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| Mark Davis |
"This is needed yesterday, so there we are. We need a stadium, and we will try to have him," Davis said Tuesday in his first public comments since taking the organization in October, after the death of his father.
"It's a very competitive business truly competitive. And we can not compete for many players and other team can."
Davis made the remarks at a press conference where they announced Reggie McKenzie as the new general manager and also the dismissal of head coach Hue Jackson.
That said a new general manager to operate the whole side of the sport of the organization, he can concentrate on getting the Raiders of the old Coliseum.
"Bad" have become obsolete with modern comforts of the current stadiums generate more profits for other teams.
Davis said the CEO Amy Trask had talks with officials in Oakland about a new building there and also with the San Francisco 49ers to share the stage in Santa Clara.
Also said he has spoken to groups in Los Angeles but has not received any offers that you like. The Raiders played in Los Angeles between 1982 and 1994.
"We try to do something here but if we can, we must find something somewhere else because we need to be competitive," he said. "And so it goes."
On the other hand, made it clear you do not plan to sell the team he took after his father's death on 8 October. Davis was a general partner when his father died and has most of the team shares with his mother, Carole.
"This is my life," said Mark. "I've been with the Raiders for 48 years and what I want is to continue the legacy that my father built here, because I have the largest extended family in the world. And that's why all these former players and staff who have been organization means a lot to me. They are very important part of us and so will stay. "
