The Oakland Raiders want to play the 2019 NFL season in San Francisco

The mayor of San Francisco isn’t so open to the idea, though.

It appears that Oakland Raiders are making an effort to move to San Francisco for one year, while they await their relocation to Las Vegas in 2020. Nothing has been confirmed yet, but the San Francisco Giants and the Raiders are in negotiations to let the Raiders use their ballpark for the upcoming NFL season.

The Raiders have been searching for a new place to play since the city of Oakland filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Mark Davis on December 11th, 2018.

London Breed, the mayor of San Francisco, isn’t warm to the idea of the Raiders playing in San Francisco, citing congestion issues:

“As far as I’m concerned, the Oakland Raiders should play in Oakland … We don’t need another layer to add to what we already have — and that’s an area that’s really congested filled with construction and will host a number of basketball and baseball games over the coming months,” Breed said, via KTVU.

One of the potential hiccups with the deal is that the 49ers need to waive their territorial rights before the Raiders can move to San Francisco. Oracle Park — where the Giants play — is the closest stadium to the city of Oakland that they could potentially have access to.

On January 28th, Darren Rovell reported that the Raiders reached out to season ticket holders and told them that the team still haven’t figured out where they’re going to play — even though commissioner Roger Goodell wanted an answer by early February.

We’ll have updates on the situation as more information becomes available.