Main League Baseball’s crew house owners voted Thursday morning to approve the A’s transfer from Oakland to Las Vegas, with a proposed stadium anticipated to be constructed for the 2028 season.
Beneath is Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s assertion in response to the vote:
We’re dissatisfied by the result of this vote. However we don’t see this as the top of the street. Everyone knows there’s a lengthy technique to go earlier than shovels within the floor and that there space a lot of unresolved points surrounding this transfer. I’ve additionally made it clear to the Commissioner [Rob Manfred] that the A’s branding and title ought to keep in Oakland and we’ll proceed to work to pursue enlargement alternatives. Baseball has a house in Oakland even when the A’s possession relocates.
East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12), who has pushed for the A’s to remain, additionally launched a press release:
It’s extremely disappointing, however not stunning {that a} group of billionaire house owners supported one other billionaire proprietor’s efforts to line his personal pockets on the expense of a passionate neighborhood and fan base. The East Bay doesn’t should lose its final skilled sports activities crew. It’s shameful.
However there’s a lengthy technique to go earlier than there are shovels within the floor in Vegas. I’m going to maintain working to carry MLB and its crew house owners accountable for prioritizing their pockets over the communities which have supported them. Baseball belongs within the East Bay. The A’s will all the time be #RootedinOakland, even when John Fisher decides to take his enterprise elsewhere.
