Sports business expert Andy Dolich sent this open letter to John Fisher, owner of the Oakland A’s, about the team’s selection of the site for a new stadium.
Dear John:
President Dave Kaval recently announced the Peralta College district land in Oakland as your choice to build a new ballpark. Howard Terminal and the current Coliseum site were also considered.
Your franchise been searching for the perfect location, investing tons of time and money into the process. The past 12 years of your ownership has seen artist’s renderings and scale models of proposed ballyards at Cisco Field in Fremont, Diridon Station in San Jose, Howard Terminal, Victory Court, Coliseum City and Laney College in Oakland.