Posted on 04/04/2024 9:34:07 PM PDT by TBP
The Athletics, as part of their efforts to relocate to Las Vegas in time for the 2028 season, will play their home games for the 2025-27 seasons at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, California, the team announced on Thursday. The deal includes an option for a fourth season.
The A's lease with the City of Oakland is set to expire at the end of this season, yet the A's rejected a five-year extension on the lease of Oakland Coliseum. That, plus an apparent desire to retain as much of their local broadcasting revenue as possible (a factor that my have dissuaded them from temporarily relocating to Salt Lake City or other out-of-state possibilities), led the A's to the capital city of California.
The A's do not intend to change their name to reflect their Sacramento residency. Instead, they'll be known simply by their nickname, according to The Athletic's Evan Drellich.
Team officials met with the city of Sacramento Wednesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, a day after saying they were "far apart on the terms needed to agree on an extension" to stay in Oakland.
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It worked for Kansas City, Seattle, Tampa Bay, and Toronto.
This goes back to the 1960s. After the Braves decamped to Atlanta, Bud Selig tried to buy the A’s and move them to Milwaukee. Finley wouldn’t sell to him. So he had it in for Oakland, and his toady Manfraud has continued that.
I forgot about that. I agree.
There should be an anti-trust lawsuit by the fans against MLB.
Nothing they can do about Fisher.
But if they remove the exemption...
Why can't they all be like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods? Instead, they're @$$holes. All of them. OK. I guess they don't want my money.
They sure should have, I agree.
What is the comparable cause of action in Oakland? Is anyone in Oakland going to stand up in court and say with a straight face that a MLB franchise would be successful there?
It has been in the past.
Fisher did not negotiate in good faith.
He had to tank so he'll have an excuse to move to Vegas.
Millionaire sportsmen on the government dole.
If some city wants to build them a $1 billion stadium, why would the citizens of Oakland want to compete with that?
Connecticut government can’t even properly manage a $10 million stadium for minor leagues
https://sports.yahoo.com/norwich-consider-future-30-old-003200706.html#:~:text=The%20%2410%20million%20stadium%20opened,Giants‘%20AA%20affiliate%20took%20over.
Sea Unicorns ? Norwich Narwhals would be a natural.
Starting in 2025, the city will be called Oklnd.
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