OAKLAND — Although it may no longer be draped in green-and-gold A’s banners, the concrete Oakland Coliseum stadium will still host live sports in 2025. Professional soccer franchise Oakland Roots Sports Club has inked a $3 million lease with the city and Alameda County to play 17 home games next season at the Coliseum, team … Read more
Facing a steep budget shortfall with few easy solutions, Oakland officials said Wednesday the city will begin selling its share of the Coliseum — perhaps the most notable piece of real estate in the East Bay. The city will speed up existing plans to eventually transfer its 50% ownership share of the 155-acre property — … Read more
The Oakland Roots and Oakland Soul will play their home games next season within the city of Oakland. The Oakland Coliseum Authority voted unanimously (6-0) Friday morning to approve hosting the soccer clubs’ home games at the Coliseum in 2025. The Roots and Soul are playing this season at Pioneer Stadium in Hayward, where they … Read more
As the Oakland A’s bargain for a short-term lease extension at the Coliseum, the city’s mayor insists that the team, before departing for Las Vegas, leaves behind its name and a promise of a future expansion team here. It’s not going to happen. And it’s the wrong play. Mayor Sheng Thao and county officials should … Read more
Click here for a complete list of our election recommendations. One member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors knew when it was time to call it quits. Sadly, another did not. The last-minute, surprise announcement by Supervisor Keith Carson in December that after 32 years he would not seek election to a ninth … Read more
OAKLAND — Raimondi Park on Wood Street might not seem like a prime location for large crowds to gather. It is in a heavily industrial part of West Oakland, with warehouses and nameless office buildings. The closest bus stop is at an intersection flooded by trucks and vans lumbering onto Interstate 880, while the park … Read more
OAKLAND — After sitting unsold and unwanted for months, the former Raiders training facility — a prime piece of East Bay real estate — has a buyer who appears to want to keep it a home for sports, on both a local and global scale.The 16-acre compound, with multiple turf fields, some offices and a … Read more
OAKLAND — The A’s will cough up $45 million owed to Alameda County to acquire its half of the Coliseum property, resolving the latest chapter of a messy saga involving one of the Bay Area’s most notable plots of land. The baseball franchise, which initially had tried to get out of sending the money so … Read more
With the Oakland A’s headed for Las Vegas, it’s time for local elected officials to stop fantasizing about keeping the team in the Bay Area and start working to protect the public’s interest. That means that Oakland and Alameda County officials need to stop groveling to team ownership and start playing hardball. They need to … Read more
OAKLAND — In a town that gradually lost trust in the Oakland A’s — as residents, elected leaders and even baseball fans became increasingly jaded toward the franchise — nothing seemed to faze former Mayor Libby Schaaf. Through her waning days in office last year, Schaaf campaigned with unending optimism for the team to build … Read more