• Oakland mayor John Houlihan and other city and county leaders made a big push to entice the Raiders to stay, including guaranteeing the sale of 12,000 season tickets

• In response to the promise, the ownership group “suspended all negotiations” with parties who had made offers

• Wayne Valley said that one unidentified offer had reached $700,000 and added that the Kansas City group was particularly eager to buy, but didn't say they were the ones who had offered the 700k

• Both the Chronicle and Examiner reported that, in fact, the Raiders ownership had upped their price to New Orleans to $700,000 and that caused the deal to fall through