October 23, 200718 yr Staying in Oakland 'out of the question' for Athletics ESPN.com news services The co-owner of the Oakland Athletics says the team has ruled out remaining in Oakland as it pursues a new ballpark in Fremont, Calif., about 30 miles away. "We don't want to move. We don't want to start pitting cities against each other, but it's out of the question we'll stay in Oakland," Lew Wolff said Monday after giving an address and answering questions at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. The team can no longer share McAfee Coliseum with the NFL's Oakland Raiders and has not found a suitable site elsewhere in Oakland, Wolff said. The Athletics have envisioned a 32,000-seat ballpark in Fremont on a 200-acre complex that would include a shopping mall, a hotel and 3,000 housing units. The team has yet to formally submit a development application to the Fremont City Council. But Wolff said an application will be filed in the next two weeks, starting the environmental review process. The team announced its intentions about a year ago and purchased 168 acres for the project in May. Fremont is about 27 miles from Oakland and 18 miles from San Jose. Some Athletics fans in attendance at the Commonwealth Club, the nation's oldest public affairs forum, questioned Wolff on the proposed move, raising concerns about traffic, ticket prices and fewer seats at the new site. Wolff said those problems will be solved in time for the new stadium's projected 2012 opening, adding that fans should be happy the team is staying in the area. "We're still here, folks," Wolff said. "We're not moving to Timbuktu. We're just moving down the street."
October 23, 200718 yr I dont think this is a big deal. Its the equivalent of the panthers moving from downtown miami to sunrise (mile wise). If they add a train to go to this stadium, it shouldnt be a problem at all for fans.
October 24, 200718 yr I dont think this is a big deal. Its the equivalent of the panthers moving from downtown miami to sunrise (mile wise). If they add a train to go to this stadium, it shouldnt be a problem at all for fans. That's not altogether out of the question. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is planning an extension to the Green/Orange line currently ending in downtown Fremont that could put the trains much closer to the proposed "Cisco Field". "Cisco Field" is currently planned for the corner of Grimmer Blvd. and Auto Mall Parkway, not far from the huge NUMMI car plant where they build the Toyota Corolla and Tacoma.
October 24, 200718 yr I dont think this is a big deal. Its the equivalent of the panthers moving from downtown miami to sunrise (mile wise). If they add a train to go to this stadium, it shouldnt be a problem at all for fans. That's not altogether out of the question. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is planning an extension to the Green/Orange line currently ending in downtown Fremont that could put the trains much closer to the proposed "Cisco Field". "Cisco Field" is currently planned for the corner of Grimmer Blvd. and Auto Mall Parkway, not far from the huge NUMMI car plant where they build the Toyota Corolla and Tacoma. The BART is a piece of crap. But whatever, I agree that it's really not that big of a deal.
October 24, 200718 yr The BART is a piece of crap. But whatever, I agree that it's really not that big of a deal. Has it declined that bad in 10 years? I went to San Fran in 1997, and I thought BART was the best thing since sliced bread. If you didn't mind dodging homeless people in the downtown stations. Now MUNI... THAT was a piece of crap.
October 24, 200718 yr The BART is a piece of crap. But whatever, I agree that it's really not that big of a deal. Has it declined that bad in 10 years? I went to San Fran in 1997, and I thought BART was the best thing since sliced bread. If you didn't mind dodging homeless people in the downtown stations. Now MUNI... THAT was a piece of crap. Yeah, it really has. I had to do a paper/presentation on public transportation for my Humans, Society, and Technology class. It's really declined more over the last 5 years.
October 25, 200718 yr I hope they don't change the name to the "Fremont A's". The Detroit Pistons are 30 miles away from Detroit.
October 25, 200718 yr I hope they don't change the name to the "Fremont A's". More like "The Oakland Athletics of Fremont"...
October 25, 200718 yr I hope they don't change the name to the "Fremont A's". More like "The Oakland Athletics of Fremont"... ...in Silicon Valley by San Francisco Bay...
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