Franchise exhausting our options to do everything we can to get a solution in the existing market. Reporter in the end, Roger Goodell said what oakland off offered wasnt good enough. My father used to say it was in its future. Reporter the owner said it was an extremely difficult time for him and fans and oakland. I have mixed feelings obviously, i love oakland and the fans in oakland and know there will be some disappointment and some anger. Reporter for diehard fans it was devastating. You made the biggest mistakes of your lives and tnext year or two in oakland will be a disaster. Reporter what happens when you go to las vegas . We will become the las vegas ra raiders. Reporter to that end, we learned from a source that said marc davis sent his letter to renew his lease at oakland, within an hour of the vote in phoenix, that source told me the Oakland Coliseum board took that as insult to injury, adding insult to injuriy. Live in phoenix. Nbc7 news. A lot of both for fans. Talk about
The Oakland Raiders will be okayed to move to las vegas. The nfl owners are gathering in phoenix. 24 of 32 owners have to vote in favor of relocation in order for it to happen. On friday, oakland mayor libby shall have informed the league of the latest plans to replace the cole see yum to try to keep the raiders in oakland. It calls for a 54,000 football only stadium but Roger Goodell criticized the pitch. Abc7 spoke with the raiders owner today about the possible move out of oakland. Laurel will have his response tonight on abc7 news at 11 00 she will also break any raiders news first on twitter at Laura Anthony 7. Rain a moving flew the bay area. Lets get over to meteorologist drew tuma who is tracking the rain and a dry week ahead . Yeah, tonight we are deal with scattered showers that started this afternoon and continuing right now. A couple of spots around the region. Live doppler 7 pressing in tighter along the peninsula, we see light rain from burlingame stretching into south Sa
I think the nfl could have done a little bit more. Erik grepman said, you guys go put together a deal, bring it to us, and well sell it to the raiders. Well, we brought them a deal and they didnt do their part, and they didnt communicate that to the other owners of the nfl, in our efforts to keep them here. So, as the mayor said, we had a fully funded private partnership that didnt involve 50 million of public money, but 800 million of private money. In our deal, sidebyside with the deal in vegas, to see the equal or better than that deal, and so, you know, it wasnt a difficult choice to say to the raiders, you guys need to go back to the table with the city of oakland and the county of alameda and work out a plan to stay in the city of oakland and they could have done that, but they chose not to today. Reporter mayor, could you articulate a little bit more on the choice you were given between the raiders and the as . You may have seen in the most recent correspondence that i received
Expected. Overwhelming vote to move his raiders from las vegas. My father used to say the greatness of the raiders is in its future. The opportunity to build a world class stadium in the entertainment capital of the world is one opportunity to give us the ability to achieve that gre greatness. Reporter in the end, nfl commissioner, roger goodell, said oakland didnt have a plan to overcome what las vegas had to offer including 7 750 millio in public money. Were particularly disappointed for the fans of the Oakland Raiders in oakland. We appreciate the mayors attempts to put something on the table. My own personal feeling is the presence of the Football Team on that site was a complication they couldnt find a way to workaround. Reporter diehard oakland fans who traveled to phoenix were angry with davis. I feel betrayed. At the same time, hes no longer our problem. Vegas, good luck with ineptitude and dysfunction. Reporter this group of ra raiders fans from phoenix tell us theyll go where
Well get to the raiders in a moment. Breaking news out of San Francisco. In the last 30 minutes crews suspended the search for a man swept into the water. Firefighters initially responded to a call of someone screaming for help near baker beach just before 7 00. When the crews arrived they found the man hanging off the cliff by a rope but he said he was trying to help someone else who had already fallen in. Firefighters spotted the second victim but heavy winds and undertow prevented them from getting to him. The move approved today by a 311 vote of nfl team owners. Terry, team owners happy. Oakland city leaders not so much, in fact, critical of marc davis and the team . Reporter it didnt take long for the sparks to fly. The raiders moving in las vegas in three years. Shortly after the announcement owner marc davis stepped up to the mike and oakland city officials teping up to the mike, both giving different versions why the team is leaving. Reporter celebration in las vegas after nfl