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The possibility of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders playing a pre-season game in Regina remains up in the air.

On March 4, 3DownNation’sJustin Dunk reported that the City of Regina, which owns the land and buildings at Evraz Place, and the Raiders were in discussions about the prospect of playing an NFL pre-season game at Mosaic Stadium in August. The game could feature the Raiders and the Green Bay Packers.

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The pre-season game was brought up after Friday’s promotional kickoff to the NHL’s Heritage Classic. The regular-season game between the Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames is to take place on Oct. 26 at Mosaic Stadium.

Regina Mayor Michael Fougere said talk of an NFL pre-season game in Regina was “a rumour and the (Heritage Classic) is a reality.”

“(The Heritage Classic) is really going to happen so we know that until we have more meat on the bones with the NFL one,” Fougere said. “If that happens, it would be incredible as well for our stadium and we never thought that would happen either.