Why Did The Raiders Abandon Oakland?



Mark Davis moved the Oakland Raiders for them to become the Las Vegas Raiders in 2017. But why did the Raiders abandon Oakland? Today on Football Lore we investigate why another NFL team relocated to another market. #nfl #raiders #oakland

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50 thoughts on “Why Did The Raiders Abandon Oakland?”

  1. I went to Oakland for a concert downtown. When I was walking someone from the like the 4th story of some building threw a random ass bucket of water missing me by about 5 feet. When I returned to my car after the concert the car in from of mine has a window bashed in.

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  2. I have made it a point to visit stadiums and arenas that were special. I am also a huge Raiders fan. Oakland was a special place to see a game. The Oakland Alameda Coliseum was as much a part of the Raiders image as the tough guys that played for them. The Davis family tried like hell to get the city of Oakland to work with them. As we can see by the overall status of Oakland it was a wise move to go to Vegas. That said, I do miss games in Oakland. That place had character.

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  3. This second leaving is wrong. The Raiders were waiting for the A’s to move to the Howard Terminal location in Oakland in 2014, as they had announced, allowing the Raiders to build a new football-only stadium on the current Coliseum site. The A’s then screwed over the the Raiders by signing a 10 year lease with the Coliseum Authority, even buying half ownership of the stadium. Mark Davis didn’t initially want to move, but he was being pressured by the likes of Jerry Jones and other owners. Moving to Las Vegas increased the value of the team…and subsequently, the value of every other NFL franchise, nearly two fold overnight.

    I had Raiders season tickets for well over ten years, and I’m a Broncos fan. I went to all of the AFC West games and sold the other tickets. I wanted to see the Raiders stay in Oakland. Generally speaking, the Oakland Raiders fan base had no issue with the location of the Coliseum; it fit the ghetto image of the Oakland fans. When they were planning the new stadium in Vegas, I was invited over to a presentation for season ticket holders to buy seats at the new stadium.

    My four seats were going to increase by a factor of six., from $3,000 to $18,000 per season. And no tailgating; they wanted you to stay in the casinos right up until game time. Now Davis complains that there are more visiting team fans at the stadium than Raiders fans. It’s become a destination trip for the other teams’ fan base. Raiders tickets are some of the highest in the league…for a losing franchise. Now Fisher and his hapless A’s are trying to do the same thing. Watch…Fisher will try to sell the team once they move to the new location. The A’s ain’t the Raiders, he’ll lose his greedy ass.

    That’s the TRUE story.

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  4. There's a handfull of reasons but #1 is just cheap owners. Oakland got saddled with Davis and Fisher. Davis, actually being the cheapest among owners, couldn't cough up the $ to build. Didn't even try to get grants with the city, nada… Fisher on the other hand, has more $, but is known for being a penny pincher. The man would never spend a billion of his own $. If you grant expansion to Oakland, they would have stadiums built in 3-4 years easy with owners who have the $ and are willing to spend it. This isn't rocket science.

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  5. Raiders aren’t leaving Vegas. The city has so much invested and has wanted pro teams for years. And here’s something some people don’t know.
    Athletics are coming to Vegas in 2028 season. So once Vegas has MLB the next question is when are they getting their basketball team?

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  6. Oakland is filled with crime. I drive by it every week to get to work and each week I see something new. Just a couple days ago I saw a car with no license plate purposely treating red lights like it was a stop sign. Guy must've played too much GTA.

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  7. This video is flawed on so many levels! Al didn’t leave the team to Mark. Al kept Mark as for away from the team as possible, that’s why Mark was only in charge of the retail merchandise. Al left the team to his wife Carol, but she has dementia. Mark took the team from her. Al wanted to stay in Oakland.

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  8. The city of Oakland have financial problems, The City of Oakland have poor, druggies, thugs, homeless, vagrant and bad people living there. Culturally inferior than the rest of civilized world. Would neal mohan live in a all black inner city gehtto ?????? City of Oakland is not viable. It's decay beyond repair.

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  9. RAIDERS. Win Superbowl then ask Oakland please build us a New stadium? Answer no. Ok they move to L.A win superbowl again please build the stadium you promised? L.A. no, so again. They move to of all places law vegas? Now new stadium so when will we win a Superbowl again? Who knows. Cause every time we WIN we get stabbed in the back. So hopefully before I passaway, we might see a another Superbowl again but I don't know if we will ever in my time……
    Raider FOREVER…..

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  10. Kind of simple I will give you 500 million reasons why. On top of that they could not build another building on the site and they could not share with the A's. They didn't have much choice. It would be interesting if the NFL granted Vegas an expansion team and Oakland re built would the Raiders consider moving back.

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  11. From a business perspective, the A’s and raiders leaving for Las Vegas makes sense. But for someone who grew up watching them and being a fan of Bay Area sports, it hurts. Went to a few A’s games with my grandpa when me and my siblings were younger. Always had a great time. I think Oakland could’ve done more to try to keep both teams but poor leadership and groups fighting tooth and nail to prevent the A’s from building the new stadium screwed it up. The fans were loyal, it’s the city and John fisher who weren’t. I don’t blame the raiders tho.

    My brother went to the raiders new stadium, he said it was really pretty but felt… what’s the word… incomplete… kinda like Levi stadium. Almost like something is missing. It just doesn’t feel the same.

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