Perhaps they're trying to tell Mayor Sheng Thao something like other past Mayors

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...that their home needs a serious upgrade or build them a new home or they'll be moving out  :

Athletics' stripped-down roster was outdrawn by 11 Triple-A teams Tuesday

After yet another offseason of cost-cutting moves, the Oakland Athletics were outdrawn by 11 Triple-A games Tuesday.

The Athletics announced an attendance of just 3,407 fans during Tuesday's walk-off win over the Cleveland Guardians. That's a staggeringly low figure for an MLB team ... as reflected in the attendance numbers from Tuesday's Triple-A games.

Yeah, you're reading that properly. Eleven Triple-A teams beat the A's attendance Tuesday. Not only that, but four Triple-A teams had more than twice as many fans as the Athletics.

Athletics continue to sell parts as they look to relocate
That's really sad for an MLB team ... if you can refer to the Athletics as that. Team owner John Fisher seems intent on moving the team out of Oakland. The city and Fisher have been at odds for what feels like a decade now, and things are reaching a critical point. Fisher can't seem to get the funding he desires from the city and has seemingly responded by making the Athletics an unwatchable mess.

[theking]

Been to the Coliseum a few times over the years to watch games and it's not pretty and still has the same communal urinals it had when it was built.. :

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The A's will probably follow my Raiders' foot steps and relocate to Vegas or other city that can do what the city of Oakland can't do...

[theking]

And here we go... :

Oakland A's purchase land for new stadium in Las Vegas

The A's hope to break ground by next year and would hope to be move to their new home by 2027. The Oakland Athletics has signed a binding agreement to purchase land in Las Vegas for a future ballpark site, the team announced Wednesday night.

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Oakland lease is still good till end of 2024. 

Selling tickets for $10 a seat will not cut it.  Fan base in oakland is still weak.  Can't blame hmong mayor of oakland for not trying to keep oakland A's in town. 

Oakland lost GS warriors, faders and now a's. 

[theking]

The list of Mayors that went through the stadium issue including Mayor Sheng Thao currently:

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The list of Mayors that went through the stadium issue including Mayor Sheng Thao currently:

What are you trying to imply here... that women don't understand the important of sports? 

[theking]

Lots of men in the mix too...All about greed when it comes to these things (pro stadiums) that could cost billions of dollars once it's set and done.

[theking]

Uh oh...perhaps the grass is not greener in the other side?  :

Oakland Athletics Face a $500 Million Battle With Las Vegas Over New Stadium

To clinch the move, the franchise wants roughly $500 million in public financing to build a 35,000 seat retractable-roof stadium and entertainment complex. But the details still need to be hammered out and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is wary about using public dollars to subsidize a private enterprise.

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Pretty desperate now IMO...even the fans  :

Why one Athletics fan is urging people to pack the ballpark amid reports of the team leaving for Las Vegas

Clary's idea was simple but unique. Fed up with the current state of the Athletics, he proposed a counter protest. Instead of boycotting the team, Clary suggested Athletics fans pack the stadium for a weekday night game to send a message: A's fans can support this team. The proposal gained momentum at incredible speed.

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A's reportedly land on new Tropicana Las Vegas stadium site after pulling out of 'binding' agreement

Like so many Las Vegas visitors, the Oakland Athletics are reportedly changing plans after reevaluating their financial circumstances.

The club has reached a new agreement with casino operator Bally's Corporation to build a $1.5 billion stadium on the current site of the Tropicana Las Vegas casino, according to the Nevada Independent.

The deal would reportedly see Bally's demolish the Tropicana and allow the A's to construct a 35,000-seat, retractable-roof stadium on nine acres of the 34-acre site located on the Las Vegas Strip. Meanwhile, Bally's would construct a 1,500-room hotel and casino across from the stadium, separate from the ballpark.

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Optimism can only go so far when trying to solve something this politically?  :

'You have to have optimism to play this game': How A's players, coaches keep showing up for Oakland Amid the swirling uncertainty just outside the clubhouse, the Oakland Athletics are still playing baseball

Amid the swirling uncertainty just outside the clubhouse, the Oakland Athletics are still playing baseball

NEW YORK — Tommy Everidge remembers the first time he went to the Oakland Coliseum. How could you forget when Mark McGwire tosses you a baseball? Everidge was 10 years old, a San Francisco Giants fan growing up in Sonoma, California. But Oakland A’s tickets were cheaper, so he and his friend Cliff (and Cliff’s dad) went to see McGwire’s A’s and sat so close behind the dugout that the slugger himself pointed right at Everidge and tossed a baseball that didn’t quite make it to the intended recipient, plunking a couple in front of him too busy kissing to pay attention to the action on the field.

“And McGwire was like, ‘Hey, give it to the kid behind you!’” Everidge remembered. “It was so cool.”

Sometime in the past three decades, Everidge lost that ball. Without a signature or any sort of authentication, he figured no one would believe it came from McGwire anyway, so he played catch with it until the ball disappeared.

In college, he and his friends went to the Coliseum for dollar Wednesday nights (a dollar to get in and a dollar for a hot dog). “I thought it was beautiful before they put up Mount Davis,” he said of the stadium.

But these days, Everidge goes to the Coliseum more than ever. Thirty years after that first visit, Cliff lives in Southern California and works at Lockheed Martin. Everidge is the hitting coach for his hometown Oakland A’s.

“I should probably try to get him out there [to see a game],” Everidge said.

He’ll have to hurry.

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Mayor Sheng Thao has spoken as she's feeling the same pressure as the past Mayors on this issue...so the ball is on the A's court now.. :

Oakland 'very close' to Howard Terminal ballpark deal if Athletics re-engage

Now, Oakland mayor Sheng Thao revealed that the City of Oakland is open to getting a deal back on the table with the A's if ownership re-engages. “Howard Terminal, it's already entitled.


Now, Oakland mayor Sheng Thao revealed the city is open to doing a deal with the A’s if team ownership re-engages.

“Howard Terminal, it's already entitled. And so I want the A's to stay here,” Thao said Thursday on ABC7 News Bay Area (h/t ABC7’s Casey Pratt). “If the owners called us back and say, 'Let's get back to the table,' we are very close to a deal.”

Thao also said if that someone else is ready to buy the A's, Oakland also would be ready.

“If someone wants to buy the A's, and that happens, we are very close to a deal," Thao said. "So, I would say that we would be able to break ground as soon as possible in regards to the process after in having that deal, whatever that looks like. It could be two years.

“And if we do have a deal, this is something that I would want to expedite because it will be great for the city, it will be great for not just the fan base but for our economic potential as well.”

Pratt clarified that Howard Terminal isn't fully entitled, as Thao said, but it does have entitlements. For a deal to be reached, however, the project would need further approvals and permits.

Earlier this week, Bally's Corporation announced that it, in conjunction with Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., had reached a binding agreement with the A’s to build the franchise's new ballpark on a portion of the current Tropicana property on the southern end of The Strip in Las Vegas.

The deal is the second such agreement the A's have entered in the last month, with the first being a new stadium on 49 acres of Las Vegas land owned by Red Rock Resorts. However, that agreement fell through, and the A's started looking elsewhere.

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On Thursday, though, Tabitha Miller and Howard Stutz of The Nevada Independent reported, citing sources, that Nevada lawmakers haven't introduced legislation to bring the A's to Las Vegas because they "are only willing to contribute up to $195 million in transferable tax credits for stadium construction funding." The A's requested $395 million in public funds.

The A's never-ending roller-coaster ride for a new stadium continues to tick upward and fall downward, but if the team opts to stay in the East Bay, the city of Oakland will be ready for whatever comes its way.

[theking]

Be something if Sheng can pull it off and do something the other Mayors couldn't..

[theking]

Looks like the A's are still looking but if Mayor Thao can do what other Mayors couldn't do, that may be enough to help her win re-election  :

Athletics' first proposed Las Vegas ballpark renderings released

The Athletics released the first renderings of their proposed new ballpark in Las Vegas which includes a partially retractable roof and a seating capacity of 30,000. The ballpark will sit on nine acres at the Tropicana Las Vegas resort site on the south end of The Strip.