Report: Raiders in talks to demolish Coliseum, despite A's lease

[Brian in Mesa]

Report: Raiders in talks to demolish Coliseum, despite A's lease

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/...n-coliseum-070914?cmpid=tsmfb:fscom:foxsports

Despite the Oakland Athletics closing in on a 10-year lease to stay at the O.co Coliseum, the Raiders are in talks to have the stadium demolished in 2015 to pave the way for a new home, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.

A memo to Oakland city leaders details a plan that “stunned officials of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority,” who are working on an agreement to keep the A’s in the ballpark for another decade.

"It will be critical to demolish the existing stadium in 2015" if the project is to be finished on time, Coliseum City attorney Zachary Wasserman said in a July 2 memo. Wasserman also noted that the Raiders “are making arrangements to play elsewhere,” according to the report, without any other specifics.

Coliseum Authority chairman Nate Miley, who is also the county supervisor, said that demolishing the stadium was "totally preposterous. ... We still owe about $180 million on the stadium.

"This is either smoke and mirrors, or they're on crack."

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

"This is either smoke and mirrors, or they're on crack."

. Well, it is Oakland. :wink

 

[WildBB]

[Coliseum Authority chairman Nate Miley, who is also the county supervisor, said that demolishing the stadium was "totally preposterous. ... We still owe about $180 million on the stadium.

Still owe on a dilapitated stadium. They're under water, the whole thing isn't worth that much. Just the land.

 

[Mulli]

If not crack, purple drink.

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[oaken1]

in the world of NFL stadiums.....180mil is mouse nuts......doze that old scrap pile to the ground a rebuild it.

 

[desertdawg]

Nope nope and nope, Oakland is down with dope but it aint crack. Oakland lost a ton of residents during that housing hoopla some years back. Now it's in this rebuild mode, the city looks better than it has in years. The hippies are calling it the new almost affordable San Francisco. There are still some streets that ghost ride the whip, but most of that place has gotten a huge facelift lately, even Saturday markets and dank cozy little coffee joints and international cuisine. I'd almost call it a nice place to live, but the Raiders just suck so bad, I understand ripping that place down.

 

[desertdawg]

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That's Houston man, come on!