San Jose Mercury News · May 20, 2020
Oakland A’s skip Coliseum rent payment
OAKLAND, CA – MARCH 31: View of the Coliseum from the upper level in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The Oakland Athletics opening season game against the Minnesota Twins scheduled for March 26, was postponed for another day due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)OAKLAND — The Oakland Athletics have refused to pay $1.2 million required under contract to use the Coliseum, the head of the stadium authority confirmed Tuesday.
The annual payment was due April 1. A’s executives told Coliseum Authority Interim Executive Director Henry Gardner they had “no ability to pay.”