Oakland’s Stadium Troubles
In case you weren’t aware, the Raiders are currently fighting the Athletics in trying to get a stadium built in Oakland. The Raiders want to demolish the current one and build a new stadium and the A’s want to lease the current one as they figure out the next move (Possibly move to San Jose, possibly stay in Oakland). I’m not sure exactly on all the specifics, it’s rather complicated. If the As lease out Oakland Coliseum but the Raiders demolish it then the As are homeless. But the Raiders don’t really have the money to build the new place, and seem to be trying to force the As to contribute, when the As might not even be interested in staying. I think? Like I said, it’s complicated and I haven’t really studied it as closely as I could so I’m no expert on what’s happening.
Regardless, there are discussions that the Raiders might have to play a year or two somewhere else if things get bad, and Santa Clara was brought up. Yup, because two fanbases that utterly hate each other are going to share a stadium with no problems at all.
The Raiders trying to keep another team from moving. Life is hilarious sometimes.
What? no Chris Sneer
*snee
Both Milanese teams (AC and Internazionale) absoulutely detest one another, with deaths involved. They manage to share a stadium and have been doing so since the 60’s. It can work.
Aside from those deaths involved, I guess it can work…
IMPOSTER!
The real Jay Cutler wouldn’t care enough about the deaths to comment on them.
Well played…
Do Giants and Jets fans not hate each other?
I don’t live in NY so I can’t quite say for sure, and I think there are certainly some fans who hate each other, but since NY has two major teams for every major sport I think it’s just you pick one and sort of shake your fist at the other. There isn’t a massive cultural divide in NY like there is between East and West SF bay, either.
Generally speaking, If you live on long island, queens or brooklyn you are a Mets/Jets/Islanders/soon to be Nets fan, whereas those in Manhattan and basically everywhere else are Yankees/Giants/Rangers/Knicks fans. There definitely exists a rivalry, but it’s more of a older brother (Giants), younger brother (Jets) relationship.
As far as I understand it, the only New York team that has genuine hatred by New Yorkers are the Yankees by Mets fans, and, well, who can blame them? It’s the Yankees.
Actually, The Hockey teams get a lot of hate from each other. The NYC area has THREE hockey teams (Rangers in MSG, Islanders in Nassau County, and Devils across the river in Newark.) They are all in the same division and have a bitter history against each other in both the regular and post-season. To this day, Rangers Fans chant “Potvin sucks!” at islanders games dispute the fact he retired in 1988. Google it. Its a really long story
Generally, I don’t hate the Jets, but I *do* hate Rex Ryan. Nothing to do with his girth either, as I’m probably fatter than him at this point. It’s all because he’s an asshole.
Him and his hairy brother.
Don’t try saying that in New Orleans! After the disaster that was Spags, what Rob did last year for the Saints was like the second coming.
I’m not sure how Goodell plans to pull this off. That stadium is built in pretty much all 49ers colors, not to mention the massive posters of their HOFers. It seems like a minor thing but this stadium was built to accomodate two teams. Just changing the field colors will not make it look like a Raiders home game. First game the Raiders’ Black Hole (God, that’s an awful nickname) go down there, there shall be much vandalism, me thinks.
Ya I don’t want any Raider fans in our brand new stadium. They need to figure out their own shit, but I wouldn’t be opposed to them using Candlestick while I’m making out with my hot bitchin new stadium.
It worked with giants-jets for 23 years. The stadium was built in giants colors, but the jets always sold out, so the stadium looked green. They put up a few banners and would re-paint the end zone. It worked out. There is no reason that niners-raiders can’t work for a couple years
Hey…! Is this Lord Goodell?!?
I’m not seeing the Raiders selling out stadiums to have that same effect
To be fair, Giants Stadium (and now MetLife) were both located in East Rutherford NJ. Not the greatest sightseeing place, but the only way you’ll get shivved there is if you’re wearing that vomity color that passes for Eagles Green.
Has anyone asked the 49ers how they feel about this?
If they say NFW, then what? Does Goodell have the power to force it?
Remember that strip with two sacks of money a couple weeks ago? Envision that in reverse. With 49ers brass sitting at the desk.