Raiders owner confirms talks with San Antonio

Harry · July 31, 2014

OAKLAND — Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis confirmed he has met with San Antonio officials but declined to disclose whether he has any interest in relocating the franchise to Texas.

"Former San Antonio mayor Henry Cisneros is a friend, and Henry suggested I take the opportunity to meet with some city officials while I was in town," Davis said in a statement Tuesday night. "I have nothing further to discuss on the topic."

The San Antonio Express-News reported that Davis met on July 18 with Cisneros, then-Mayor Julian Castro, City Manager Sheryl Sculley and the president of the

San Antonio Chamber of Commerce to discuss potentially moving the Raiders from Oakland to San Antonio.

The newspaper said Sculley issued a memo to the City Council on Tuesday elaborating on the meeting.

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UNT90 · July 31, 2014

Craphole would lose 10k a game.

Green Mean · July 31, 2014

Won't happen.

greenminer · July 31, 2014

Bad thing for UTSA, good thing for us (UNT)?

LongJim · July 31, 2014

I'd put the odds of that move happening at about 10%.

forevereagle · July 31, 2014

SA has been used many times by owners to get leverage on their city to give into their demands. Doesn't look any different this time. Besides, if the Raiders move, it will be back to LA.

CMJ · July 31, 2014

SA has been used many times by owners to get leverage on their city to give into their demands. Doesn't look any different this time. Besides, if the Raiders move, it will be back to LA.

Considering LA can't build a stadium either - I doubt it.

Coffee and TV · July 31, 2014

Considering LA can't build a stadium either - I doubt it.

Rumor is they'll build a soccer stadium for Chivas USA (soon to be rebranded to L.A. FC or something thought). Would be funny if that happened but not a football stadium.

forevereagle · July 31, 2014

Considering LA can't build a stadium either - I doubt it.

The NFL is hell bent on getting a team in LA. I think the deal will get done eventually. Not sure if the Raiders will be the ones to move, but this is a ploy to get them leverage. They aren't going to SA.