The A’s appear more likely than not to build their new ballpark on the shores of the Oakland Estuary.
There were dozens of public comments before Thursday’s vote, and the commission heard both impassioned pleas for and against the stadium.
Still, the A’s received more than the two-thirds vote needed for the resolution to pass. That’s no small feat.Because so much public comment at Thursday’s meeting failed to recognize this fundamental fact in the process, it’s worth reiterating that if the A’s do not build a new ballpark at Howard Terminal, their time in Oakland is over.
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