Raiders CEO Amy Trask testified again yesterday in the $1B lawsuit of Raiders v. NFL in L.A. Superior Court and said that the Raiders "spent months planning a new Los Angeles-area stadium in 1995 with the understanding that the NFL would hold Super Bowls there and provide a $20 million construction loan," according to the AP's Danny Pollock. But Trask said that at a May '95 meeting, the NFL "passed a resolution that provided no loan and a second Super Bowl only if the Raiders allowed a second team there." Trask said of a deal at Hollywood Park: "The resolution was fraught with contingencies and conditions that were untenable." Under cross-examination by NFL attorney Allen Ruby, Trask "initially said the Raiders began talking with Oakland in early 1995. Then, under further questioning she pushed back the start of those talks" to September '94. Asked why the Raiders were negotiating with Oakland about relocating, Trask said that the team "needed a place to play because its lease" with the L.A. Coliseum expired. Trask added under cross-examination during the same time period, the Raiders "were in contact" with Baltimore, Hartford, Memphis, Sacramento and Orlando for "possible short- or long-term deals to play in those cities" (AP, 3/28).
