PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : AFC : Supervisors Get Free Raider Tickets

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors, who helped lure the Raiders back to Oakland, have adopted a policy to grant themselves four luxury box seats per game.

“So be a part of the Board of Supervisors and get free tickets to the Raiders?” said Ruth Holton, executive director of the public interest group Common Cause of California. “That creates a conflict of interest when the team then wants to negotiate something with the city or the county. Unfortunately, it’s by the book.”

The supervisors’ vote comes amid controversy over ticket sales and mounting criticism over the deal crafted to return the team to Oakland after 13 years in Los Angeles.

Among the criticism has been the high cost of rights to buy tickets, the personal seat licenses that cost as much as $4,000, in addition to a game ticket price of up to $60.

The last 600 tickets for the Raiders’ opener against San Diego were sold Thursday, ensuring local television coverage. About 14,000 single-game and 33,000 season tickets were sold.

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