Final Raiders game at Oakland Coliseum brings the end of an era

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Few people would disagree that the Oakland Coliseum is not up to today’s standards for an NFL stadium.

It is the last NFL venue that still has a baseball diamond on the field in September and October. The concourses are cramped, the locker rooms are tiny and dingy, and the medical facilities are three flights of stairs up from the field. Las Vegas threw $750 million in public funds at the Raiders to build a shiny new stadium, and no one blames the Raiders for taking it.

It still doesn’t make Sunday’s Raiders-Jaguars game, the final game to be played at the Coliseum, any less emotional. “It’s definitely the end of an era,” Bill Belichick said Friday. “We’ll miss it.”

The NFL is losing one of its most unique environments with the Raiders leaving Oakland and their stadium, now named RingCentral Coliseum, after this season. Opened in 1966, the Coliseum is the third-oldest regular venue in the NFL, behind Lambeau Field and Soldier Field. The Raiders played there from 1966-81 before moving to Los Angeles, and again from 1995-2019 after moving back from LA.

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[Botany]

1. One more reason why local and state government buy ins to pro sports is a bad idea

What happens to all those Raider fans who have been good to the team for years?

And all the public money going into a private business with almost no give back to the
community from the sports team. MLS did that to Columbus and now we are gonna
spend $50 million on a new downtown soccer stadium even though a perfectly good one
already exists.

[JonLP24]

2. Today's standards?

They should have been renovating current stadiums instead.

I blame the Raiders for taking it as well as Las Vegas for giving them a sweetheart deal. And people complain about "free stuff".

[Auggie]

3. Well, kudos to the City of Oakland and Alameda County...

for not subsidizing Mark Davis and partners.

I hope Las Vegas fleeces them like it has fleeced so many others.

[Auggie]

4. And I hope Jacksonville wins

[JonLP24]

5. +1

I'm glad Oakland & Alameda didn't either. The only way this stops is if all cities tell them no or congressional action which will never happen.