The Raiders difficulties in selling PSLs and luxury boxes
is examined by Fimrite & DelVecchio of the S. F. CHRONICLE.
Fimrite & DelVecchio note the "most damaging no-shows" at
yesterday's game were business executives and "other monied
locals" who were expected to buy up premium season tickets, but
instead "turned their backs on the deal." Thus far, only 2,600
of 9,000 club seats have been sold, only 60 of 139 available
luxury suites have been leased and 10,000 more PSLs must be sold
to break even on the Oakland Coliseum renovation deal (S.F.
CHRONICLE, 9/16). A front-page story in Sunday's S.F. CHRONICLE
examines the Raiders' "hasty" deal to move back to Oakland and
asks the question, "Did Oakland give in to silver-and-blackmail?"
(DelVecchio & Fimrite, S.F. CHRONICLE, 9/15).
GOLD RUSH: CHRONICLE columnist Glenn Dickey writes the only
team currently "thriving" in the Bay Area is the 49ers. Noting
the troubles selling PSLs, he adds that the Giants and Warriors
have done a "better job gauging the market," as the Giants have
put fees on fewer than one third of the seats in the proposed
Pacific Bell Park, while the Warriors are also only selling about
a third of their seats with PSLs. Dickey: "Because they've
planned well, I think the Giants and Warriors will be able to
sell theirs. I'm not so sanguine about the Raiders' chances"
(S.F. CHRONICLE, 9/13).
