Could The Raiders and 49ers Be Destined To Share a New Stadium?

For as long as Al Davis has been in a position to do so, he has sought a premier stadium for the Raiders to call a home. The long and winding road has had many ifs, maybes and buts, lots of lawsuits, hard feelings and broken promises. One thing has remained consistent through it all—the Oakland Coliseum is as good as it has gotten for Al an his beloved franchise. Al doesn’t like the Oakland Coliseum. He doesn’t like the Oakland city government or their cronies and strange offshoots who controlled tickets for years, who have lied, ripped him off with absurd tax laws, covered their butts by creating new civic codes and whatever else. Make no mistake, there is bad blood between the Raiders and the Oakland city government, the county of Alameda and everyone associated with that hunk of concrete knows as the Oakland Coliseum. All things considered, it’s not a bad stadium, just a little old (built in 1966) and of course has to be shared with a professional baseball team ... (link)