OAKLAND — Alameda County supervisors could vote today to sell the county’s half-ownership share to the A’s for $85 million.
The county and the A’s have been negotiating the deal since April. County officials have expressed a desire to get out of the sports business, and the A’s intend to convert the Coliseum site into a mixed-use development including housing, office, park and retail space in order to fund the construction of a new 35,000-seat ballpark at Howard Terminal along the estuary near Jack London Square.
County supervisors called a special meeting at noon today to vote to approve the sale.