Red McCombs trying to lure Oakland Raiders to San Antonio

Red McCombs, former owner of the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Vikings, is lobbying to move the Oakland Raiders to San Antonio.

The Texas billionaire, speaking to radio station KZDC-AM 1250 on Tuesday, said he is attempting to convince Raiders owner Mark Davis to move to the Alamo City.

The Raiders were rejected this week in their bid to move to the Los Angeles area. However, there still is a slim chance they could move south if the San Diego Chargers are unable to reach a lease agreement with the Rams on the planned stadium in Inglewood, Calif.

"We still have to get them to want to come (to San Antonio)," McCombs said of the Raiders in his radio interview. "(Davis) was born and raised there, and he has a great feeling for the state of California, but it appears he is going to need to go somewhere."

Davis declined comment on McCombs statements, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Bleacher Report wrote that Davis owns land between San Antonio and Austin.

According to the Chronicle, McCombs said, "We have several locations that will work," adding that he has potential investors prepared to be part of a San Antonio Raiders deal.

"We already have 12 of the corporate entities nailed down and ready with serious commitments," McCombs told the radio station. "We proved it with the Spurs. They said it wouldn't work at all and it just happens to be the best franchise now in all of sports."

McCombs, 88, said, "They're not going to find anywhere else in the United States that can equal what we put together."

Such a move would need to be approved by the NFL, and powerful owners Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys and Bob McNair of the Houston Texans might have enough pull among their brethren to stop another team from relocating to the Lone Star State.