STATEMENT ON COLISEUM FROM PRESIDENT REBECCA KAPLAN OAKLAND, CA – Stated Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan “In the interest of reducing strife and litigation, the Oakland City Council have unanimously asked our City of Oakland Administration to meet directly with Alameda County leaders, on strategies to resolve issues regarding our shared public property. Also, … Read more
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT REBECCA KAPLAN, BAY AREA COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORGANIZATION, AND THE EAST OAKLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PRESENT A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE OAKLAND COLISEUM AREA OAKLAND, CA – In recent months, there have been many important and valid concerns expressed regarding the future of the Coliseum Area which may include the … Read more
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority voted (with Oakland District Seven Councilmember Larry Reid abstaining) to pass the Oakland Raiders Lease Extension for 2019-2020. The Raiders now have one of the highest rents in the NFL: $6,975,000 for 2019 and increasing by $3 million to $9,975,000 in 2020, which is the option year. One … Read more
Oakland Raiders Coliseum Lease Extension For 2019-2020 Expected To Be Approved Next Week ONN – The Oakland Raiders Lease Extenstion with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority is expected to be approved in public session at Oracle Arena next week. That news comes from a source who did wish to be quoted, a moment … Read more
Update: “RingCentral Coliseum” but not “Ring Central Coliseum” is official after a three-year, $1 million-a-year deal was struck between the tech company and the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority. This blog post on the RingCentral Coliseum naming rights deal was brought to you by “NHL Trump.” That’s the name of a person who’s become … Read more
The Oakland Raiders play on Monday Night Football tonight and what some say is the last game in Oakland. But is it? Oakland’s At-Large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan has this to say. OAKLAND, CA – Oakland’s citywide Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan has been keeping up with the news about the Raiders deliberations about where to play in … Read more
Fayette County, GA – The call that came to me at 2:39 AM EST was innocent enough, and very kind: “Hey, Zennie, you in Oakland? We’re at this bar near District (an Old Oakland restaurant and night hangout)! Come and join us.” I had to pass because I’m here in Fayette County with my Mom, … Read more
Oakland Athletics turn to social media for latest Howard Terminal / Coliseum ballpark plan talk The Oakland Athletics sent an email newsletter announcing plans for a Facebook Live event that teams Oakland A’s representatives with folks from San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG Architects). This is what it read: … Read more
Today, The XFL named the list of cities that will host a team in the new professional football league starting in 2020. Eight cities were called out: Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, Seattle, Tampa Bay, and Washington D.C. You know the cities & stadiums. Now it’s time to secure your seats. Why … Read more
Elle Macpherson is the supermodel who was best known in the 1980s, but is still in circulation today. One example of her travels “back in the day” is this photo posted by a man named Barry Weinberg on Instagram, who then worked for the Oakland Athletics. This is what Mr. Weinberg wrote: barryweinberg Throw Back … Read more
The XFL’s not coming to the Oakland Coliseum as a full spring football season according to Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority (Coliseum JPA) Executive Director Scott McKibben. At last Friday’s Coliseum JPA Meeting, Mr. McKibben announced the news in his “Executive Director’s Report.” McKibben said that the XFL, which was in San Francisco … Read more
Greg Papa Fired By Oakland Raiders? Brent Musberger hired by Raiders now new unconfirmed rumor update! Maybe this crazy tweet was right on after all… Greg Papa will no longer be announcing Raiders games… heard it here first lol — TLK510 (@TLK510) July 9, 2018 I received several out-of-the-blue texts from someone who’s in a … Read more
Contrary to reports of “uncertainty” regarding the future of the Oakland Raiders at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Complex, the NFL team will be in the City they were born in until at least 2020. After that, the Raiders are expected to occupy Las Vegas Stadium through the foreceable future, barring any negative circumstances. This … Read more
The Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium’s estimated true completion date will be February 17th, 2022, if information released by the Raiders via The Las Vegas Review Journal is to be believed, and the date starting point for the stadium is the groundbreaking date of November 17th 2017. And even if one shaves off four … Read more
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority plans to hold a “special meeting” on the proposed extension of the Oakland Raiders lease at the stadium. As to when that would happen, the answer this blogger received is “soon”, and that was from Scott McKibben, the Coliseum JPA Executive Director. That news came after this blogger … Read more
UPDATE: Oakland Coliseum JPA to set special meeting date on Oakland Raiders lease. The planned meeting to review the Oakland Coliseum JPA / Oakland Raiders Proposed Lease Extention was cancelled due to a lack of a quorum. As I understand it from one Coliseum JPA board member who did not wish to be quoted, the … Read more
On the morning of Friday, June 15th, at 8:30 am, the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority Board will meet at Oracle Arena to take up an exciting possibility: the XFL at the Oakland Coliseum in 2020. That year would be the last one for NFL Football, with the planned depature of the Oakland … Read more
The XFL, the football league originally started by WWE’s Vince McMahon and the late NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol (and the focus of an online sports business game called The XFL Simworld), is planning a return to the San Francisco Bay Area, according to a well-positioned source who does not want to be quoted at … Read more
Chris Dobbins, the Oakland-based lawyer who sits on the board of directors of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority, was the guest on Zennie62 YouTube Live, Monday, June 4th, at 8:30 PM PST. The talk, which lasted for just over an hour of the 1:22:55 livestream that you can watch above, was wide-ranging, but … Read more
On Tuesday, May 29th, the City of Oakland’s Oakland City Council quietly approved what’s called a “revenue anticipation note” of $105 million. The resolution clearly states the following: WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 53850 et seq. Of the Government Code of the State of California (the “Law”) contained in Article 7.6 thereof, entitled“ Temporary Borrowing,” on … Read more
