The Athletics’s plan to build a new stadium in Fremont fizzled:
“At this time we have decided to no longer pursue the Fremont project,” said A’s spokesman Bob Rose. “We are regrouping and will have discussions internally about our future options.”
The team asked the city of Fremont this week to halt the planning process required to build a stadium. A City Council meeting on the stadium scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled.
“As far as I’m concerned, it’s dead,” said Fremont Vice Mayor Anu Natarajan. “I don’t know if this was the right thing for Fremont or not, but I’m very disappointed we didn’t let the process unfold.”
On top of that, there is no fallback plan. The A’s will be staying in the Oakland Coliseum for the foreseeable future.
I suspect the real estate collapse has a lot to do with this. Lew Wolff wanted to build a village around his new stadium, but who was going to buy his houses and rent his stores? Maybe he can use this to his advantage and buy up land to build a stadium cheaply over a few years.
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