Update on the Raiders Stadium Issue: Mark Davis Continuing to State Preference to Stay in Oakland
Oakland Raiders' owner Mark Davis is continuing to work on getting a new stadium for the Silver and Black. The entire town of Oakland and many businesses as well as the Raider Nation have come out in support of the team through spirit week to kick off the start of the season.
Last Sunday in Indianapolis, Davis made it clear to ESPN's Paul Gutierrez that he wants to stay in Oakland, and on the current site.
Davis feels that the team doesn't need a massive 80,000 seat stadium, he told Gutierrez, “I’ve come to the conclusion that a 53,000-seat stadium, that we played in from the ’60s and all that, is basically what our market is. We’re not an 80,000-seat stadium, we’re not a 65,000-seat stadium, really, unless you’re winning every game and all that stuff. But those aren’t the hardcore fans that are there . . . for us the 53,000–seat stadium is good and maybe 5,000 club seats bring it up to 58,000 seats.”
Davis knows what happened when the team was in L.A. There was a reason they came back. The Raiders' legacy is in Oakland and belongs in Oakland. I believe he'll do what it takes to keep them there.