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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has urged both to work together on a stadium solution similar to that of the New York Giants and Jets, who share the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/re ... story.html

I'm sure the article covers this.. but why do they need to share? Didn't Oakland just completely renovate their stadium 5-10 years ago?

So that means the gays get the stadium one week, the bikers the next?

OK, read the article. First, I thought they built a new Candlestick already, but I guess the Oakland Colliseum is pretty ancient too, even with the renovations.

It makes sense for them to pursue a Meadowlands-style stadium - but the Alameda county folks have to be PISSED about footing the bill for Mount Davis just 15 years ago...

Ivytalk wrote:So that means the gays get the stadium one week, the bikers the next?

I can only comment because I've visited my ex's family in Alameda a few times.

Ain't too many bikers in Oakland!

More like Cadillac and El Camino drivers, if ya know what I mean.

93henfan wrote:

Ivytalk wrote:So that means the gays get the stadium one week, the bikers the next?

I can only comment because I've visited my ex's family in Alameda a few times.

Ain't too many bikers in Oakland!

More like Cadillac and El Camino drivers, if ya know what I mean.

The only time I saw a live A's game in Oakland was in '98 or so, when Jason Giambi, Matt Stairs, Miguel Tejada and Eric Chavez were all pups. The crowd was full of Raiders types: old guys with ponytails and black tees, beer-guzzling ladies with big tats (even then), and biker dudes. Relatively few from the hip-hop generation!

For a brief second I thought this was about baseball and got excited


...even though I don't know how that would actually work

...plus I don't think you can call their field a "stadium"

This is gonna end up like the Nassau Coliseum deal for the Islanders. They won't pass a bill in CA for this.