The argument for a new stadium for the A’s in Oakland is strengthened by how grossly they allowed Al Davis to mangle that place for baseball. My son went to the day game there today, and we have been there often, though we are mostly Giants fans.
On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 at 10:17 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 12:43 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> One of the local Sacramento stations last night ran a piece on a group of >> local business leaders looking to have MLB consider the city. I suspect >> MLB will ignore this just like they did an effort in the 80s to attract a >> team. >> > > There's a ton of bad faith and misdirection when teams want new facilities > or talk about moving. Kansas City built the Sprint Center in the '90s in > order to attract an NBA team and NHL team and residents got their hopes up > repeatedly as teams talked about ditching their obsolete arenas for the new > building. Not only did the threats get cities and states to pony up the > money for new arenas, now the Spring Center has aged out of the new arena > category. > > I can believe Oakland isn't going to put up the money for a new stadium > and the A's won't hesitate to leave. And as the process moves forward the > local media in Sacramento, Vancouver, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Jacksonville, > and any other city that has been pushing for an MLB franchise will tell > local residents that this might be the time and it will get everybody's > hopes up. If the team moves the final decision will come down to who can > put the most money into the owner's pockets and not which city has the best > fans or keeps the AL West together. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHgGrOuuXTDCsui66A2XhnuP%3D-v4MOLfP%2BRe6jRhgjOJQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHgGrOuuXTDCsui66A2XhnuP%3D-v4MOLfP%2BRe6jRhgjOJQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B3HD-0n4Fg-J_H19V%2BQegV14dEP9UBOZY8Bcci%2BVGNnw%40mail.gmail.com.
