The A’s are always fun to watch, and more often than not they have a winning record.
Gotta give them props too: they are working on a new ballpark that would be PRIVATELY financed.
I’m rooting for the A’s.
I wasn’t aware of the privately funded park.
I guess the only thing you could really add to the existing park is covered seating for the upper decks.
In the summer, it can be quite hot and the affordable seats are in the sun.
Having said that, I really don’t see a need for a new park for the A’s, and I guess I’m a little surprised they want to build a new one.
To rent a two bedroom house in Oakland right now is $4300/month. Their proximity to SF is helping them clean up things. Yep, gentrification for sure.
They’ve got a decent mayor in there (Jerry Brown, in actual point of fact, was a VERY good mayor for Oakland and was the starting point for turning that city around).