No More Mt.Davis Seats

[RaiderFanBL9]

I got an e-mail to re-new my season tickets and I was checking out to see prices and I saw they blacked out mt. Davis seats. That's a couple thousand seats they cut off. Now 3rd deck seats are going for cheaper. Why could this be?

Link :
http://www.raiders.com/tickets/seating-price-map.html

Update:
As part of a stadium "capacity adjustment" for the 2013 NFL season, the Raiders are going to block off the top of Mt. Davis on the east side of the O.co Coliseum -- sections 335 through 355 -- as well as upper deck sections 300 through 303 on the south side of the original stadium and sections 331 through 334 on the north side.

It is not yet known how many total seats are in those sections but with a pre-adjusted capacity of 63,132, the Coliseum had the second-lowest in the NFL, ahead of the Chicago Bears' Soldier Field, which is listed at 61,500. The capacity at the Coliseum for Raiders games will now be 53,200.

Some 4,850 Raiders season ticket holders are being relocated from the top of Mt. Davis to the upper deck on the west side of the stadium. The Raiders will continue to tarp off the upper deck throughout the entire season, per NFL rules.

"Our hope, our desire is a new stadium at that site," Raiders CEO Amy Trask said, reiterating the team's desire to stay in Oakland. "This is the tool we're using this year to create that vibrant community of season ticket holders."

Since returning to Oakland from Los Angeles in 1995, the Raiders struggled with selling enough tickets to avoid local television blackouts. But in 2011, the Raiders sold out every home game and in 2012, after taking advantage of the league's 85 percent threshold rule, meaning they did not have to sell every seat in the Coliseum to avoid blackouts, seven of eight home games were televised locally. The only blackout was against Cleveland on Dec. 2.

In fact, the Raiders have televised 15 of their last 16 home games, and since 1995, the Raiders have televised 64 home games and been forced to black out 80 games.

link:
http://www.csnbayarea.com/blog/paul-...k-top-mt-davis


So it looks like we are possibly getting a new stadium in the bay. Thank god.

[crazyru]

Cause they can't sell out. You eliminate 3,000 seats you have a better chance of selling out. Simple.

[crazyru]

My question is when do we get actual game dates? I REALLY want to take my dad to the Eagles game out there this year. I've never been to the Coliseum and would love to go before it gets knocked down.

[RaiderFanBL9]

How do you know it's getting knocked down ?

[crazyru]

How do you know it's getting knocked down ?

Well what else are they gonna do with a 70k seat stadium that is years outdated? You build next to it or move and knock the old one down for parking like most teams do.

[00raider81]

They are closing Mt. davis to sell out the stadium easier (ala jacksonville). advertisers want guarantees that their product is getting on TV. The raiders will now have the lowest capacity stadium in the NFL and you only need 85% sales to avoid silver n blackouts.

[olddude]

I saw the release today to. They are tired of asking sponsors to buy remaining tickets so games are not blacked out. Second they are going to reduce prices on a lot of the third deck tickets to promote more games being sold out. The Raiders are going to keep taking measures to get the games on tv and the stadium filled as part of the plan to re-energize the fan base... Amy Trask is helping to push this team forward! All part of the new and improved Raiders org...

[RaiderFanBL9]

I guess you were rite crazyru . Now the question is if the raiders are doing this to get ready for a new stadium where would we go while they build the new one if they are doing it at the same site or would they build it next to it?

[BlackWidow]

this is embarrassing.

[Superglue]

Where does anyone see "new stadium" in this scenario?

Lets not forget this is the home of the A's as well. They've been trying to get a new stadium for years and have nothing to show for it.

[BlackWidow]

Where does anyone see "new stadium" in this scenario?

Lets not forget this is the home of the A's as well. They've been trying to get a new stadium for years and have nothing to show for it.

I was thinking the same thing

[Proximo]

The Mount Davis seats will still be there as I understand this. They just won't be used for the time being, the Oakland A's don't use them. When the Raiders start to win again, I can see them being utilized. The Raiders will probably cordon them off with some sort of logo decor.

[RaiderFanBL9]

Where does anyone see "new stadium" in this scenario?

Lets not forget this is the home of the A's as well. They've been trying to get a new stadium for years and have nothing to show for it.

"Our hope, our desire is a new stadium at that site," Raiders CEO Amy Trask said, reiterating the team's desire to stay in Oakland. "This is the tool we're using this year to create that vibrant community of season ticket holders."

This will get done. Coliseum is so out of date and plus I think the raiders were trying to sign a guy that works for the league to become president of the raiders specifically so he could get a new stadium deal done. Raiders want a new stadium and they will. As far as the A's go I thought they were moving to San Jose.?.

[RaiderNation24]

This was a wise move. The Raiders now have seats that won't hinder or count against them when meeting the 85% in ticket (seats, really) sales. Last year was an obvious concern when the organization was offering 2-for-1 deals on seats. The franchise only goes up from here, and a new stadium is just what the doctor ordered. However, we'll see if that will be built in Oakland or Los Angeles.

[AsfanSince99]

There's still 'talk' of a Coliseum City being built, but as of today, it's all talk mainly because only the Raiders have stated that they want to remain in Oakland. Both the dubs and A's want out. The only way I see the Raiders staying in Oakland is if it's a done deal that both the A's and Warriors leave. That would help the Raiders being the only tenant, and the City of Oakland would be forced to help them build a new stadium because it doesn't want to be the city that loses all its sports teams. So the fate of the Raiders in Oakland lies with the A's since the Warriors already have one foot out the door.