Oakland Ballpark

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Oakland Ballpark
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place United StatesUnited States Oakland , California
Template: Coordinate / Maintenance / Stadium
operator Oakland Athletics
surface Natural races
costs 500 million + US dollars
architect Bjarke Ingels Group
capacity 34,000 seats
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Oakland Ballpark is the working name for a proposed ballpark to be built in the Jack London Square neighborhood of Oakland , California . It is proposed as the new home ground for the Oakland Athletics MLB team . It would serve as a replacement for their current home at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum , where the team has played since 1968. This would be the first time the Athletics franchise has received a brand new stadium since Shibe Park was completed in 1909.

Summary

The Athletics have proposed building a 34,000-seat stadium in the Howard Terminal in Oakland Harbor in Jack London Square. After securing the site, the team proposes to start construction in 2021 and to open the stadium in 2023.

history

background

By the early 2000s it became clear that the Oakland Coliseum is not sufficient in the long term, the Athletics and the Oakland Raiders of the NFL record. Major League Baseball began pushing the team to build a new stadium in Oakland or elsewhere. The Coliseum is the last stadium in the MLB that also houses an NFL team. It is also the last stadium that has survived from the multipurpose stadiums of the 1960s. In recent years the stadium has been criticized as one of the "worst stadiums in baseball".

Early Plans (2001-2005)

The first of the promising early locations was a location in Uptown Oakland. In a 2001 study, Populous (formerly HOK Sport) suggested this as the main location for a new baseball field. However, plans to build a park were canceled by then-Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown . Brown (who later became Governor of California) decided to sell the property to a home builder with whom he was allegedly affiliated. The City of Oakland was also considering a location near the Oakland Strait for a stadium. However, the A's showed no interest in the location as there was no public transport. Another possible location was a plot of land right next to the Coliseum, in the southeast, in a currently overcrowded parking lot, which would have meant the two stadiums would share a parking lot. Much of this property, however, had already been sold to an apartment developer.

66th Avenue in Oakland (2005)

Lewis Wolff, owner of Oakland Athletics, presented his vision for a place for the team to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority on August 12, 2005. The location he suggested would have been on 66th Avenue north of the Coliseum. The stadium would have been built on the current industrial site and would have included either a hotel or an apartment building in one of the outer walls of the park.

Cisco Field

Cisco Field in Fremont (2006)

In April 2006, Lewis Wolff brought his proposal for the stadium to Fremont , a city southeast of Oakland. The property is currently owned by ProLogis, a real estate company, and is rented to Cisco Systems. A formal press conference was held on November 14, 2006 to announce the existence of Wolff's Cisco Field ballpark proposal. The construction of a stadium with a capacity of 32,000 to 35,000 seats on the property as well as the construction of apartments and shops is planned. Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers were present with Wolff.

The proposal encountered issues such as construction delays, lack of public transport and complaints from Fremont residents regarding traffic congestion, noise and pollution. This resulted in Wolff officially ending the ideas in Fremont on February 24, 2009.

2010

On November 16, 2010, the City of Oakland proposed a riverside area in Jack London Square for a new A's Ballpark. The city conducted an environmental impact report for the location of the Victory Court and informed the MLB of its decision. The city began accepting public comments on the EIR at the December 1 meeting of the Planning Commission at Oakland City Hall. By the end of 2011, the city had submitted the Victory Court site in favor of a proposed three-story stadium entitled Coliseum City .

Cisco Field in San Jose (2012)

In 2012, a proposal was made to build Cisco Field in downtown San Jose immediately adjacent to the SAP Center on the corner of Montgomery Street and Park Avenue. For the A's to move to San Jose, either the San Francisco Giants would have had to revoke their territorial rights to the area, or at least 23 of the 30 MLB owners would have voted in favor of the A's and forced San Francisco to revoke their territorial claim on Santa Clara Giving up county. Lew Wolff stated, "My goal and desire for the team is to find a way to keep the team in Northern California". The San Jose City Redevelopment Agency acquired the required land on the Diridon South site. Due to the small size of the property, it was speculated that it would have been a very hitter-friendly ball park.

The Giants repeatedly refused to cede their territorial rights to San Jose (which were ceded by the A's in the early 1990s when the Giants were in danger of moving to Tampa Bay, previously both teams had shared the South Bay), despite that Team is open to temporarily share Oracle Park with the A's.

In August 2012, Commissioner Bud Selig's Blue Ribbon Committee, set up to investigate possible locations for the A's, met with officials from Oakland and San Jose. At the Oakland meeting, the committee was met with a proposal for a ball park on the grounds of the Howard Terminal, a container terminal on the Oakland Waterfront near Jack London Square, which is currently owned by the Port of Oakland. Wolff stated the location was not an option for a new stadium, but stated that the preferred location for a new ball park was in Oakland.

On October 5, 2015, the United States Supreme Court rejected San Jose's offer for the A's.

Back to Oakland (since 2014)

On June 25, 2014, Athletics signed a ten-year lease with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority to stay at the Oakland Coliseum. Bud Selig praised both sides for closing a deal to extend the contract. On July 16, 2014, the extension was officially approved.

On August 6, 2014, the A's began talks with an architect about the construction of a pure baseball stadium on the grounds of the Coliseum, Wolff said.

2016

In 2016, Lewis Wolff stepped down as the team's majority owner. John J. Fisher then took over the majority of the shares. Fisher named Dave Kaval as team president and head of the stadium project. Around the same time, the Raiders announced their move to Las Vegas by 2020. With the Golden State Warriors moving to the Chase Center in San Francisco in 2019 , the Athletics will be the last professional sports team in Oakland. The team unveiled three stadium options in 2016, the current location, the Peralta area near Laney College, or the Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland.

Peralta Site (2017)

After a comprehensive study of three proposed baseball arenas (Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Howard Terminal, and Peralta Community College Headquarters District), the A's determined that the Peralta site was the best potential site. The team announced September 13, 2017 that the Peralta location would be the preferred choice for the A's new baseball field.

Members of the Peralta Federation of Teachers, selected student and system groups from neighboring Laney College and a local coalition of organizations led by the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) spoke out against the project. After several months of preliminary discussions, it was announced on the evening of December 5, 2017 that the planning for the ball park would be discontinued.

Current plan

Howard Terminal

Located near downtown Oakland, the Charles P. Howard Terminal is located west of Jack London Square and is currently bordered by railroad tracks and large industrial facilities. The 55 acre waterfront property is currently owned by the Port of Oakland. Howard Terminal has not been used by cargo ships since 2013. On April 26, 2018, the Port of Oakland Commissioners unanimously voted 6-0 to enter into a year-long deal with the Oakland A's. This agreement allows the A's to pay the port $ 100,000 to investigate economic feasibility and environmental, transportation and accessibility issues. A similar agreement with the A's for the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum location was also reached with the city on May 16, 2017.

The Athletics sent a letter to the City of Oakland in March 2018 proposing that they buy all of the Coliseum property, including the Oracle Arena, and convert it into a new stadium to pay off $ 135 million in debt owed by the City of Oakland and Alameda County on the property. On November 28, 2018, Athletics announced that the team had decided to build a 34,000-seat stadium at the Howard Terminal location in the Port of Oakland. The team also announced its intention to buy the Coliseum and grounds around it and make it a technology and place to live.

BIG partnership

As the team progresses towards its goal, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has hired it as lead designer to develop plans for the A's new stadium. BIG is a Danish architectural firm led by urban architect Bjarke Ingles that has built some of the most innovative buildings and projects in the world. This will be the BIG's first major league ballpark.

Individual evidence

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