RiverDog
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Sheldon Alderson, the lead investor in the Las Vegas stadium proposal, suddenly pulled out of the project, apparently enraged over details that he claims he or his people didn't know about in the agreement, including the Raiders paying $1 per year rent, retaining naming rights for the stadium, and controlling the scheduling of non NFL events, such as UNLV football games. After the announcement, the Raiders announced that the banking firm Goldman Sachs would step up to fill the void, but a couple ours after that announcement, they said they would not participate unless Alderson was part of the deal (speculation is that Alderson pressured Goldman Sachs into backing out, too). And to make matters worse, the public funding side approved by the Nevada legislature specifies that Alderson be a part of the project.
Then yesterday, San Diego officials announced that they wouldn't mind hosting the Raiders, at least temporarily.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ear ... f27fd73c1e
All this happens a little over a month before the NFL owners were to vote on the proposed relocation.
I find this very bizarre, that some of these very important details in the agreement, such as naming rights, wasn't hashed out a long time ago. It's also evident that Mark Davis, whom the other NFL owners didn't care much for and left out of the proposed move to LA, way overplayed his hand.
So where do the Raiders end up? San Antonio? Mexico City? Or do they stay in the Bay Area and share the Niners stadium?
Then yesterday, San Diego officials announced that they wouldn't mind hosting the Raiders, at least temporarily.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ear ... f27fd73c1e
All this happens a little over a month before the NFL owners were to vote on the proposed relocation.
I find this very bizarre, that some of these very important details in the agreement, such as naming rights, wasn't hashed out a long time ago. It's also evident that Mark Davis, whom the other NFL owners didn't care much for and left out of the proposed move to LA, way overplayed his hand.
So where do the Raiders end up? San Antonio? Mexico City? Or do they stay in the Bay Area and share the Niners stadium?