Raiders Old Stadium

There s so much public chatter about the raiders and their palatial 1 8 billion domed stadium they plan to build in las vegas by 2020 that the fate of sam boyd stadium has hardly been discussed.

Raiders old stadium. Valley threatened to move the raiders out of the area unless a stadium was built in oakland but in 1962 the raiders moved into 18 000 seat frank youell field later expanded to 22 000 seats their first home in oakland. In 1968 the kansas city athletics moved to oakland and began play at the stadium. The stadium complex cost 25 5 million 201 million adjusted for inflation to build and rests on 120 acres 49 ha of land. But then again sam boyd stadium was never a candidate to be a cover boy for architectural digest magazine.

It was a temporary home for the team while the oakland alameda county coliseum was under construction. The athletics first game was played on april 17 1968. The raiders played their first game at the stadium on september 18 1966. The 51 year old oakland coliseum is the last stadium still housing both an nfl and major league baseball team the raiders and a s.

Live look at the new state of the art allegiant stadium being constructed in las vegas nevada which is scheduled to open in 2020. The raiders were probably thrilled to see their new stadium pass the super flush test and that s because their old stadium in oakland was probably the one venue in the nfl that would have a.