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Oakland City Council Considering A’s 'Howard Terminal or Bust' Offer

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News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In three weeks, the Oakland City Council will vote whether to approve the A’s proposal to build a new baseball stadium at Howard Terminal. The A’s say their waterfront proposal, which includes housing, a performance space and hotels, will revitalize West Oakland, an area of the city that has historically suffered from gentrification and displacement by infrastructure like BART and freeways. Opponents say it will cost jobs at the port and argue that the stadium should be built at the Coliseum where ample transportation infrastructure exists. Ratcheting up the tension is the A’s ultimatum that if they can’t build on the waterfront, they will move away entirely, leaving Oakland without a major league sports team following the loss of the Raiders and the Warriors. We’ll hear about the plan and what it means for Oakland and Bay Area sports fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.2

This is it. After years of tussling and talking, the Oakland A's have gone all in on a new ballpark wedged in between

1:18.7

the landmark port and a resurgent Jackland and Square. The renderings are dreamy, the mayor is

1:23.9

publicly behind it. The plan imagines not just a new stadium, but a new Oakland, the crown jewel of a complex city.

1:30.5

But wow, are there still a lot of things to figure out?

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How exactly will the financing work?

1:35.2

How exactly will community benefits flow through to West Oakland?

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Will the port interests get on board?

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And will the city council approve it, especially after being burned by the Raiders

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and Warriors? We'll be joined by the A's president, Dave Cavill, and other key parties in this

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era-defining political scrum. That's all next on Forum after this news.

1:57.6

Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. In three weeks, the Oakland City Council will vote whether to approve the A's proposal to build a new baseball stadium at Howard Terminal.

2:08.4

The A's say their waterfront proposal, which includes housing and performance space and hotels, will revitalize West Oakland, an area of the city that has historically suffered from gentrification

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