12-17-2018, 06:16 PM
SF Fan, I though I was the only person with Stanford and Raider tickets. My Raider season tickets go back a little further than my Stanford tickets (1995 vs 2006). I for one am not going to miss getting out of Stanford at 10:00pm on a Saturday then having to meet up with my Raider group at 8:00am the next morning.
As Lex24 points out, the Raiders have played several games at Cal due to schedule conflicts with the Athletics. I missed the Dolphin game but I did attend a few preseason games there in the '70s. Before the suit, there was a tentative deal in place for the Raiders to play 2019 in Oakland for $7.5M I wonder any minds would change if the Raiders were to up the Berkeley ante to $5M. It's only 9 games (one home game moved to London and no realistic shot at a home playoff game). I've heard that the Cal Athletic Program could use a few bucks.
More than 50 FBS schools (including San Jose State) allow some form of alcohol sales in their stadiums. If Cal gets past the other hurdles, I think they'll work this out, too.
The stadium in Vegas is only going to have ~2500 parking spots on-site. They expect shuttle buses, Uber/Lyft and a bunch of folks walking from hotels to take up the slack. Not exactly in keeping with young Mr. Davis public statements regarding the importance of tailgating to Raider Nation...
One August preseason game this season while tailgating in the asphalt RV lot in Oakland, I checked and at 6:00pm it was 106 in Vegas vs 84 in Oakland. It was a dry heat though.
To the question of the effect of the Raiders departure on Stanford ticket sales: there will be an impact. Whether it's measurable or not is another story. Four members of my Raider tailgate group are buying Stanford tickets next year and there may be a few more. From parking lot conversations I think Cal may benefit more than Stanford and the Niners but there won't be a long line of ex-Raider fans at any of the three.
As Lex24 points out, the Raiders have played several games at Cal due to schedule conflicts with the Athletics. I missed the Dolphin game but I did attend a few preseason games there in the '70s. Before the suit, there was a tentative deal in place for the Raiders to play 2019 in Oakland for $7.5M I wonder any minds would change if the Raiders were to up the Berkeley ante to $5M. It's only 9 games (one home game moved to London and no realistic shot at a home playoff game). I've heard that the Cal Athletic Program could use a few bucks.
More than 50 FBS schools (including San Jose State) allow some form of alcohol sales in their stadiums. If Cal gets past the other hurdles, I think they'll work this out, too.
The stadium in Vegas is only going to have ~2500 parking spots on-site. They expect shuttle buses, Uber/Lyft and a bunch of folks walking from hotels to take up the slack. Not exactly in keeping with young Mr. Davis public statements regarding the importance of tailgating to Raider Nation...
One August preseason game this season while tailgating in the asphalt RV lot in Oakland, I checked and at 6:00pm it was 106 in Vegas vs 84 in Oakland. It was a dry heat though.
To the question of the effect of the Raiders departure on Stanford ticket sales: there will be an impact. Whether it's measurable or not is another story. Four members of my Raider tailgate group are buying Stanford tickets next year and there may be a few more. From parking lot conversations I think Cal may benefit more than Stanford and the Niners but there won't be a long line of ex-Raider fans at any of the three.