'A dagger in your heart' - Oakland sports fans stunned by news of A's plans in Las Vegas
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 เม.ย. 2023
- Oakland A's president said Wednesday the team will buy land where the team plans to build a stadium close to the Las Vegas Strip, leaving Bay Area fans reeling. Shawn Chitnis and Juliette Goodrich report. (4-20-23)
There are only 30 to 32 cities for each major sport that have the privilege to host a Professional team. And Oakland just lost all 3 of their teams in 5 years.
Oakland was once the site of notable pro sport franchises, now a complete wasteland.
In the 70’s Oakland had the Raiders, A’s and Warriors. It was the city of Champions.
Political leadership
Oakland is only the 45th largest city and in a metro area with another baseball team. Other cities and states deserve a team more
@@Mrcharles.
It is because you got professional thugs there gang banging in the Lawless Bay Area.
Liberal as shitshow is working perfectly.
I was born in the Bay. Lived in the Bay Area my whole life. A senior now. This is no surprise. What are they supposed to do? No one goes to their games. The Coliseum is falling apart with wear and tear. Plans for a new stadium can't get off of the ground. What to do? It's like being in a romantic relationship where the love is gone. You break up, look back fondly on the the good times, shed a few tears and move on to where you are wanted. That us what they are doing.Thanks A's. Some of us will miss you.
u too logical......excuse to make an extra trip to vegas.
@@user-hr1rh4nl6k You might be right! Lol!
What richard jew said...it's like you guys weren't showing up to games anyways so the As said bye bye ✌️ vegas here we come 🎰
Yeah, makes the road trip to Vegas even more fun
They never drew. Even the 70s champions had awful attendance
Four teams. History forgets the NHL team that shared the arena with the Warriors. The Golden Seals.
Five, history also forgets that Oakland had an ABA team. The Oakland Oaks played two seasons and even won a championship in 1969.
Now Oakland knows what Philadelphia Athletics fans experienced.
@@craigsped Poor comparison. PA didn't lose the Atlhetics because their city was a dump and anyone that cares already moved to Vegas or Phoenix. Also the A's were in KC for a decade before moving to Oakland. You don't look old enough to have cared in 1955 anyways.
Facts
Why are the fans in Oakland stunned?The A’s been wanting a new stadium like forever.
It's the manner of how it happened, with the A's using a notes app screenshot to claim "they tried their best" while dropping the news at 11 PM
@@szlava3641 It still shouldn't be a shock. The writing was on the wall when the golden state Warriors left to San Francisco and the Raiders to Las Vegas. And It's the same reasons that the A's are now leaving. Wanting new facilities and a new stadium.
@Paul Getty Exactly, I used to live next to the Coliseum, nobody wants to take their children driving threw all the homeless camps, to the Coliseum, they can't enjoy the game after seeing all the suffering.
they wanted out of oakland
Perhaps the A's billionaire owner could build a stadium with his own money instead of demanding taxpayers fund it.
The billionaire can go pound sand.
What is the common denominator with the Warriors, Raiders, and A's? That's right, Oakland.
Alameda County as a whole has a much bigger population than just the city limits of Oakland. But yeah, crazy. Alameda County has lost all their teams.
Go woke go broke
The mayor doesn’t seem to understand that time is money. The city moved too slow in getting the deal done. Vegas on the other hand has quickly cleared many hurdles to get the move going
I remember them wanting a new stadium on the water front years ago. For some reason I thought the city shut it down. Oakland can actually just say okay to everything and just say no hurdles. Still time,but mayor seems upset
No...the A's slow-rolled the deal until the got the Vegas thing locked up. They never had intention to stay in Oakland. BTW, the vote to build on that space HASN'T HAPPENED YET. You don't know anything. You're a terd.
Have they? Its in the desert, so its being built on a new site.
And the story did not say anything about getting any money from Las Vegas. Did they?
@@michaelrmurphy2734
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao underlined the team’s statement by revealing that the city was “ceasing negotiations” with the A’s on a new ballpark. The move is going to take a while: the Athletics don’t expect to be playing in Vegas until the 2027 season, but it does appear certain that woke Oakland is about to lose its third and last major sports franchise…
After spending years attempting to certify that its new ballpark wouldn’t harm the environment or increase global warming or heighten racial inequalities or offend transgenders or whatever, the A’s have given up and set their sights on the more business-friendly environment of Las Vegas.
Hey build your own stadium!
As a boy, I saw the Philadelphia Athletics play at Connie Mack Stadium. Then they moved to Kansas City, where I'd hear them on the radio or sometimes see them on TV. Then they came to Oakland (where I actually got to sing the "Star Spangled Banner" before one game). Now it'll be Las Vegas. Honestly, what did you expect? As Bob Dylan said, Money doesn't talk, It swears. And what's a greater temple of Mammon than Las Vegas?
u got to sing before a game ?? wow that is cool !!
@@kazeeky It was with a choir - not as a soloist, LOL! Also got to sing once at Candlestick when the Giants still were there. It wasn't all that satisfying an experience either time, because the delay between what we were singing and what was coming out on the P.A. system was enormous and distracting. On the other hand, we did get to see a couple games for free.
Vegas can get anything. The greedy piece of shit owners will be flush in money for eons.
That’s awesome to hear your experience. Wow! You got to sing that’s amazing. I honestly don’t like the Vegas strip. But Vegas itself is a nice city outside of the strip.
@@missboozehound Yes, I really meant the strip. And people I've known who've lived in LV outside that area had good experiences and positive feelings about it.
They should've just let the A's move to San Jose when they wanted to. At least the fans could still go see them.
the a's ceded sj to the giants when they thought that the market would never support a major league club
you snooze, you lose
SF Giants have the rights there, because the Giants almost moved out in 1992. So Giants said "No way to San JOSE" to the A's moving to a great location.
Born and raised in San Jose. Always divided as far as football, but San Jose's Giants country when it comes to baseball.
As a Giants fan this is fucked up Giants should have no say over A's wanting to Move To San Jose. At least the ball park would have real A,'s fans and not tourists. Damn Giants fucking Cock Blockers
The A's owners are leeches. Better Vegas than San Jose.
It's the history of the franchise -- from Philadelphia to Kansas City, Kansas City to Oakland and now Oakland to Las Vegas.
Keep moving on where the money is!
So leads us to the next question: Are the ex-Oakland fans gonna become S.F. Giant fans?
But the stop in Oakland was 50 years. Most people in the area, only know the Oakland A's.
Go west young man and now go east
@@MegaMantim my guess from far away, would be no, but at least we won't have to really worry about an earthquake hitting in the middle of a World Series.
Not a single mention of the rising crime levels in Oakland and it's almost comical how she said the fans have stuck with the A's even as they traded away players, even though they have had the lowest attendance in the league for the past several years, which likely brings us back to my first point of being able to safely access the stadium.
Exactly
Smart money is leaving California in the dust. No team would be stupid enough to invest in a decaying ghetto like Oakland.
Not to mention that a new stadium in Oakland might increase global warming and offend transgenders.
Old stadium and sharing the market with the Giants: it’s amazing they stayed this long.
The ground breaking should have happen in 2019 but Oakland stalled and stalled. I don't blame the A's. Now my Raiders and A's will be in the same spot.. Let's GOOOO....
I'm so happy I sold my house in the Bay Area and moved to Vegas, where is cheaper and Safer!!
The Bay Area is basically now a No-Go Zone..
Vegas baby!
After all of the aggravation of dealing with that mayor because the stadium might offend transgenders I'll bet Las Vegas was a big breath of fresh air.
I guess you’re happy about this
I feel your pain A's fans. When the San Diego Chargers bolted for Los Angeles it felt like a punch in the gut that never goes away.
That was the most unjustified move in my lifetime. The Chargers never should of left San Diego.
Agreed! And only to go to a city that doesn't even want them. Sorry,but LA isn't the end-all be-all of sports destinations. If the Rams can't pay for their own stadium,that's their problem. The right thing to do is move the Chargers back to San Diego. F*** Spanos ,and the owners who encouraged and approved the move (led by Jerry Jones)
The Chargers move was worse because it was completely unjustified, this is much more justifiable than moving an entire team away from their soul.
@@wii43j2 The move took away my soul and the love of the game. I'll watch them every now and then but it's not the same. I miss going to games at Qualcomm with my family and tailgating.
I'm so happy I sold my house in the Bay Area and moved to Vegas, where is cheaper and Safer!!
The Bay Area is basically now a No-Go Zone..
I'll say it this way: Oakland screwed around for years on the A's, Raiders, and Warriors. All left because the city/county keep hemming and hawing about new facilities. Glad to see the Swingin' A's headed to a city that actually Can Do instead of staying in a city that Won't Do.
The Oakland Coliseum is falling apart. They don't have the amenities IE Sky boxes, luxury suites. The neighborhood is blighted, and crime is very high.
Won't do probably because it might increase global warming or offend transgenders.
I think losing 3 major sports teams within 5 years is a sign of how much of an appalling dump heap your city is becoming. It's even worse when nobody in the city can even afford or care to attend your games.
Yep Oakland California is Officially a Empty Town for only Sports, people rather live something Else that they'd got nonthing to associate a sport anymore.
This is eerily similar to the Kansas City A's. Almost as soon as the A's got to KC, the owner sent all the talent packing to his friends in the New York Yankees, then he dies and Charlie O'Finley bought in, talking about wanting to keep the A's in Kansas City, only to quietly peddle the team all over the country, finally moving to Oakland while Kansas City already had plans in place to build new homes for the A's and Chiefs. Really O'Finley was shopping around the Oakland A's to other cities-almost moving to Denver-as early as 1976, so the reality is the A's existence in Oakland has been tenuous at best most of it's history. As a Missourian who supports the Chiefs and Royals, this is not a happy day. KC fans had to watch the Oakland A's win three straight World Series with a team loaded with KC A's players. The Raiders/Chiefs, Royals/A's rivalries are pretty much dead now. Nobody in KC can relate to a rivalry with Vegas. Seeing smaller markets get picked clean by wealthier clubs and watching the small market greedy owners demand new stadiums from broke cities when they are free build their own parks any time they like using their own money is just nauseating.
Yep. Americans get played for suckers by businessmen and team owners all the time. Its F-You, suckers!
Charles O. Finley, aka Charlie Finley. Not O'Finley.
@@cisium1184 nobody cares.
Yes now they are pushing a new ballpark downtown with a price tag of 2 billion, wait if las Vegas can build one for 1 billion then who is getting paid in Kansas city, anyway, why reward a team with a new ballpark to lose 95 games in, the old one is good enough
Yup! This is why I hate the phrase "small market", because of the way billionaire owners use it to get what they want. Teams are nothing more than a means to an end for them,or a tax write-off,while fans invest themselves personally, financially and emotionally into those teams,only to have these owners move them away. All the while,they cry about how "New York and LA are ruining sports". No! They're greedy, exploiting sacks of shit who also want that kind of money the NY and LA owners make...and,at the end of the day,they're all buddy-buddy with those same "big market" owners they cry about. Just a bunch of hypocrites, every last one. Oakland deserved better
Obviously the owner has his faults, but this mayor is clueless. This administration has allowed the city and surrounding area to become to become a cesspool of crime which has driven small businesses out. The A's were a treasure that the city took for granted.
At least the team will now get the love it deserves. I feel bad for the hard-core A's fans that have supported this team for generations. As a Yankee fan I always held the A's in high regard. The connection between the two teams is undeniable; Billy, Reggie, Ricky. The late 80's bash bros. era was great. I'll miss the OAKLAND A's. But at least the team will continue on as it has for many, many years. Nevertheless, a sad day for the green & gold.
One thing is that the owners tend to be stubborn as mules, and some can be cheap as well.
@@frankdenardo8684 was it really the owner's fault for being greedy or cheapskate? Or is it possible they just don't want to deal with the the bad drama that is tackling Oakland aka the homeless Cesspool and Rise of crime?😂 just saying
@V 1000 The other thing that is worth mentioning is that the neighborhood is very blighted and the crime is very high. Certain parts of Oakland have been subject to gentrification in recent years.
The mayor was probably dragging her heals because a new stadium might increase global warming and offend transgenders.
The players and fans were afraid for their lives walking from the parking lot to the stadium.
U weenie
It's because of the blax that inhabit that trash city.
Getting robbed by the blm movement
That was the same problem in Baltimore to Memorial stadium. You had to pay kids $5 to watch your car. Of course that meant that we'll leave it alone.
Never had an issue walking from the parking lot to the stadium in 30 years. You must wake up afraid to go outside.
I never thought I'd see the A's leave... This is heartbreaking
That's what Philly and KC thought.
So sad. I love sports and am a fan. Also when the Chargers left San Diego. Even the Seattle Sonics. That bond you have as a fan in your city.
The Warriors and Raiders left that door propped wide open on their way out: "Look at how much money we're making in real city with a real stadium!"
Heart breaking? Really , not too many as there we little fans willing to attend games. It is 100% about funding .
Is this the site or near the site of the route 91 harvest festival ?
The mayor lost the grant in January would have been the demarcation of events . Oakland lost it with the mayor's failure handling the grant, or she did it on purpose. Thus, Vegas grows and San Francisco is in the death spiral consumed by the mass of non production and decomposition of waste
The Coliseum was one of the oldest parks in the MLB without the charm and fan base of a Wrigley or a Fenway both of which are baseball only parks.
Even during their dynasty years Oakland couldn’t sell out the park for World Series games.
Good job Oakland
I dont blame Oakland
You mean good riddance, dikweed. You kick your pets in the teeth, too, puto?
Blame Oakland
@@morrisking6248 Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao underlined the team’s statement by revealing that the city was “ceasing negotiations” with the A’s on a new ballpark.
@@gerrylee1687 blaming a city is useless, I blame the ownership group for trying to squeeze every last penny out of the org.
TBH It’s no surprise. More surprising that it took them so long. Sad to see them go, but can’t blame them.
So fortunate to see the '74 Series, a great memory.
That was before it became Nigeria west.
It’s too dangerous to be in Oakland. Drive by shootings on the freeway, and the perpetrators are released because of “compassionate justice”. Open drug market, property theft.
Yet somehow the Orioles remain in Baltimore and both the Cubs and White Sox stay in Chicago. OOOOOkkkkkkkkkk...
you ant never lied.
@@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536 so what's your point?
Coming from a charger fan I feel you guys
That that reason was full of shit ,
Sorry to hear that. Condolences to the A’s fans. Such a devastating loss for Oakland loosing the Raiders and the Warriors.
Lol, everyone keeps including the Warriors. It’s the Golden State Warriors and they represent the Bay Area. Oakland is considered part of the Bay Area.
Honestly, who didn’t see this coming?
The mayor? The city council The Gov.
The attendance is low anyway, less than 10,000 fans on average attending the games this year, kinda obvious that Bay Area locals don't care about A's anyway.
exactly .... if they had 20000 butts in seats every game there would be no story here.
They've been tanking on purpose for years. Trading Matt Chapman and Matt Olson -- their young franchise offense -- was an indication they didn't want to win. It's hard to rally fans when they recognize what the owners are doing.
Now that the last sports franchise has seen the writing on the wall and is leaving. Oakland can build a huge prison for endless amounts of occupants and government revenue.
You have to have charged criminals to prosecute and find guilty. Oakland and SF don't believe that there are any criminals so why would you need a prison? The shootings, carjackings and smash and grab robberies are all figments of our imaginations.
They should build a memorial to Karl Marx at Howard Terminal
Who's Karl Marx?
Oakland. The city they can't.
Vegas. The city that can.
The city that has billions will Vegas baby
This is how most American sports franchises are. The majority of them have absolutely no loyalty to where they're geographically located. Unless you live under a rock people should understand that by now.
American Sports are ONLY entertainment. ZERO f***s ever given about the real cash flow (fans)
It's a business. and the City of Oakland didn't make it easy on their business.
@@Nogoingback424 Yes its a business but a poorly run business and the fans have responded accordingly. Why would you pay good money to go watch your team constantly lose?
It's all about $$$$$.
Id be embarrassed if I lived in Oakland. Losing 3 major sports teams in recent years. To be honest though, I would never live in Oakland.
Mayor acting like they haven’t had 20 years to build a new stadium. A’s stayed way too long.
That huge monstrosity they built in the outfield - that's what put them over the edge.
Raiders did that. Al Davis. yes it wrecked the ballpark.
The monument to Al Davis that Al Davis told them to build.
This is mainly the Giants fault. The south bay was the A's territory which they gave to the Giants in the early 90's to help them from moving to St. Peterburg but they refused to give back to the A's when the A's wanted to moved to San Jose when Oakland couldn't get them a new stadium. This makes me hate the Giants even more.
Cali is a crap-hole. Thank Gavin.
It’s sad see a franchise leave a city but the Oakland politicians were too slow in the negotiations.
You already let 2 team slip through your fingers mayor. I dont think the problem is with the franchises.
My first MLB game I went to was in 1986 at Oakland Coliseum. Almost caught a game ball too.
The City dragged their feet for years on things, even when MLB gave ultimatum, and even after the other two teams left.
I may have only been following the A's for over a few years but this move feels like losing someone close to you. I have good memories of games I attended with my wife along with one of the Fan Fests. I'm certainly not going to follow them in Vegas.
Oakland ghetto and crime
The attendance at A’s games is embarrassing to MLB. It sucks for the city of Oakland but baseball needs full stadiums.
This mayor is playing the political spin card. They had years to keep both the A's and Raiders in Oakland, but the city politicans in Oakland were the ones that were in the way, that prevented new stadium projects from happening. I dont blame both the Raiders and A's for leaving. The Coliseum is very old and the worst stadium to play in at a professional level. Both the Raiders and A's desperately needed new stadiums in Oakland for years and never got it, so this is the result.
The Raiders wanted free land. They didn't want to build on the existing property. City and County were still on the hook for the renovations to the stadium for the Raiders return. Cities do not make money off these teams. It is a myth. Oakland isn't SF, NY, LA. It isn't a destination. The A's org never wanted Oakland. This has been a sham for the last 5 years. They choose a location that could not be developed. Oakland is has a high vacancy for office space. Why would they agree to build more? The A's can go kick rocks. I've been a fan since 1971 and this will be my last year working for this slimy outfit.-
@@fourthgirl they may not bring in money directly to the city, but what they can do is bring in more jobs to the city by building community establishments near the stadium. Which in turn gives tax dollars to the city. A lot of modern stadiums have incorporated that idea. Just look at Atlanta's new ballpark for example and how part of the agreement to build a new ballpark was to also incorporate new community establishments around it.
@@SteelRhinoXpress My parents bought our house on 66th Avenue in 1961 (1961-2015). My dad, a sports fan looked forward to the Coliseum development because of the redevelopment of the manufacturing plants and warehouses that were beginning to close in the surrounding area. Fast forward to 2023 and the neighborhood looks exactly the same. Pro Sports gives host cities the "development benefits" routine and the city puts up tax dollars, intrudes on low-income neighborhoods for the benefit of multi-billion dollar corporations. This is why Oakland and Alameda County is still carrying the debt from the 90's renovation for the Raiders return. I know the mostly seasonal jobs that are lost at this complex. Many of the people are my relatives and friends. I see what they go through trying to work at the Giants and Chase Center.
@@fourthgirl that was Oaklands failure for not having a good plan in place when they agreed to renovate the Coliseum and took on the debt, but Oaklands failure doesn't mean every other city will fail the same way, because redevelopment has worked in other cities when they built new stadiums and arenas. I'll give you an example. When ppg paints arena was built in Pittsburgh there was an agreement that the mayor would grant 7 casino licenses to build casinos in the city in exchange for those casinos to pay 7.5 million per year to pay for ppg paints arena from 2010 until 2038. So, two things happened as a result of that deal. The casinos not only brought in tax revenue to Pittsburgh, but also funded ppg paints arena's construction cost as apart of the agreement. So that's a prime example of how building a new stadium can bring in not only tax revenue for a city from that redevelopment. But can also pay for the stadium itself from that redevelopment like in Pittsburgh case with ppg paints arena, if done right, without it becoming a debt burden on the city.
Just as well. Hate to pay for a new stadium when the crime rate gets out of hand.
If the Athletics have a bigger market in Las Vegas, then good. I have been an Athletics fan since 1975. As far as saying they have been trading away stars for a couple years, it is more like over 20 years. Look at the city of Oakland, and all the problems it has. I don't want to drive through heavy traffic, from the point where I reach Fairfield, to go somewhere that I might risk having my car broken into, or assaulted. Maybe Las Vegas can revitalize the Athletics. I have been tired of the Athletics being farm team for the Yankees and the Braves, for a long time.
I’ve been saying this since the Raiders left. GL to the A’s Oakland is a dump
how can the news be that tough when no one goes to the games?
Vegas is 115F in the summer. Another ghastly domed stadium.
80's at nights.
@@kimocoloma4123 been there when 109 at 11pm.
Moneyball describes the state of the A's perfectly:
"There are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then there's fifty feet of crap. And then there's us."
Ehh,but there's only one kind of owner: A greedy, billionaire sack of shit
I feel bad for A's fans. Their team management has been piss-poor for the last decade. Now this move is a slap in the face. My dad is an A's fan; and I am a Giants fan. When interleague started in the in the late 90s, my dad and I would attend at least one of the A's-Giants series for about 9 years straight until I left for boot. My dad did say if the A's leave the Bay, he isn't following them anymore.
It would take Oakland 75 yrs or never to build Allegiant stadium.
City to explore "alternate" plans?
750 seat WNBA stadium surrounded by the nation's largest homeless encampment.
Cost: $12 billion.
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I'm from montreal .grew up watching the expos......I know how you guys feel.....
i remember the a's in philly.
What !!!! Didn’t know that
How "stunned" can they really be? Attendance in Oakland is abysmal! I am surprised the A's have stayed this long in Oakland!
My heart goes out to the fans it never good to lose a team and living in LA seeing Rams, Raiders leave and Chargers leaving San Diego I can relate
I'm so happy I sold my house in the Bay Area and moved to Vegas, where is cheaper and Safer!!
The Bay Area is basically now a No-Go Zone..
I don’t want to hear people blame the ownership. This team moved from Philadelphia to Kansas City. The fans don’t supported them in the city. They still be in Oakland if the have also the mayor would rather have a WNBA team there than Oakland Athletics seems like
I don't think we're getting WNBA they're at all you're just gonna be stuck with nonthing.
All good things come to an end! Go Las Vegas! I’m glad to see this! Very happy! Raiders and A’s with new stadiums it’s a dream come true. Still a die hard fan!
Correction the 4TH team to leave Oakland and the 1st professional team overall who left the city are the NHL's & WHA's California / Oakland / California Golden Seals who also played in the same arena the Warriors formerly played.
If the league was pushing the team to lobby for a new stadium, why doesn't the league pay for the stadium?😮
I feel for the fans. I felt the same way when ATL lost the Thrashers, management didn't care about the fans, they just wanted to sell.
ATL lost 2 NHL teams, nobody gave a shit about Hockey there.
Atlanta lost the Flames to Calgary in 1980 and the Thrashers to Winnipeg in 2011. I'd say both teams ended up in real hockey markets where people care and not a city like Atlanta which is one of the worst sports cities in North America.
@@sjdrifter72 "one of the worst sports cities" Fine, I'll bite for the obvious troll. Braves won the world series just two years ago and have consistent attendance. While United won it all in only their second year and had the second highest attendance for opening day this year.
@@mreppen1 They would have if ownership gave a shit about the fans. The games I went to had support.
@@jordanharrelson8500 perhaps, but the South in general is not the time and place for hockey. ATL lost two NHL teams and they are now strong franchises in Calgary and Winnipeg.
Been a long time fan of 35 years and it's sad to see them go. I attend about half a dozen games a year and it's been sad to watch the A's just allow all their top talent to leave each season and constantly give us little to no hope. This year is especially terrible and they were the second highest profitable team last year. This is BS and I can no longer support them, once they move, especially with this ownership! I also hate the Giants for not allowing us to pursue the dream move to San Jose. The A's generously gave them that territory so they could stay in SF and then they couldn't return the favor. F the Giant and F the A's now. Bye Felicia!
So you lived in the area, but only attended 6 games a year? You weren't really a true fan then, so I guarantee that the A's are already used to you not being there and won't be missing you.
@@ATalkingBadger I would have attended more if the ownership hadn't been greedy, by constantly trading our best players away while they lined their pockets and gave us a crap team for roughly the past decade. Been to 2 games so far this year, but I pick and choose what games I will go spend my hard earned money on. I also have many other Bay Area sports teams to go support as well. So maybe trying keeping that pie hole closed time.
Sports teams don't care about their fans after all it's just a business to them and what is a better City to them
This looks like another example of an owner letting a team go to pot and then say that fan disinterest is the reason for moving.
It's never easy when a franchise leaves their team to go somewhere else (whether they were loved by the whole city or just a few).
A team like the Athletics that's been historic for years, it's definitely gotta hurt from some of the die-hard fans.
(I come from St. Louis, so trust me I know what in taking about).
But at the end of the day, sports are still business. It's the dark part about sports but it is what it is.
I wish the Raiders never left Oakland, along with the Warriors (kinda). But at the end of the day, those memories will live on in the hearts of the die-hards ♥️
I'm so happy I sold my house in the Bay Area and moved to Vegas, where is cheaper and Safer!!
The Bay Area is basically now a No-Go Zone..
Great news. Huge development in the DESERT.
Better news....the spot is RIGHT BEHIND THE HOCKEY STADIUM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STRIP. Patrons will pack in the hotel lots that are there already. Numnutz, you are.
@@J3unG Where do you think Las Vegas sits? The land is parched and arid. DESERT! I was making a remark about the water usage.
@@mjef3695 vegas is one of the most water efficient cities in the world suprisingly if your worried about lake mead you have to look at arizona and california
Their two fans are heart broken
No one is saying it, but in reality blame the Giants. They blocked the move to San Jose years ago....which is total crap. The stadium would have been packed any night of the week.
I used to be an A’s fan, years ago, but I don’t like the current management. They are property developers, not baseball people. I won’t miss them. Oakland should fix up the Coliseum and get a minor league team.
Make Howard Terminal into a permanent homeless encampment 💁🏻♂️
As a giants fan, my condolences to all the As fans. As a Bay Area native, this hurts. Oh well.
Not start a fight... The A's went back and forth over rights to San Jose in which they couldn't relocate like the 49ers. Because of some BS rules.
Either way the As ownership have been stringing along the fans for decades. I've been done for years.
My brother is in the Bay Area.
@@I_like_turtles_67 exactly! The Giants are happy as hell now, they blocked A's going to San Jose.... there was the money there to do it.
In the end the common denominator is Oakland and 3 teams left who is at fault
Stunned? This has been going on for years
Well done Oakland!
So there were 10 fans showing up. What's the problem with this team moving ?
Dude Oakland was still trying to sell the parking lot to the A's
A's fan can now sue the baseball team for ticket investment lost
Go wokey , go brokey - Gary
Biden won Vegas by 9% points
If anybody had any doubt this dumb catchphrase meant nothing
Democrat "leadership" at it's finest.
You're funny. The A's wanted to leave a long time ago. You think the GOP woulda done any better? You're dreaming and you are probably old and got dementia.
Bad management by the As. They had a decade to get a stadium built and they wasted it by waiting for whatever they were waiting for.
@@johncooper7663 Moving the A's to Las Vegas doesn't seem like bad management to me. Look how easy Las Vegas is to work with. After losing 3 pro sports teams you still don't want to blame Oakland "leadership" lol.
Not being extorted by pro sports IS leadership! You go pay for the damn ball team, loser!
That city official seemed like such a nice lady I can’t believe the A’s left lol.
I feel your pain.
Im a Montreal Expos fan
they were never gonna stay, it was always a lie
All sports teams should be owned by the citizens of the communities where they reside. Also, Sheng Thao is not ready for primetime.
For what? What did the citizens do
bro you know she just go into office, this has nothing to do with her, but the people around her that dragged their feet
I think there's plenty of blame to go around here, but honestly the city has had a decade to get this done. It's sad to see what the ownership has done to this team in the last 4 years, almost as if tanking them with the intent to move in the end. Heartbreaking is a good word to describe this.
Will Oakland and the state of California still do 50 years of environmental impact studies at Howard Terminal ?
2 teams left and one is about to leave and the mayor has the audacity to say the As failed the city of Oakland? Come on now.
They did. The A's slow-rolled the deal until Vegas locked it up. It's obvious that's what happened. The A's were never going to stay no matter how long you stamp your feet, urinate on yourself and hold your breath until you turn blue. You child.
Mayor Sheng Thao reminds me a bit of Lori Lightfoot from Chicago. Lots of tax paying citizens are tired of the progressive angles.
Vegas didn't "steal" the A's. They picked up the table scraps left over from a mess in Oakland.
Considering Sheng Thao's attitude, I wouldn't do any business with her either lol
Moving to Las Vegas from Oakland is like moving from Baghdad to Monaco
If the Oakland government and or tax payers wanted a new ballpark, they would have mad it happen years ago. This lady is wild.
exactly...they have been 'working on a deal' for like 20 years lol
She's a new party to the deal. She's only been mayor for a few months. The previous mayor left this deal in a mess.
Don't blame them. Oakland is such a dump.
This does not surprise me in the slightest.
It's similar to "White Flight" of the 50's and 60's. Normal people move away from bad behaving people. They don't want to raise families around them. And then we see large businesses doing the same thing. Walmarts and Targets moving out and even sports franchises moving away from horrible people who take and take and give nothing in return.
So based on the concept art for the stadium, people in the grass area outside can watch the game with a much better view than the ones inside the arena. What would be the point of buying tickets then?
From a Braves fan living in the Metro Orlando area, you have my condolences 😔.
Drove through there once to the airport...Oakland is one scary town.
We’ve all known this for about a year now and no fans go to the games 😅
C'mon man. Everyone expected the A's to move. Let's get real here.
Libby Shaaf Lost the Raiders, The Warriors, and now the A's. The writing was on the wall. Thank God Shaaf is gone. The current mayor just was put in office but the counsel is a mess.
Thank the Giants for not allowing the A's to move to the south bay. Now the A's won't even play in CA. I have never been an SF fan nor will I ever be.
How can you be a an Oakland fan?!?! They always treat their fans like shit.
Come over to SF! Its easy being a fan over here! They win and treat us well. GO GIANTS!!!!!
@@bigd5080 When was you guys last world championship? Asking as a Braves fan
God what a loser.
@@Shawn6751 how many championships does Atlanta have? How many times did the braves blow it in the playoffs? Are the hawks or falcons ever going to win a title?
Sad day for this iconic franchise and it's great fanbase who won 4 World Series Championships in Oakland!
Stunned, devastating?
We have the smallest crowds by far.
I am glad they are moving to Vegas. Vegas is a great sports city.