San Dee-Ay-Go, make that Los An-Gel-Es, Super Chargers?

Parking at Berkeley is nonexistent. Last time I covered a game there, a street was designated for media parking.
A co-tenancy at Levi's much like with the Giants and Jets at the Meadowlands, was proposed, but Al Davis shot it down.

 

How? With a thunderbolt?

 

Gosh, I attended a Raiders game at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. It was in 1973, because the A's were at home. Oakland ended Miami's 18-game win streak 12-7. So why would Cal not want the money now? Doesn't make sense.

 

The neighbors fought tooth-and-nail against Cal installing lights, trying to prohibit night games. They would fight 10 times as hard to keep the NFL out, even it was only there temporarily, to preserve their peaceful Sundays.

Never underestimate the power of neighborhood associations in California (or any other West Coast state) land-use issues.

 

My God, they live next to an enormous state university. I'd think an NFL game would seem like a nice quiet weekend by comparison.

 

Would you want these people roaming your neighborhood?

 

FWIW an agreement for an NFL team to have absolute control of a public facility is probably a violation of antitrust law. When the USFL started they were able to play in NFL stadiums such as Soldier Field, the Meadowlands and Mile High by threatening antitrust lawsuits.

 

See: Pasadena/Arroyo Seco/Rose Bowl; I'm sure the Chargers made inquiries about using that as their temporary home and were immediately shut down.

 

Cal is tame by big school standards. The neghiborhoods are dense.

The bigger issue, as stated, is parking. Pull the stadium up on google maps and enjoy how few lots there are.

 

I can accept that. But how do Cal crowds get there and get out? I mean, the game I saw in 1973, I lived in East Oakland. We took the bus.

 

Many take BART. The Shattuck Avenue station isn't too far away, down the hill. A lot of people walk. Students who do attend are close. There is some parking available above the stadium, which sits on the far east end of campus.