Building an MLB stadium requires much more than just coming up with money and finding a location, as there are many political hurdles to be considered as well. The Oakland A’s have already met and overcome multiple roadblocks in their own ballpark project over the last couple years, and over the last week they ran into a new one.
The Sierra Club, a prominent and powerful environmental organization, issued a letter to the city arguing that the A’s should build their new park at the current Coliseum complex rather than at their proposed Howard Terminal waterfront site, reported Susan Slusser of the S.