Live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. This may be the last time you see raiders chief mark davis before the nfl owners vote on whether or not he can move the silver and black o las vegas, and tonight he shares thoughts exclusively with abc news, good evening, im eric thomas, we caught up with him before he left for phoenix before the voters have votes on the proposed move tomorrow. Abcs Laura Anthony has more on the approval. Reporter good evening, eric, we talked with mark davis at the airport in oakland just moments before he was going to board a plane to come here to phoenix for a trip that could change the lives of his team and raiders fans for decades to come. One, two, three. Reporter raiders owner mark davis stood for pictures and greeted fans as he prepared to board a commercial flight to the nfl owners meeting in phoenix, davis would not comment especially on the competing stadium proposals but did say it would be bittersweet, quote, hard for me to move the team out of the
That. A report from nfl. Com highlights more of just what goodell wrote to her in a letter friday. The commissioner said there are still significant uncertainties that need to be addressed. Chris dobbins, who cofounded save oakland sports, is also an attorney by day. He finds it interesting that goodell hinted at oakland not being a viable city to house an nfl team. Thats the same argument that was used against san diego just before the chargers moved to la. I foresee, if the vote does go against oakland tomorrow, that Going Forward theres going to be a lot of discussion about what that word viability means. Are they following their own policy, ya know, was there a done deal already . Other raiders fans have held onto hope, but their confidence in the silver and black staying in the bay areais waning. I am not expecting good things tomorrow. New stadiums are big business, and with that i feel like the nfl probably sees the economic benefits of moving to a city like las vegas. Goodell w
Pkg nats this is exclusive video as a fight between soccer fans starts. You see a smoke bomb thrown. A closer look shows the two groups separated by a fence but that was knocked down. So they just started screaming at each other, saying Different Things to one another and then they started throwing the rocks and bottles and then they knocked down the fence. Then witnesses say it got worse. And the gate over here behind me was totally knocked down off its hinges and the fans came together and thats when the fighting started. That scratch here and this whole thing here. Bus driver edgar torres shows us where rocks hit his bus. Were scared for your safety . I was scared for the bus cause it was getting hit by rocks. We just got our vehicles and we got them out of the way because those rocks came hitting our buses. While police say the fight was between opposing teams. Witnesses we spoke with say the fans involved in the fight were both fans of team america. From mexico city. Fans from the
Jr stone oaklands final push to keep the raiders in town is not getting high praise from nfl commissioner rodger goodell. The League Commissioner wrote a letter to oakland mayor libby shaaff. The big word in commissioner Roger Goodells letterwas viability. The commissioner also said there are still significant uncertainties that need to be addressed in the raiders staying in the bay area. However. Many raiders fans feel theres still a chance for the silver and black to stay in oakland. sot the raiders need the vote of 24 out of 32 nfl owners tomorrow. To move to sin city. jr stone in the south bay. This is exclusive video showing you the chaos outside of avaya stadium in san jose between fans rooting for the same popular mexican soccer team. Soccer fans turning violent about an hour before the game started between america and morelia. Kron4s Lydia Pantazes is at avaya stadium tonight where she spoke to the people who got into the fight. pkg nats this is exclusive video as a fight betwe
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