The City of Oakland has filed a federal lawsuit in the US Northern District of California against the Raiders and the entire NFL for the team’s planned 2020 relocation to Las Vegas.
The California city argues that the transfer violates antitrust laws and leaves Oakland taxpayers with an $80 million debt stemming from renovations made at the Coliseum where the NFL franchise has played since 1995. The plaintiff is seeking financial damages to pay off the debt, but isn’t trying to stop the team from moving to […]