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7 hours ago, Dingo18287 said:

Manfield apparently said he'd be open to the A's moving to Las Vegas. 

More than that, he said that if Oakland doesn't drop it's lawsuit that the team would be going to Vegas. 

The As should not get to develop city land to pay for their portion of a new stadium with public funding. Greed knows no bounds, I guess 

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5 hours ago, N4L said:

More than that, he said that if Oakland doesn't drop it's lawsuit that the team would be going to Vegas. 

The As should not get to develop city land to pay for their portion of a new stadium with public funding. Greed knows no bounds, I guess 

I guess I should elaborate.  The county of Alameda owns the land with the city of Oakland 50-50. The county wants to sell its portion to the As, who will then develop the land and turn a profit, which they can then use to build their new stadium. The As have offered 85 million for it, and the city cant afford to pay that kind of money for the land. The city has then sued the county to prevent the sale. 

Honestly, the land is worth more than 170 million and they should most certainly tell the As to take a hike and sell the property jointly, with very specific development guidelines and zoning. that way they get a say in what gets built, without building it, and without having the As involved. Idiots. 

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10 hours ago, N4L said:

I guess I should elaborate.  The county of Alameda owns the land with the city of Oakland 50-50. The county wants to sell its portion to the As, who will then develop the land and turn a profit, which they can then use to build their new stadium. The As have offered 85 million for it, and the city cant afford to pay that kind of money for the land. The city has then sued the county to prevent the sale. 

Honestly, the land is worth more than 170 million and they should most certainly tell the As to take a hike and sell the property jointly, with very specific development guidelines and zoning. that way they get a say in what gets built, without building it, and without having the As involved. Idiots. 

I'll have to disagree with you. An owner of land should be able to sell it to whoever they want for whatever they want. If the county owns 50% they can sell that 50% for whatever they want. It may be an unwise sale but that is their choice. The only thing that can or should prevent it is if there is a contract between the city and county regarding the land that limits its alienability. That is generally what the law says as well.

I won't get into zoning because that leads too far into politics for this site

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5 minutes ago, mse326 said:

I'll have to disagree with you. An owner of land should be able to sell it to whoever they want for whatever they want. If the county owns 50% they can sell that 50% for whatever they want. It may be an unwise sale but that is their choice. The only thing that can or should prevent it is if there is a contract between the city and county regarding the land that limits its alienability. That is generally what the law says as well.

I won't get into zoning because that leads too far into politics for this site

The county would be better served selling 100% of the land to a private investor for more than 170 million and getting 50% of the proceeds. Its a huge site in one of the most expensive markets in the world. Why should the county undersell the property?  

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It's the right city to maybe light a fire under Oakland given the Raiders situation, the thing is, there's validity to it. We know the city of Henderson (which is basically a suburb of LV in the southeaster part of town) already had a location in mind for the stadium and was attempting to woo Arizona I believe it was. LV wants these sports teams. 

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3 hours ago, redsoxsuck05 said:

We have a team in Colorado and it’s fine.

"fine" 

Its like playing on mars with zero gravity. The ball doesnt break as much on breaking balls. Pitchers have to throw more fastballs. The outfield is so huge that routine outs turn into doubles. Its abnormal to say the least

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12 hours ago, N4L said:

The county would be better served selling 100% of the land to a private investor for more than 170 million and getting 50% of the proceeds. Its a huge site in one of the most expensive markets in the world. Why should the county undersell the property?  

If the city owns 50% the country can't decide on it's own to sell 100%. And whether it would be better or not isn't the point. The point is whether they are allowed to. Real estate owners are well within their rights to make bad deals.

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