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ALAMEDA — Raider Gonzalez beamed as he held a football signed by several Oakland Raiders players outside the team’s practice facility on Monday morning. The 5-year-old boy drove with his father Frank, 42, from Modesto to ask for autographs and send players off with well wishes on moving day.
Following locker room interviews, Raiders running back DeAndre Washington pulled over in his Porsche SUV to say goodbye and sign jerseys and pigskins for fans like Gonzalez and Newark resident Javier Moreno.
“It’s a loss for Oakland but we’ll miss them forever,” Moreno, 13, said about his feelings on the team’s move as he held a mini-helmet signed by Washington.
The Raiders’ second tenure in Oakland ended Sunday when they lost to the Denver Broncos and were eliminated from playoff contention with a 7-9 record.
Next the Raiders will move into a $75 million practice campus in Henderson, Nevada, AP reported. The facility will include an enclosed, artificial turf football field and a half, a three-story office building and three outdoor natural grass playing fields.
