Oakland mayor on Raiders: ‘I will not enter a bidding war with Nevada’

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf reiterated her commitment Wednesday not to spend public funds to build a football stadium.

The mayor issued a statement responding to Nevada’s $750 million deal to help the Raiders build a new stadium off the Las Vegas strip.

“I cannot afford for us to be thrown off our game because Nevada lawmakers have deemed it appropriate to put $750 million in public towards a private sports facility,” Schaaf said as Raiders owner Mark Davis met with other National Football League executives in Houston, Texas.

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“While I’m committed to keeping the Raiders, I will not enter a bidding war with Nevada using public funds,” Schaaf continued.

Davis, who spent much of last year pursuing plans to move his team to the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, is now calling Las Vegas their new home.

He praised Nevada’s state Legislature and tourism boosters shortly after the vote Friday, deeming it a “historic day.”

Schaaf said she is still working on an alternative plan for a new Oakland stadium in partnership with Alameda County and former San Francisco 49ers star Ronnie Lott, who played for the Raiders in Los Angeles.

She said the group will come out with a new proposal in the coming weeks, and that it will be “fair to the Raiders, the league, the fans and the Oakland taxpayers to whom I am most reponsible.”

Rachel Swan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: rswan@sfchronicle.com Twitter:@rachelswan