First it was Fremont. Then San Jose. Followed by Laney College, Howard Terminal and now, Las Vegas. This is the Death Lineup of squandered and blundering stadium efforts for A's owner John Fisher, writes TimKawakami.
“I won’t forget what they did to us in Oakland,” Davis said of the prospect of the A’s joining the Raiders in Las Vegas. “They squatted on a lease for 10 years and made it impossible for us to build on that stadium.”Later, Davis said: “They marketed the team as ‘Rooted in Oakland,’ that’s been their mantra through the whole thing. The slogans they’ve been using have been a slap to the face of the Raiders, and they were trying to win over that type of mentality in the Bay Area.
Second one: Remember in 2017, when the A’s announced their intention to build on the Laney College site adjacent to downtown Oakland before it was crushed just a few months later by Peralta Community College District? Let’s wind this back a little bit: I think the A’s did a lot of genuine work on the Howard Terminal plan. Fisher wanted to build there. Kaval wanted to build there. Oakland politicians were amenable, for the right deal. But ultimately, Fisher didn’t have the stomach for the bottom line. He wanted this massive project to come as risk-free as possible. And it’s not possible to do this risk-free.
Somebody should’ve told Fisher this. Somebody very close to him. But then again, David Kaval ain’t Rick Welts, Gideon Yu or Larry Baer. And Fisher, one of the richest owners in baseball, isn’t the guy who’s willing to just keep writing checks until the thing gets done.
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