A's receive permission to move

[ABQCOWBOY]

Seems wrong but it could happen. They started in Philly. Never thought I would see this in my lifetime though.


See what happens.


Link:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...elig-approved-move-city-approves-stadium-deal

 

[joseephuss]

That place is a dump. The only reason it hasn't happened much sooner is because the Athletics have been a penny pinching organization.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Sounds like they are going to try and move to San Jose. Billy Beane once said in an article (to the effect) that the A's simply can't stay competitive for much longer without a new stadium and more money. Everybody uses the Sabermetrics approach and it's too difficult to find undervalued players. Beane has changed his approach, but once that happens...everybody else starts to follow suit and those players are no longer undervalued.



YR

 

[LatinMind]

They finalaized a new 10 yr deal. has to be approved but they say thats a formaility

 

[WPBCowboysFan]

That place is a dump.

Yes it is & in a bad area.

 

[joseephuss]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matie...lks-to-tear-down-Coliseum-despite-5607825.php

Raiders in talks to tear down Coliseum despite A's deal

While the A's are trying to negotiate a deal to stay in the O.co Coliseum for another 10 years, the Raiders are in talks to tear down the stadium next year to make way for a new home for the NFL team.

The talks, revealed in a memo to Mayor Jean Quan from planners of the city-backed Coliseum City sports-retail project, stunned officials of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority - the agency that just reached an agreement to keep the A's in the existing ballpark for a decade.

Representatives of Coliseum City say they expect to reach a deal with the Raiders by the end of the summer that would lead to the opening of a new football stadium on the existing site by 2018.

"It will be critical to demolish the existing stadium in 2015" if the project is to be finished on time, Coliseum City attorney (and local political powerhouse) Zachary Wasserman said in a July 2 memo to Quan and City Administrator Henry Gardner.