The Oakland Coliseum has been home to the A’s since 1968, and the baseball team is an integral part of East Oakland’s identity and history. When built, the Coliseum brought promises of transit and affordable housing that justified large infrastructure costs and the use of eminent domain to displace East Oakland residents.
Unfortunately, the current proposal to move the A’s out of the Coliseum and into a new ballpark at Howard Terminal on the waterfront is essentially forsaking the significant investment in the Coliseum. It is an insult to the residents of East Oakland who have been loyal partners and neighbors to the team for five decades.