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Oakland's O.co Coliseum is the lone facility shared by a Major League Baseball club and a team in the National Football League. Predictably, each side has a different vision for the future of the stadium.
Because while baseball's Athletics are working on a 10-year lease to stay at the Coliseum, football's Raiders are in talks to have the aging structure demolished in 2015 to make room for a new home for the Raiders, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday.
"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 the July 2 memo to Quan and City Administrator Henry Gardner, per the Chronicle report.
Wasserman added that the Raiders "are making arrangements to play elsewhere," the Chronicle added, without specifying where, exactly.
The stadium is actually controlled by the Coliseum Authority, whose chairman is Nate Miley, who is also the county supervisor. He told the Chronicle that demolishing the Coliseum was "totally preposterous. ... We still owe about $180 million on the stadium.
"This is either smoke and mirrors, or they're on crack."
Oakland Raiders reportedly in talks to demolish Oakland Coliseum, build new stadium - ESPN
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Awkward timing, no? Especially given the deal to keep the A's in... that... stadium.
Because while baseball's Athletics are working on a 10-year lease to stay at the Coliseum, football's Raiders are in talks to have the aging structure demolished in 2015 to make room for a new home for the Raiders, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday.
"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 the July 2 memo to Quan and City Administrator Henry Gardner, per the Chronicle report.
Wasserman added that the Raiders "are making arrangements to play elsewhere," the Chronicle added, without specifying where, exactly.
The stadium is actually controlled by the Coliseum Authority, whose chairman is Nate Miley, who is also the county supervisor. He told the Chronicle that demolishing the Coliseum was "totally preposterous. ... We still owe about $180 million on the stadium.
"This is either smoke and mirrors, or they're on crack."
Oakland Raiders reportedly in talks to demolish Oakland Coliseum, build new stadium - ESPN
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Awkward timing, no? Especially given the deal to keep the A's in... that... stadium.
