jimmy10 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Interesting... http://m.sfgate.com/sports/pro-sports/article/Oakland-Raiders-owner-in-talks-with-SA-to-5654812.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm surprised they aren't looking at LA. This is the first time San Antonio has come up in these kinds of discussions. I hope they stay in Oakland but if they can't get a stadium there then LA is the next best option imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 I remember San Antonio hosted the Saints immediately post-Hurricane Katrina. I remember hearing they were angling to move the team there permanently. I don't know a thing about the Alamo Dome, but it sounds like it's a turnkey stadium solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Cain Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The Alamo Dome was built in 1993 seats 65,000 & cost $314 million in today's dollars. Populous was the architect. That seems a bit low, when we keep hearing $1 billion for a new Bills stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Good. Let Jerruh worry about someone encroaching on "his" territory rather than trying to fellate Bon Jovi all the way to Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 San Antonio would support the raiders. Look at what Oklahoma City has done for the thunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills1960 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The idea would be that the team would play in the Alamo dome until a new stadium is ready. the Raiders have one more year left in their lease and the "O.co" sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Man o man they do have some "crazies" as fans. Anyway, it wouldn't surprise me that Mark Davis is not just making threats to move to get the Oakland leaders to give in to his demands for a new stadium. Sometimes it takes a move for a city to realize what they lose when their beloved NFL team moves away. It would warm my heart to see Jones getting some competition for fans from another NFL team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Jerruh's face is cracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulFuture Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 You want to give Jerry some competition, stick a team in Ft. Worth and build a 2 billion dollar stadium for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 San Antonio would not be a good market. I think it is too much in the Cowboy camp. This seems like silly posturing, anyway. The Raiders should and, I believe, will love back to LA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 You want to give Jerry some competition, stick a team in Ft. Worth and build a 2 billion dollar stadium for them. naa, Jones has said he gets a lot of fans from the San Antonio area just the same way RW used to say he got a lot of fans from Rochester. Its like a stake in a vampires heart for Jones to not have his club seats, and luxury boxes filled. All it might take to see the Raiders get to the playoffs after to moving to SA. We Bills fans would feel so bad about that, now wouldn't we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Good. Let Jerruh worry about someone encroaching on "his" territory rather than trying to fellate Bon Jovi all the way to Toronto. YES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewildrabbit Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) San Antonio would not be a good market. I think it is too much in the Cowboy camp. This seems like silly posturing, anyway. The Raiders should and, I believe, will love back to LA Doubtful, as they couldn't fill the coliseum when they were there in 82-94, and had many games blacked out. Besides the committee there already refused his father on luxury boxes and club seats. Kinda why no NFL team really wants to move there. Its going to take a new stadium being built to get another NFL team in LA, and so far nobody wants to speculate a billion dollars to build a stadium without* that promise of an NFL team. Edited July 30, 2014 by FeartheLosing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) San Antonio would not be a good market. I think it is too much in the Cowboy camp. This seems like silly posturing, anyway. The Raiders should and, I believe, will love back to LA I wouldn't be too sure of that...its' one of the biggest cities in country, and only an hour away from Austin, one of the fastest growing cities in the country. San Antonio takes a lot of pride in their one pro sports team, the Spurs. I realize, an NFL team is a little different, but Spurs tickets aren't dirt cheap, and they manage to draw an average of 18,500 for 41 regular season basketball games... Central Texas is busting at the seams...I actually think a pro football team would do pretty well there. I don't know many that travel from Austin (where I am ) to Houston or Dallas for games, though many would id themselves as Cowboy or Texans fans...or, in true Texas fashion, they would be fans of both, and throw their allegiances to whichever one was doing better. Throw into that equation, San Antonio is predominantly Hispanic... I would hazard to guess that the Raiders are the most popular pro football team amongst Hispanics, who don't live in an NFL city, and many that do. Still... despite my excellent argument, I don't see it happening! Edited July 30, 2014 by Buftex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Jones did say today that San Antonio is Cowboy territory. F...you Jerry. Not so fun having competition digging in your backyard is it you f..ing hypocrite. Southern Ontario is BUFFALO Bills territory and I hope you remember in the days and weeks ahead that Ralph would not vote for a relocation out of Oakland....because he didn't for any franchise. Scum bag. Edited July 30, 2014 by Big Blitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 San Antonio would not be a good market. I think it is too much in the Cowboy camp. This seems like silly posturing, anyway. The Raiders should and, I believe, will love back to LA I disagree. San Antonio is huge. The military population alone, may be larger than Buffalo. Add in the Hispanic population, and I can see the silver and black doing very well in San antonio. Their colors would even match the spurs, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 LA is college football , but would rather see Raiders there then be a temptation for a Bills move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KollegeStudnet Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'll be sitting Row 3 in section 135 on Sept. 14th, Texans at Oakland. Now, I'm somewhat reminiscing the time I went to Cleveland in the mid-90's. It will be a weird game to attend, while knowing this might be the end for Oakland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKBILLS Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Good. Let Jerruh worry about someone encroaching on "his" territory rather than trying to fellate Bon Jovi all the way to Toronto. Exactly... Karma Jerry...Karma... San Antonio would not be a good market. I think it is too much in the Cowboy camp. This seems like silly posturing, anyway. The Raiders should and, I believe, will love back to LA San Antonio is a fine market...Plenty big...But Jones will fight it tooth and nail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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