The Oakland Athletics have had plans on moving about a half hour drive south on I-880 to Fremont, Calif. for quite a while now. After being unable to get a new stadium in Oakland, the team was prepared to make the move and play in the Bay Area's fourth largest town causing an uproar from Oakland fans for leaving the city.Well fans in Oakland need not worry about being abandoned
"After much consideration, today we informed Mayor Wasserman and City Council members that the Oakland Athletics will cease efforts to relocate our franchise to the City of Fremont.Hey, it's no big deal, the team only spent about $80 million in its efforts to relocate, and you know these two are absolutely thrilled to hear the news.. Wolff goes on to say in the press release that he still fully intends to keep the team in northern California, and if he's going to do that, then Oakland is probably the best place to start.
"I expressed my regrets and gratitude, especially to those people who shared our vision and spent endless hours in support of our proposal. However, it became increasingly clear that our ballpark project faced significant delays ahead and I could not, in good conscience, continue to lead our team down this path."
Though given the current state of the economy and the fact the team essentially just threw away $80 million, he may want to put it off for another year or two.
