Comments on: Raiders will lower seating capacity http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Mon, 20 May 2013 20:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: hardrockfootballfanatic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2339187 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:35:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2339187 Though I widely prefer the pro game to college, it always amazes me that a small town or midsized city can fill up an 80-100,000 seat stadium, but an NFL team in a major city can’t even get 60,000 to come to a game.

]]> By: natelan69 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2334009 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:32:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2334009 What an awful, awful franchise. Probably the worst team in the history of organized sports.

]]> By: raiderapologist http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2324411 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:39:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2324411 veence69 says: Feb 6, 2013 3:05 PM

caldwellsinnerstache says: Feb 6, 2013 2:45 PM

as a jags fan all i can say is hahahahahahhahaha!!!!!
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Even Jaguars fans are laughing at you.. Think about that.
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Who cares? It’s the Jags. At least the game wasn’t blacked out when those two sorry teams played in Oakland last year. Raider fans should get some credit for hitting 85% on that game.

]]> By: jaxbeachjaguar http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2323885 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:32:09 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2323885 Your an idiot..get your facts straight.

Jacksonville covers seats because our stadium was originally a college bowl that holds 85K.

Do a little research next time…No one fills there stadium like we do based on a population of One Million people. Who else has 6% of there pop at every game?????

]]> By: dasmol http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2323837 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:09:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2323837 Bandwagon nation

]]> By: pooinyourface http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2323509 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:27:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2323509 I will laugh at every single one of these comments from my seats next year at a horrible Jets loss at a sold out Metlife Stadium, capacity 94,000. Now THATS loyal. The rest of you are bandwagon jokes.

]]> By: r8rnuck http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2323352 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:30:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2323352 o.co is the single worst professional sports facility in north america. you can’t knock raiders for that. a great facility can override team performance deficiencies but no doubt, when a team isn’t playing well and when the live experience is basically a field trip to a penal institution, what the hell do you expect for attendance??

i travel to alameda every year from canada for at least a couple games and yes, the crowd is extremely hostile towards opposing teams. sometimes its even hostile towards itself. i would not take my children to a game there until they were well into their teen years. i’m not making a judgement against anyone because i happen to enjoy the atmosphere (and i love the raiders) but i think thats as honest as you can get re: the o.co. you reap what you sow.

]]> By: raidersfreak http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2323012 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:58:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2323012 -Firstly I am from LA and after all these years it took me to realize the Raiders did the right thing by going back home to their birth place. It is their home town.

-2nd I believe the Raiders will get a new stadium in Oakland. the A’s just extended their lease so so i think the raiders will follow suite. Example I believe in is they have some serious ideas and planning to make the coliseum complex top notch.

-Third it is true the Raiders have had their issues but these things change over time and fans know this even if it takes a decade mediocrity.

4th-The only team LA team to call home would be the Rams. There is no expansion in place, the Jags are lease locked until 2027 and the Chargers are 50/50 on a LA move. If the chargers do go to LA which I really don’t see happening would only be due to stadium negotiations falling apart in SD.

-5th The Raiders should never leave Oakland again; they corrected their mistake when they went home.

]]> By: ultramegacritic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322964 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:08:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322964 I don’t believe this has anything to do with Ticket sales. I believe this was done to get the gang members and the losers who just go to games to fight and cause trouble. I call it the snoop dog fans. They wear Raiders jerseys but they cant tell you who plays TE or CB. They all buy cheap seats since they dont care about actually seeing the game, they go there to sell drugs and hopefully shoot someone. 9ers have this problem as well. As long as their are blacks we will have this problem.. Just be honest

]]> By: bayarea510 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322737 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:45:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322737 Raiders aren’t moving to LA people. The companies footing the bill for the Stadium want to have part ownership of the new team moving in….I can’t see Mark Davis selling the Raiders.

]]> By: JSpicoli http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322692 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:19:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322692 Most of the home games since 1995, that is over 50% easily, have been sold out.

Do some research. While there have been struggles. There Have been plenty of sellouts

]]> By: blancanieve00 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322614 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:33:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322614 Al Davis

Raiders

3 Superbowl wins

1 AFL Championship

13 AFC West Division Titles

Raider Nation

Not alot teams can say that

]]> By: hendeeze http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322577 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:17:10 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322577 The irony is, it is called O.co for Overstock.com

]]> By: efriedo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322552 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:10:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322552 iamjimmyjack says: Feb 6, 2013 4:37 PM

Embarrassing. Should of never left LA.

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They could never sell out in LA either. The LA Coliseum has 90,000 seats. Every game was blacked out. They were in negotiations to have a new stadium built and were having trouble securing a deal. That is why they left LA…

]]> By: pillaging4fun http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322471 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:34:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322471 The Raiders lease at the coliseum ends after this year. So its quite possible that its a prelude to them going to play at Santa Clara with the niners or . Them going back to play in LA .May guess is L.A since Mark Davis has said “there is a fractional chance” of them moving in with da niners.LA Raiders in 2014 and LA Rams in 2015

]]> By: howiefeltersnatch http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322428 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:09:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322428 Why all the hate on the Raiders? I’m from Cleveland and the Raiders organization may as well be the Patriots compared to what we’ve put up with here for the past 15 years.

]]> By: drewzducks http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322391 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:51:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322391 …and their expectations.

]]> By: raiderrob21 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322360 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:33:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322360 Excellent move. Been asking for this a few years now. Although most games were on local tv last year, around the league teams are blacked out locally. 45,000 raider fans are louder than 95% of the rest of the league. As the team gets back to its winning ways again in a couple years, then we can remove the tarps. Again, great move to get all games on local tv.

RAIDER NATION!!!!!!

]]> By: db105 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322348 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:23:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322348 bartlettruss says:
Feb 6, 2013 2:34 PM
That’s taking the bull by the horns! And anyone who thinks they should move to LA to solve their problems is forgetting that they already tried that and then moved back to Oakland.

You can build the world’s biggest stadium in LA. You can put two teams there. What you can’t do is force the locals to support a football team when they have always been basketball and baseball-oriented.

Three teams have moved out of LA; the Rams, the Chargers and the Raiders… you have to be an eternal optimist to think they’ll support one NFL team, much less the two that the NFL has openly daydreamed about.
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You might want to get the facts straight. The Raiders and Rams left LA because of stadium issues (construction of luxury suites) and not because of low fan support.

]]> By: tdk24 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322325 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:11:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322325 It’s a ploy to get a new stadium or to move. 1 of the 2 will happen soon.

]]> By: shackdelrio http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322297 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:54:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322297 The Cardinals never get a mention for their seats on rollers.

Fiesta Bowl/BCS title game/Super Bowl gets 10k seats rolled out. Cardinal home games, those seats are hidden.

Same concept as the Jaguars and Raiders but without the national media attention.

]]> By: iamjimmyjack http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322268 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:37:14 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322268 Embarrassing. Should of never left LA.

]]> By: vtsquirm http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322171 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:06:33 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322171 madpunter88 says:
Feb 6, 2013 3:16 PM
The poor Jaguars always get picked on for blocking off seats while the Redskins get a pass. But they Redskins went as far as to remove part of their stadium to avoid possible black-outs down the road. Please include the Redskins in all future jokes about downsizing stadium seating.

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what are you talking about? it had nothing to do with avoiding blackouts. They are putting in party decks. Besides with RGIII coming in and playing well, i’d imagine that the Skins are going to be a tough ticket for the next 10 years.

]]> By: dowhatifeellike http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322159 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:03:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322159 raidersfolife says:
Feb 6, 2013 3:01 PM
Its funny how the majority of the post that bash the Raiders, fail to represent their team in there username or state their team in their comment.

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Since when does that matter? I could like the Jags or the Patriots or any team in between but that doesn’t change the fact that Oakland is a bottom-5 franchise right now.

Anyone who thinks they “represent their team” is a tool.

]]> By: efriedo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322134 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:56:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322134 zerole00 says: Feb 6, 2013 2:33 PM

What’s not to get? The NFL is more popular, but that doesn’t mean hometown teams want to pay high prices (tickets, food, parking, etc.) to watch their team LOSE. Let’s not forget having to deal with dumb drunks.

Dumb Oakland drunks are borderline dangerous.

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Uh, so are dumb cleveland drunk fans, and baltimore drunk fans, and dallas drunk fans and… Well you get the point.

It’s not like Oakland is the only stadium with drunk fans…

]]> By: bodeen0 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322059 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:32:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322059 Looks like around 8,000 seats to be covered which would make capacity around only 55,000.

]]> By: bayarea510 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322056 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:30:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322056 I know a lot of Raider and 49er fans don’t agree to this but I would no have problems with the Raiders renting the 49ers new Stadium for a few years. Help get the organization get stable again and gain some revenue and then look into building a new Stadium in the East Bay.

]]> By: billsysabres http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322051 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:29:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322051 Why do people want to move the bills when u got teams like these

]]> By: oaklegend http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322038 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:24:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322038 Honored to be a Raider fan through the dismal era… it’s no fun, but it builds character and keeps life in perspective. Greater days lie ahead… in the meantime, most of the teams in the NFL will not see the Superbowl before the Raiders get there again. Confident of that.

]]> By: nflhof http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/raiders-will-lower-seating-capacity/#comment-2322035 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:23:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1714373#comment-2322035 Raiders=Jaguars now that’s funny!

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