We received some questions about the visitors' locker room at the Coliseum, so here's a reposting of a USCRipsIt feature from last season:

Generally, going on the road means teams will receive not-so-fancy locker rooms, partly because of home-field advantage issues and partly for economic reasons, since it doesn't make financial sense to pour a bunch of money into a locker room that will be used by six different teams on six Saturdays for a few hours over the course of a season.

Meanwhile, at the Coliseum, it's all about creating a unique on-the-road disadvantage for the visitors. Both the home and away locker rooms were redone in 1991 under the guidance of Raiders owner Al Davis, and Davis demanded that the visitors' quarters be cramped and have no open area for a team meeting (unlike the home locker room, which features a large open area in the middle). So while the lockers, carpet and facilities are relatively new and comfortable, the locker room consists of a huge hurdle for the visitors.

The visitors' locker room at the Coliseum is only about 20-feet-by-30-feet and is stuffed with two banks of lockers in the middle of the room. Also, the lockers rise up almost to the ceiling, making the room seem very claustrophobic. But most importantly, there's no place for the team to gather and have a meeting, making it a major hindrance for the visitors during halftime or before the game.


The visitors' locker room at the Coliseum, designed by Raiders owner Al Davis in 1991, is small and claustrophobic and features no area for the away team to gather.


The visitors' locker room contains three rows with five lockers on each side of the aisle, along with a ring of lockers around the room.