LOS ANGELES : Coliseum Panel to Meet Today on Raiders Deal
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission has called a closed session at 4 p.m. today to discuss the terms of a deal that would keep the Raiders football team playing in the facility this fall when $42 million in earthquake repairs are nearly complete.
Neither Coliseum nor Raider officials returned calls seeking details of the proposed agreement.
The commission has reportedly been under pressure to agree to free rent or other cash concessions to the Raiders, who have an offer from the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum to return to the Bay Area to play this fall, at least for a year.
One member of the commission, County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, who is not on the commission’s negotiating committee, said he had not been told what was in the proposed agreement, but is skeptical.
“If the Raiders are looking for free rent or 100% of the concessions revenue, what will they want next year?” Antonovich asked.
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