The Raiders need some help to build a new football stadium in the East Bay. The city of Oakland won’t commit public dollars to stadium construction, and even with some creative financing or bond issues, a third-party development entity could help finance that project.
It hasn’t worked out well in the past, with several trying to build a “Coliseum City” development attempts producing little success.
Then came a Street and Smith's Sports Business Daily report that the NFL could help the Raiders and Oakland with stadium development. That sounds exciting on the surface, but reports out Monday indicated that it remains an idea at this stage.