March 19, 2018
The city of Oakland and Alameda County are considering suing the Oakland Raiders over the massive debt the team will leave
The city of Oakland and Alameda County are considering suing the Oakland Raiders over the massive debt the team will leave on the Coliseum when it moves to Las Vegas in a few years, the San Francisco Chronicle$ reports. City and county officials at first dismissed the idea of suing the Raiders, citing the costs of litigation, but two high-powered law firms – Berg & Androphy in Houston and Weil, Gotshal & Manges of New York – have offered to sue the football team for free. The firms would then take one-third of whatever proceeds won in the suit. The Coliseum still has about $80 million in bond debt from renovations that the Raiders demanded in the 1990s.