Will Oakland Raid The Tennessee Titans?

NASHVILLE, TN -- The Oakland Raiders are scheduled to leave for Las Vegas for the 2020 season and stadium officials in the Bay Area suggested Thursday they may try to woo the Tennessee Titans to play there.

San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kimberly Veklerov tweeted that Oakland Coliseum Authority executive director Scott McKibben "Suggests Jacksonville Jaguars or Tennessee Titans could replace Raiders after Vegas move."

McKibben later told WKRN that a relocation would only be considered if the Titans were for sale. Though rumors have persisted since Bud Adams' death that his heirs would sell the time, those rumors have been persistently denied by controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk. Adams Strunk's sister, Susie Adams Smith, announced in August she would try to sell her third of KSA Industries - the entity founded by her late father which, in addition to the Titans, owns numerous real estate and petroleum interests. The team insisted at the time that even with a sale, nothing would change Titans-wise.

The Titans have been at loggerheads with the league since Bud Adams' death, as the league asserts the Titans arrangement does not have a majority owner, as required by league rules.

The Titans once again insisted Thursday the team is not for sale or in danger of relocation.

The Titans organization is not looking to move to Oakland or any other city and the team isn’t for sale. The city of Oakland will have to look elsewhere for a new NFL tenant.

The Titans' Nashville home, Nissan Stadium, was built for $290 million and opened in 1998 and was widely considered out-of-date from the moment it debuted. The stadium will need $293.2 million in capital improvements over the next 20 years, consultants told the Metro Sports Authority in May.

The team's lease at the publicly-financed facility expires in 2028, so any move out of town is unlikely before then. Despite Nashville's recent cachet as a destination city, the uninspiring, open-air facility, coupled with Middle Tennessee's unpredictable weather, virtually ensures Nashville is never considered for the Super Bowl or other major stadium events, like Wrestlemania.

McKibben said, at least at first, any new NFL team in Oakland would play at the Coliseum, which is 51 years old and is the NFL's smallest stadium.

Tight End Delanie Walker #82 of the Tennessee Titans makes a catch defended by linebacker Tyrell Adams #58 of the Oakland Raiders in the second half at Nissan Stadium on September 10, 2017 In Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)