Ricky's Sports Theatre and Grill has been an Oakland Raiders fan hangout since the team's first season in 1960. There are pictures throughout of George Blanda, John Madden, Gene Upshaw and other Raiders greats with Ricky Ricardo, the owner.
Ricardo, 65, (yes...that means his name is really Ricky Ricardo) has been building up his father's old business in San Leandro, southeast of Oakland, for over 50 years. When the Raiders left Oakland for Los Angeles in 1982, Ricky's is where Raider Nation gathered to watch the games and cry in their beers.
Take away Raiders games, and the business, which opened in 1946 and is run by Ricky and wife Tina, is in big trouble, he says..............
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Originally Posted by JonM229
