Oakland's newest baseball team is now playing games in its West Oakland home, completing an almost unbelievable transformation Raimondi Park and for neighbors who live nearby.
Oakland 's newest baseball team is now playing games in its West Oakland home, completing an almost unbelievable transformation Raimondi Park and for neighbors who live nearby. Not only is there the rapid emergence of a ballpark, there's also the sudden arrival of thousands of baseball fans in the once quiet corner of town. 'When they first started, I couldn't understand what they were doing,' admitted nearby resident Susan Diego.
I came down two days ago and there were people volunteering to put things together. That's awesome. That's how Oakland is.'Johnathan Brown operates his food truck Knee Baby'z Eatery close to the ballpark. 'Yeah, I actually started my business about four blocks down on 14th and Wood at the height of the pandemic,' Brown said. Brown says the team and the visitors are transformative.'The foot traffic is phenomenal,' he said from his pop-up stand.
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