Officials for the Oakland Raiders said on Thursday that they have reached a one-year lease extension agreement, keeping the team in the Bay Area for the upcoming National Football League season.
Raiders Owner Mark Davis told a news conference that the team has one-year extension options for the following two years to stay at O.co Coliseum.
"My heart is here in Oakland, and if we can get something done, that's what I'm trying to do," Davis said.
The move follows a decision late last month by the chairman of the San Diego Chargers to stay in its home city for the upcoming season.
Both the Raiders and the Chargers have been eyeing a possible move to Los Angeles.
NFL owners overwhelmingly gave approval to the Los Angeles Rams to move to the Southern California city from St. Louis for the start of the 2016 season, ending the league's 21-year absence in the United States' second-largest TV market.
The Rams, who have won one Super Bowl since leaving Los Angeles in 1995 for St. Louis, will play their home games at the Los Angeles Coliseum until their $1.86 billion stadium in Inglewood, roughly 10 miles from downtown Los Angeles, is complete.
The Inglewood stadium project will be privately financed, making it a steep buy-in for the Chargers. The Chargers still have an option to move in with the Rams next year.
If the two teams cannot work out a deal then the Raiders will be given the next option to work out a deal with the Rams.
The Raiders play in the O.co Coliseum, which was built in 1966 and renovated for $120 million in 1995, the stadium's website said.
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