
“I’ve had a license for a seventh brothel near Las Vegas for some time now, but I was waiting for the right time to launch another house of debauchery,” Hof said. “The Raiders coming to Vegas will mean big business for me, so my next sex den will honor the ‘Men in Black’ and their ‘Raider Nation.’”
There's a pretty standard security package with stadium deals: luxury box, concession, advertising/sponsorship, and non-league event revenues. Maybe parking depending on who's building any garages or lots. Basically everything but general admissions ticket revenues.He still owes BofA $600M. Although per NFL rules, he can't have secured that note against his equity in the team, so there have to have been other revenue streams that he essentially securitized here as collateral. I wonder how they squared that.
That's a good piece, thanks for sharing!ESPN (Wikersham & Vanatta) did a great long form on this today:
http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/19143486/the-story-how-owner-mark-davis-moved-raiders-las-vegas
worth the read if you care about this shit, are interested in the business of the NFL, like and under dog redemption story or just want to behold the power of Jerrah Jones.
You have to be smarter than this.Carr said at the start of the team’s offseason workout program that he expects Oakland fans to remain loyal to the team, and doesn’t think they were ever really fans if they don’t.
“We’re not going to split up like you’ve seen other cities do,” Carr said, via ESPN. “We’re not going to do things like that. For the ones that do, I don’t really believe that they’re true Raider fans. I feel their hurt. I’m with you. I hurt, too. But at the same time, we’re all in this together and we’re just going to do it together.”
Carr believes only a tiny minority of fans will ditch the Raiders.
“Out of like 1,000 people, you’re going to get one or two that have something to say and that’s with everything,” he said. “Hopefully y’all don’t focus on that kind of stuff because there’s the 99 percent that are loyal, faithful fans that are going to ride with us wherever we’re at.”