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Talk of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders playing a pre-season game at Mosaic Stadium in August is speculative at this point.

Tim Reid, president and CEO of Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. (REAL), which runs Evraz Place and Mosaic Stadium, said Tuesday that there wasn’t a promoter contract or a hold in place for an NFL game in Regina.

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“Over the course of this summer and not only August, we have a number of holds on the building,” Reid said. “Some of them are coming to life and some of them likely won’t. The timing right now is just premature to say that anything will happen with those holds.

“It’s a pretty traditional process, and we do the same thing with the Brandt Centre. We put holds on the buildings for potential entertainment events and then schedule hockey games around that for the Pats.”

Reid explained that when a promoter is considering an event at a venue like Mosaic Stadium, a hold is placed on or around the prospective date. Once the event is confirmed, the hold progresses to the contract stage and ticket sales would be announced. If the event isn’t confirmed, the hold is released.