by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

photo credit: Los Angeles Times artist rendition of new Los Angeles Stadium

OAKLAND–According to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell the likelihood of the Oakland Raiders staying in Oakland is all but assured. The Raiders who were considering moving to Los Angeles due to poor conditions and no funds to build a new stadium will get financial help from the NFL according to Goodell.

The San Francisco 49ers who are hosting the NFL Super Bowl on February 7th received $200 million contribution for their new stadium Levis Stadium in Santa Clara. The Raiders quite possibly might use the 49ers Stadium during construction of their new Stadium if they cross that bridge (literally too).

The Raiders hopes to move to LA might have been squashed due to a proposal for an new Ingelwood Stadium (the former city of the Los Angeles Lakers) that would be built to house the San Diego Chargers and the St.Louis Rams. The price tag to build the shared facility comes to $1.86 billion. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made the proposal and the vote on Tuesday need two quarters of the majority to approve any Raiders move. With Goodell coming out to announce the league would financially support the Raiders new stadium in Oakland it’s very unlikely now that the Raiders would move to Los Angeles.

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