More at Inside Bay Area: “FREMONT — The Oakland A's suddenly are reconsidering a move to Fremont in the face of vociferous opposition from residents who live near the newly proposed site in the city's Warm Springs district.
The ballclub postponed indefinitely its planned presentations to the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and City Council scheduled for next Tuesday. The discussions were to have included comments from Bob DuPuy, president and CEO of Major League Baseball.
"We didn't want to run into a lot of people screaming and yelling at the president of Major League Baseball," A's co-owner Lew Wolff said.
Wolff said Tuesday that the team will review its Fremont stadium options with baseball officials during the next week, then determine how to proceed.
"It's my decision what we do next," Wolff said. "I really want to have a little more time to think about our situation and discuss it with more people."”
-- Look, the Trib headline was "on hold" but from experience and knowing this deal as I do, it's not coming back. It's not the economy, but the deal itself. It would have this kind of opposition even in a better economy because the A's presented it as being able to be totally privately financed, when they needed public money just to make it break-even. People are leaving California in droves and there's no demand for land.
The ballclub postponed indefinitely its planned presentations to the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and City Council scheduled for next Tuesday. The discussions were to have included comments from Bob DuPuy, president and CEO of Major League Baseball.
"We didn't want to run into a lot of people screaming and yelling at the president of Major League Baseball," A's co-owner Lew Wolff said.
Wolff said Tuesday that the team will review its Fremont stadium options with baseball officials during the next week, then determine how to proceed.
"It's my decision what we do next," Wolff said. "I really want to have a little more time to think about our situation and discuss it with more people."”
-- Look, the Trib headline was "on hold" but from experience and knowing this deal as I do, it's not coming back. It's not the economy, but the deal itself. It would have this kind of opposition even in a better economy because the A's presented it as being able to be totally privately financed, when they needed public money just to make it break-even. People are leaving California in droves and there's no demand for land.
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