November 16, 1961

News

• The Oakland city council approved a plan to relocate and expand Exposition Field at an estimated cost of $340,000

• The expansion would increase the stadium’s attendance to 23,100 and was projected to be complete by August 1962, in time for the Raiders to play there next season

• The Raiders would be on the hook to sign a two-year lease, paying $2,500 per game or 10% of the gross ticket sales, and would pay for the construction of a press box