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“Not just a perfunctory vote’ as Raiders lease details revealed

OAKLAND– Some uncertainty remained Wednesday even as lease details that would keep the Raiders in Oakland one more season were laid out ahead of a scheduled Friday vote by the Coliseum Stadium Authority board.

The negotiations’ fickle nature led stadium authority executive director Scott McKibben to say the deal still could fall apart.

“We satisfactorily addressed most of the issues but this is not just a perfunctory, let’s raise our hands and vote yes kind of deal,” he said. “We’ve taken this to a point where it is now time to take it to the board, ‘OK, can you approve it or not approve it?