NFL vote means Raiders could be playing in Texas as soon as next season

[CCBoy]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/raiders-could-playing-texas-soon-040346098.html

...One possibility outside California is San Antonio.

In 2014, the Raiders met with San Antonio officials about a potential move. While many shrugged that off at the time, there is now a feeling that such a move is possible. According to Jason Cole of Bleacher Report, the Raiders have already secured land in the Austin/San Antonio area for a potential stadium. With the Alamodome already in place, this strongly suggests that the Raiders could be playing in Texas as soon as next season.

Cole presents the land in Texas as "leverage" against the city of Oakland. But if a new stadium can't be built in the Bay Area, then Texas seems likely to be the next destination for Raider Nation.

 

[reddyuta]

yeah ,Jerry will be soooo ok with this.

 

[Supercowboy1986]

yeah ,Jerry will be soooo ok with this.

Who gives a flying-you-know-what about what Jerry is or isn't ok with.

 

[Verdict]

I have heard Oklahoma City being a logical landing spot for the Raiders. OKC built a new arena to bring in the OKC Thunder before they had agreed to move to OKC in an "if you build it they will come" move. Another phase has OKC building a mega nice NFL quality stadium in its downtown area to lure an NFL team to OKC. If oil and gas had stayed at more historic levels it likely would have already been constructed.

 

[reddyuta]

Who gives a flying-you-know-what about what Jerry is or isn't ok with.

NFL owners.Jerry orchestrated the rams move and he got everybody to sign off on it -bonus he owns the company which is building the stadium.thats what I call a win-win.

 

[jazzcat22]

yeah ,Jerry will be soooo ok with this.

Who gives a flying-you-know-what about what Jerry is or isn't ok with.

Actually JJ would be ok with this. When the vikings were threatening to move to SA some years back, he was all for it.
When the Texans were starting in Houston, he was all for it.
Dallas has a huge fan base in SA, and that did not change, or seem to, when Houston started. nor would it have changed much if the vikings went to SA.
being an AFC team, I don't think it would change much either with the Raiders.

will there be some fans that pull for them, yes, quite a few. but they will still pull for Dallas. Except you get some hard arses that just hate everything that will change.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

NFL owners.Jerry orchestrated the rams move and he got everybody to sign off on it -bonus he owns the company which is building the stadium.thats what I call a win-win.

if true, genius

 

[reddyuta]

Actually JJ would be ok with this. When the vikings were threatening to move to SA some years back, he was all for it.
When the Texans were starting in Houston, he was all for it.
Dallas has a huge fan base in SA, and that did not change, or seem to, when Houston started. nor would it have changed much if the vikings went to SA.
being an AFC team, I don't think it would change much either with the Raiders.

will there be some fans that pull for them, yes, quite a few. but they will still pull for Dallas. Except you get some hard arses that just hate everything that will change.

jerry has said he will block the raiders to SA move,its a complete non starter and a bargaining ploy by Davis.

 

[Junglist]

I can't see that happening.

 

[802dave]

jerry has said he will block the raiders to SA move,its a complete non starter and a bargaining ploy by Davis.

?

 

[YosemiteSam]

Personally I do not care. The Raiders have completely failed at Brand Management. Moving the team isn't going to help unless they change how they manage their brand.

 

[cowboyblue22]

I will say if jones don't want it to happen it wont happen.

 

[jterrell]

I have heard Oklahoma City being a logical landing spot for the Raiders. OKC built a new arena to bring in the OKC Thunder before they had agreed to move to OKC in an "if you build it they will come" move. Another phase has OKC building a mega nice NFL quality stadium in its downtown area to lure an NFL team to OKC. If oil and gas had stayed at more historic levels it likely would have already been constructed.

I really like Oklahoma and OKC but they probably can't support an NFL team.
You have OU as the dominant "football" team and virtually everyone is a fan of either Dallas or KC. Both are driving distance from OKC for games.

OKC is closer to Dallas than San Antonio or Houston.
OKC with 600K folks just isn't large enough to host 60K regularly.

 

[WoodysGirl]

NFL owners.Jerry orchestrated the rams move and he got everybody to sign off on it -bonus he owns the company which is building the stadium.thats what I call a win-win.

I'm not sure that's true. I haven't heard or seen anything about Jerry or the Cowboys owning the company building the stadium. I have heard that the Cowboys Legends (concessions company) will be part of the new stadium.

Correction:

 

[DallasEast]

If the scenario plays out and the franchise moves to San Antonio, does the city of Oakland legally attempt to secure the Raiders name? The possibility doesn't seem likely. The franchise moved to Los Angeles previously without surrendering its name but what if they couldn't keep it for this particular move? What would be a great name for the new San Antonio franchise?

 

[Direwolf63]

On a side note: Mark Davis and his bowl cut hair style makes him the dopiest looking owner in sports. He belongs in a Little Rascals show with that strange look.

Anyway, back to the discussion at hand......

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Personally I do not care. The Raiders have completely failed at Brand Management. Moving the team isn't going to help unless they change how they manage their brand.

I don't actually care, but I am tired of the league holding cities hostage and basically receiving corporate welfare so they can build a new stadium to get richer off the taxpayer's back.

To me, this is just another sign of the NFL's eventual downfall. This isn't 1995. People are wiser to the myth that stadiums help the local economy (ironically, the one size fits all stadiums like Riverfront, Three Rivers and Veteran's Stadium are more beneficial to the local economy). And after the housing crisis, spending habits of taxpayers are a more conservative.

Taking a crap on the fans of large cities like St. Louis, Oakland and San Diego just spreads more distrust to the league. And they're trying to move to LA where I'll be hard pressed to see if anybody there will care about the Rams. The Raiders? I can see in LA. But it would be a disastrous move for the league and the Raiders to move to San Antonio. Nobody will care about them and they can probably kiss most of their California fans goodbye.

So, it's the stupidity and short sightedness that bothers me.








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[MichaelWinicki]

San Antonio is a great city... they deserve a shot at an NFL franchise.

 

[reddyuta]

I'm not sure that's true. I haven't heard or seen anything about Jerry or the Cowboys owning the company building the stadium. I have heard that the Cowboys Legends (concessions company) will be part of the new stadium.

Correction:

Hmm.I must have read it wrong.marketing?

 

[Miller]

No way this happens. They are being given $100 million by the league to help leverage and build in Oakland and if the Chargers back out Inglewood, there is that scenario too. Think too much for them to just say ....San Antonio now.