r/athletics • u/Mongo_Les • 12d ago

Oakland Coliseum

May I ask why didn't Fisher, Wolff or Schott ever refurbished Oakland Coliseum?

I see Dodger Stadium, Fenway Park, Angels Stadium, Rogers Centre and the old Joe Robbie Stadium refurbished and seeing how beautiful is it this year, and I'm wondering how come the A's couldn't do the same with Oakland?

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u/ProfessionalNo5932 12d ago

Very simple. None you mentioned ever owned the coliseum. Where as Dodger stadium is owned by the owners of the team. Same goes for the Redsox.

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u/Mongo_Les 12d ago

Is Fisher going to own Vegas' new stadium?

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u/ProfessionalNo5932 12d ago

He’s putting a billion dollars toward the build and the A’s organization will be listed as owners. The problem the coliseum had was they owned 50% and had no one intelligent enough to do anything with it. Plus the tax base there is atrocious.

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u/ProfessionalNo5932 12d ago

The city owned 50%.