A report this weekend has the Athletics owners finalizing a plan for the long-beleaguered franchise to move to San Jose.
Citing an outmoded stadium, seen here in 1993 before it was reconfigured to accommodate football when the Raiders returned to Oakland, the A's say the Coliseum won't ever enable them to be financially sound. And even in its original design, it was never baseball-centric.
This round, multi-purpose bowl from the 1960s is out of touch with where stadium design has evolved. It's not retro, and lacks the profit-making amenities (superboxes, restaurants, endless variety of concessions) you find almost everywhere. Fans sit a long way from the action. Despite the best efforts of every owner since Charles O. Finley, the Coliseum -- which has had many sponsored names over the years -- is apparently not a viable home for a ballclub. The A's finished dead last in attendance this year.
Read more about the latest plan to leave Oakland here.
A report this weekend has the Athletics owners finalizing a plan for the long-beleaguered franchise to move to San Jose.
Citing an outmoded stadium, seen here in 1993 before it was reconfigured to accommodate football when the Raiders returned to Oakland, the A's say the Coliseum won't ever enable them to be financially sound. And even in its original design, it was never baseball-centric.
This round, multi-purpose bowl from the 1960s is out of touch with where stadium design has evolved. It's not retro, and lacks the profit-making amenities (superboxes, restaurants, endless variety of concessions) you find almost everywhere. Fans sit a long way from the action. Despite the best efforts of every owner since Charles O. Finley, the Coliseum -- which has had many sponsored names over the years -- is apparently not a viable home for a ballclub. The A's finished dead last in attendance this year.
Read more about the latest plan to leave Oakland here.
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