CSN Bay Area · Feb 23, 2016
Manfred: A's hunt for stadium site 'local issue'
PHOENIX – Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred wants the A’s to stay in Oakland, but he does not want to get involved in whether the team builds a ballpark downtown or at the current Coliseum site.
Those were the thoughts shared by Manfred during a media Q&A at the Arizona Biltmore to mark the start of spring training.
“My overriding thought is I would like the A’s to find a site that is within their current market of Oakland,” Manfred said. “The differentiation between the Coliseum site and maybe a site that’s downtown, that’s a local issue. That’s for the A’s to sort out.”
And for Oakland city and Alameda County officials to sort out as well.