Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman says she thinks Oakland is still in the back of John Fisher and Dave Kaval’s minds
Athletics owner John Fisher speaks during a news conference after a Major League Baseball owners meeting in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas was unanimously approved Thursday by Major League Baseball team owners, cementing the sport’s first relocation since 2005.
Back in the Bay, the Howard Terminal site in Oakland was 55 acres. But the block I live on in Alameda is 10, and the Costco I go to in San Leandro is on a 15-acre lot. Fans hold signs in the right field bleachers during a game against the Texas Rangers asking Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher to sell the team, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Oakland, Calif.
And all that wishy-washiness — the A’s, like in Oakland, have bounced from site to site, promising the next one will be “the one” — isn’t building excitement for the green-and-yellow brand.
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