The Oakland A's are Moving to Vegas
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Best decision in the history of the franchise.
5 years ago, Oakland had 3 professional franchises
soon, it will have zero
great work, as always, dipshit elected officials
soon, it will have zero
great work, as always, dipshit elected officials
Can we send the Royals with them? Maybe if they combine the two teams they can come up with a .500 record.
Reminiscent of the Indians in Major League…. My friend who played for the As in the 70s said that stadium was a shithole back then. Sewers would back up. Locker rooms were tiny dumps.
Probably true, but I'm also fairly certain that all stadiums where shitholes in the 70s.
powers that be in Oakland won't give a dime, just like with Raiders and GSW
they're too busy putting all their tax dollars (one of highest tax percentages in the US) to work doing absolutely nothing while driving people away in droves & setting crime rate records
fans deserve better
Makes sense but Oakland is too worried about giving away billions in reparations to people who weren’t even in the US in the 1800s. They’re not going to fund an economic development deal line a new stadium. Frankly though I’m not sure how smart funding stadiums is for a city anyway. .
just passing along what this guy stated - I hope they move also
Are the Royals really going to build a new stadium downtown? The one they have is pretty nice as it is, always has been too.
It’s amazing how far things have deteriorated since Willie Brown started the descent in the Bay Area. I first visited San Francisco in the mid 80s. 20 years later you could hardly recognize the place. I still love wine country but they’re trying to destroy that too.
He also said he hit 400 lifetime against Nolan Ryan.
Kaufman was one of the nicest in the 70s but that turf was awful.
Kansas City was really ahead of its time building the two stadiums next to each other. Most of the awful, multi-sport structures built around the same time have been imploded. Oakland's will likely see that same fate.
Not sure if the Royals will ever get their downtown ballpark, but they need to strike while the iron is hot. With the Chiefs being on top of the NFL world, they can help make the case that their complex is viable as a football-only destination.
I could see Oaklands winding up like the Silverdome where they won’t spend the money to tear it down.
swap meets on the weekends, homeless housing during the week
this is the future many cannot wait for
The waterfront ballpark would have been a very cool thing for Oakland, but there's really not room for it. The Port of Oakland gets congested as it is, without trying to shoehorn an MLB ballpark next to it.
Maybe Oakland can put in a bid host the 2030 PAC-12 Championship Game.
An epic tilt pairing San Jose State against Southern Utah.
They take it for granted....
The economic help (in some cases boom) that home games provide is amazing.
I watched some video on LeBron leaving the Cavs and the stunning economic impact on the bars/restaurants in the area of the arena.
Shoot, look what the spring game provides to Lincoln it is probably like 60% of a regular home game in terms of money that is made.
There is a reason why cities that don't have teams...want a team
And Oakland has continued to mess things up.
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SF and Oakland are complete disasters. Homeless epidemic destroying businesses and tourism.
I haven't followed it all that close but from what I'm reading it sounds like a foregone conclusion that they're moving. Kauffman is awesome, but they're hungering for that "downtown entertainment district" vibe. I haven't been a lifelong Royals fan, but I've been a pretty diehard fan since the day they drafted Gordon, and my passion is flatlined. I fail to understand how a billionaire owner can see video of a million-plus nutso KC fans celebrating a title and compare that to the near-empty stadium now, and not understand that putting a competitive team on the field is just good business. A new stadium won't do anything but line a bunch of pockets unless they start winning more than once every thirty years.
I just read somewhere that the Chiefs are slow-playing stadium and facility improvements because they think they might be moving in the near future as well.
The thing that surprised me on my last visit was the development up in to Napa Valley. Highways that were 2 lane are 4 lane and choked with beat up service vehicles. A resort we stayed at just outside the Valley a few years ago had exactly one English speaking person at the front desk and it was that person’s second language.
too large of payroll disparities for consistent competitive balance
Matt Scherzer makes almost 10 million more per year than the entire Cincinnati Reds payroll
3 easy Ws for my boys the last 3 days. Outscored them 26 to 3.
Going to Vegas for a cubs game is going to be sick.
I just read somewhere that the Chiefs are slow-playing stadium and facility improvements because they think they might be moving in the near future as well.
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Jackson County will need to step up in a big way with a new stadium. Monied peeps on the KS side would love to steal them. Hunt family has maximum leverage now.
The best move is to put the Royals somewhere else, teardown Kaufman and rebuild Arrowhead on its site. it will only cost a zillion dollars.
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Jackson County will need to step up in a big way with a new stadium. Monied peeps on the KS side would love to steal them. Hunt family has maximum leverage now.
The best move is to put the Royals somewhere else, teardown Kaufman and rebuild Arrowhead on its site. it will only cost a zillion dollars.
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