Oakland Raiders Coming to OKC??

[grandshoemaster]

Interesting article from a former quarterback for the Raiders.

Oakland Raiders Stadium Plan A Field Of Dreams In Oklahoma City

[Dubya61]

YGTBSM, right? Is this part of an evil Oakland Raiders in OKC drinking game?

[Plutonic Panda]

Funny enough, I actually read the article this time, and I found this quote

Commerce, the population has increased 15 percent since 2000, with property values rising 472 percent.

Is that true??? If it is, that is pretty darn good.

[bchris02]

I doubt this is true. OKC isn't quite big enough to have an NFL team yet. If this was to happen though it would be huge for this area. I'm not banking on it though.

[OKCRT]

I doubt this is true. OKC isn't quite big enough to have an NFL team yet. If this was to happen though it would be huge for this area. I'm not banking on it though.

I agree,tell that to the green bay fans as well. Charlotte wasn't any bigger than OKC is today when they got the Panthers.

[bchris02]

I agree,tell that to the green bay fans as well. Charlotte wasn't any bigger than OKC is today when they got the Panthers.

The Panthers though are the Carolina Panthers, not the Charlotte Panthers. Their media market is much larger and expands beyond the Charlotte metro. North Carolina has two other metros larger than OKC plus South Carolina in much closer proximity than OKC's possible satellite markets of Tulsa, Wichita, and NW Arkansas. Nonetheless, I would like to see this happen. I just don't think its realistic.

If this happens, it would need to be the Oklahoma Raiders (or whatever their name becomes) rather than the OKC Raiders.

[Mel]

Lesus! I hope this isn't true. (No, that first word is not misspelled, it's in honor of the Pope Francis coin"

[ljbab728]

Interesting article from a former quarterback for the Raiders.

Oakland Raiders Stadium Plan A Field Of Dreams In Oklahoma City

This article has been discussed extensively here.

http://www.okctalk.com/sports/33061-nfl-okc-15.html