ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 31, 1990                   TAG: 9003310400
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: OAKLAND, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

RAIDERS, OAKLAND MAKE NEW DEAL

The Los Angeles Raiders have approved a new contract for a return to Oakland in a deal Mayor Lionel Wilson said will mean a sharing of attendance risks.

Under the agreement announced Friday, the city and Alameda County will not have to guarantee sellouts.

"There is now a true partnership of sharing the attendance risk with the Raiders," Wilson said at a news conference attended by Jack Brooks, co-owner of the team.

The City Council and county supervisors two weeks ago approved a deal that would have guaranteed the team $602 million in ticket sales over 15 years. If the ticket sales fell short the city and county would have had to make up the difference.

- Associated Press 


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