(07-10-2021 02:45 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Silicon Valley types would call the A's ballpark proposal "vaporware" -- a product that has been announced but not yet built and likely never will be built. It isn't and never was a realistic proposal.

This guy has been following various A's ballpark proposals for many years, and this is his latest take on where it's going:

https://newballpark.org/2021/07/08/lets-take-stock/

Quote:All I know is that this project has now come up in three separate major public hearings in the last two months: the Oakland Planning Commission, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, and now the Oakland City Council. In every venue there was serious tension and rancor between the governing body and the applicant (the A’s). You’re not going to just wipe it away by calling it negotiation. This is much deeper than mere negotiation. The City and the A’s appear to be at cross purposes, and if you throw the County into the mix, all three are.

"Marine Layer" and his blog has been outstanding in chronicling the years and the various options from Fremont to if the AAA stadium in South Sacramento could be expanded.

I will say that the only item Oakland has in its favor is the possible $1B relocation fee Fisher would have to pay to get out.