New Stadium for the Athletics

The Oakland Athletics might announce next weekSystems.
they will be building a new Stadium in suburbanSelig declared during the American League
Fremont, California. The announcement is expectedChampionship Series that he didn't have a problem
to be made by the A's managing partner Lew Wolffwith the Athletics' moving to Fremont because "that's
and baseball commissioner Bud Selig next Tuesday intheir territory."
the Bay Area.Currently, the A's have a lease at the McAfee
According to the sources the team wants to acquireColiseum through 2010, that includes an option to
a 143-acre field close to the former Baylandsrenew on a year-to-year basis throughout 2013. This
Raceway Park and put up a privately-fundedColiseum has been home for the Athletics since they
36,000-seat ballpark that has an estimated charge ofmoved to Oakland in 1968, but they haven't been
$300 million.happy with the stadium since it was restored to be
At the present time, this property belongs to theshared with NFL's Oakland Raiders that were
city of Fremont and is leased to high-tech firm Ciscoreturning from Los Angeles.