Will you be buying season tix at Fremont?
The NY Times has an article on ticket prices at the new Yankee/Mets stadiums.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/sports/26tickets.html?_r=1&em&oref=slogin
"Tickets for the best seats at the 85-year-old Yankee Stadium, which sold for $1,000 a seat this season, will jump at the new ballpark to $2,500; in other areas of the stadium, they will range from $135 to $500 for season tickets. Prices for single-game tickets, which ranged from $14 to $400 this season, will be released later."
"The best seats at Citi Field, which cost $276 at Shea Stadium this season, will soar to $495, with other season tickets ranging from $125 to $225 a game. Single-game tickets this season ranged from $5 to $117. (Citi Field’s capacity of about 42,500 compares with 57,333 at Shea.)"
So my questions to the A's fans are:
1) Will you be buying season tix, if a new Fremont stadium is built?
2) What is the max that you are willing to spend on a season package?
thought I'd ask since Lew is complaining about the lack of season tix holders....
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No, I will not be
Biggest reasons are up front cost and the fact I don’t like sitting in the same place every time, the same reasons I don’t have season tickets now.
Plus, there’s no way I’d be able to get to all the games and I don’t want to deal with the hassle of splitting up tickets with others, putting them up for sale, etc.
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by Flashfire on Aug 26, 2008 12:25 PM PDT 0 recs
no
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on Aug 26, 2008 12:32 PM PDT 0 recs
Probably not
I’m one of those un-renewed season ticket holders. I didn’t renew this year simply because a) I don’t know my schedule far enough in advance to be certain I can go, b) it’s so easy to walk up and get tickets for any and every game I want, and c) it’s hard to justify spending hundreds of dollars on tickets when my employer hasn’t given me a COLA increase, much less a raise, in years. The cost of everything else is going up, but my take home isn’t, so some things get cut out.
I still go to a number of games each season, just not as many as I used to….
Oh, and in Fremont? Nah, too far for me to drive, with no realistic BART options yet on the table….I’ll just stay home and watch on tv or listen to the radio.
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by gigglingone on Aug 26, 2008 12:33 PM PDT 0 recs
Same for me
With the increase in ticket price and the lack of public transportation (no way am I driving!), there’s no way it’ll be affordable.
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by anomaly_kat on
Aug 26, 2008 4:40 PM PDT
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ditto that...
…I had the twenty-game pack from 2000 to last year….I got sick of all the Fremont talk. I live in SF and that’s going to be a miserable drive so no more A’s season tix for me.
by Slappyfrog on
Aug 26, 2008 9:52 PM PDT
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season tickets in Fremont
I’ve been buying the 20+ game packages for quite a few years. As I’m over the “senior” citizen age limit, these seats have been very reasonable.
My problem with Fremont isn’t what the price of tickets will be. It’s more the hassle of getting to the location. The current ball park is very easy to get to from the Concord/Walnut Creek area. I fear that the Fremont location will make that ball park across the bay much more accessible for folks from this part of the East Bay. I suppose I can used to seeing pitchers bat, but it certainly isn’t my first choice.
by rcodd on Aug 26, 2008 12:39 PM PDT 0 recs
ouch
the giants over the fremont a’s? ouch.
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by flipgatey3 on
Aug 26, 2008 1:21 PM PDT
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hate to say it, but I've been considering this as well
I’m so against the idea of driving/public transportation to Fremont, that I will probably go to SF when I want to see a ball game.
That means, at least one preseason opener, maybe a couple during inter-league, and then hopefully once more.
I don’t think I could go full-on Halloween colors, but hey, gas is REALLY expensive.
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by popcornjames on
Aug 26, 2008 1:26 PM PDT
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I live in So Cal now
So I couldn’t do season tickets any way. But I’m very excited about a new stadium. The Coliseum holds a lot of good memories for me, but the place has seen better days (like before Al Davis got his grubby little paws on it).
by Blez on Aug 26, 2008 1:14 PM PDT 0 recs
Al Daviseses terrorizing can't be overstated
I use an old stadium pic as my blog banner background, think people would watch more games at a stadium which looked like this?

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by iamawesomer on
Aug 26, 2008 8:26 PM PDT
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Me too...
That was when the “View Level” still had a view!
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by anomaly_kat on
Aug 27, 2008 6:37 AM PDT
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someday
after i get my teaching credential and actual income, i’d love to get at least a big game pack. not to mention buying one of the condos and renting it out.
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
by flipgatey3 on Aug 26, 2008 1:22 PM PDT 0 recs
Nico and I have some bad news for you...
you still won’t really have an actual income after you get your teaching credential. Trust me. :)
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by notsellingjeans on
Aug 26, 2008 3:34 PM PDT
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well obviously not
trust me, your humor is not lost…my mom’s a teacher too ;)
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
by flipgatey3 on
Aug 26, 2008 4:17 PM PDT
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Amen to that
(fellow teacher here)
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by anomaly_kat on
Aug 26, 2008 4:38 PM PDT
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signing away rights to first child...
I mean, why not? If they’d take him for a full season ticket package. After all, he’s in his “terrible twos” and, besides, I’ve got a replacement on the way, although I haven’t yet determined what his VORC (value over replacement child) is.
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by FoolshGame22 on Aug 26, 2008 1:26 PM PDT 0 recs
Replacement-Level Kids
I like it.
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by notsellingjeans on
Aug 26, 2008 3:35 PM PDT
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When and if the Fremont
plan comes to fruition, I will most likely buy a limited season package. Only because I will have too in order to attend the games I’ll want to see. Yanks, RS, type things. As it currently stands, it’s not a problem to buy individual tickets. I’m assuming those days are nearing an end.
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by alox on Aug 26, 2008 1:46 PM PDT 0 recs
Already saving my money . . . . . . . .
Both my sister and I opened “ING” Orange savings account last year for just this reason. A pre-determined amount gets taken from my checking account on each payday (I can go online anytime and change the amount depending on my current financial situation). I’m not even sure how much I have in the account right now, but I’m hoping that it’s enough to buy a full season package when the time comes. I am disappointed that the new park will not have the bullpens on the field. I know this has been mandated by MLB, but I think it sucks. The tickets we have now are in the first row by the visitors bullpen. The interaction with the opposing players is usually the best part of my baseball experience on any given gameday.
by Midori1967 on Aug 26, 2008 2:52 PM PDT 0 recs
No ...
1. I’m not going to spend that much.
2. My schedule is not sufficiently reliable.
3. I live in Sacramento.
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by devo on Aug 26, 2008 2:55 PM PDT 0 recs
No
didn’t buy them in Oakland and not gonna buy them in Fremont.
Suck on that, Lew!
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by black beane on Aug 26, 2008 3:09 PM PDT 0 recs
I wonder if the Rivercats would mind...
if the A’s moved up to Sacto? Hmmm…….
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by ST on Aug 26, 2008 3:43 PM PDT 0 recs
When Fremont freezes over.
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by andeux on Aug 26, 2008 3:48 PM PDT 0 recs
Fremont definitely could use some cooler weather
I refuse to travel south of the dumbarton bridge. heh, dumbarton.
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by mikeA on
Aug 26, 2008 9:21 PM PDT
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how have we collectively not come up with that nickname for him before?
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Aug 27, 2008 9:14 AM PDT
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no
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Aug 26, 2008 4:47 PM PDT
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hard to judge from your comments
but are you a true fremont hater? i wouldnt mind hearing your full opinion on the matter.
from over here in Boston: i can see that Fremont is not ideal, but I believe it is an important step up from oakland, and i dont see any better alternatives.
by oakinboston on
Aug 26, 2008 8:12 PM PDT
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I don't hate Fremont at all
but as I live here I’m all too familiar with the commute situation. I live in Oakland and always take BART to the games.
Several A’s executives have been quoted as counting on getting most of the attendance at the planned Fremont ballpark from south and east — and have also been quoted as expecting to lose their fans from quite a bit of the rest of the Bay Area.
by OaklandSi on
Aug 26, 2008 8:19 PM PDT
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my "no" in this case is hyperbolic
I have serious doubts that the Fremont plan will come to fruition; and even if it does, that it’ll be scaled back significantly.
On an analytic level, Fremont sorta-kinda made/makes sense to me, though I think Lew prioritized potential profit-maximizing (i.e., lowering costs by aiming at cheap and available land) over a lot of actual biz dev considerations (in contradistinction to the way Beane runs the team, Lew analogously went for a Marlins-style tear-down-and-spend-profligately/high-risk/high-reward plan).
On a personal level, I live in SF and don’t own a car and am a cheap bastard, so if Fremont happens, I will probably attend about one to three more A’s games total in my lifetime (and will end up attending a LOT more Giants games). (I’m also a realist: I know that any new stadium will feature outlandish prices, which I’d be willing to accommodate for convenience/public-transit-ideological reasons.)
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Aug 27, 2008 9:24 AM PDT
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you live in SF
but you’re a cheap bastard? damn, what’s the rent like?
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by flipgatey3 on
Aug 27, 2008 12:56 PM PDT
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painful
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Aug 27, 2008 1:45 PM PDT
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no
the public transit access does not look reasonable for at least the near future, and I’m not going to deal with 880 down to Fremont, at least not for enough games to justify buying season tickets.
by OaklandSi on Aug 26, 2008 5:07 PM PDT 0 recs
Last time I checked, BART goes down to Fremont.
A lot of us South Bay people use the BART to get to the Coli.
I’m pretty sure there will be a shuttle from the Fremont BART station to Cisco Field during gamedays.
Some fans may be lost in the move, but I know a lot of my San Jose brethren cannot wait (“if” and “when” of course).
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by oaklandSMASH on
Aug 27, 2008 12:46 AM PDT
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the Fremont BART station
is five miles away from the site of the planned ballpark.
by OaklandSi on
Aug 27, 2008 8:07 AM PDT
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Warm Spring BART
is 1.25 miles away. They are expected start building the WSX extension next year regardless of the tax vote outcome in Santa Clara County. Service could begin by 2014.
by vertig0 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:52 AM PDT
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WArm springs BART
does not exist. Even if they do manage to build it it will still be too far away for many people.
by OaklandSi on
Aug 27, 2008 11:13 AM PDT
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"Service could begin by 2014"
That could still come in ahead of Seig Acres.
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Aug 27, 2008 11:41 AM PDT
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Seriously
Are you getting into an issue over semantics? I mentioned the state of the extension.
The shuttle from the planned station should take 10 minutes each way. If it’s akin to anything, it would be the BART bridge buses run during fireworks games. Not as convenient, but viable.
by vertig0 on
Aug 27, 2008 4:34 PM PDT
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And less walking, too
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by Flashfire on
Aug 27, 2008 6:06 PM PDT
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they would have to run a whole lot of shuttles
I think that’s a big problem. I don’t think people are going to want to walk/drive to BART, wait for a train, take it all the way down to Fremont/Warm Springs, then wait for a shuttle, then drive to the game, and then do the whole thing in reverse on the way home. People don’t even like taking BART to the Oakland Airport b/c of this. It just sounds like a hassle. And it is in my opinion.
by jdr on
Aug 27, 2008 7:10 PM PDT
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I mean say you have 10,000 people coming to a game via BART
you have any idea how many shuttles and how long it would take to load 10,000 people onto them in order to drive them over to BART? At 10:30pm every night for the equivalent of 3 months out of the year, then mothball them for the rest of the time? It sounds like a nightmare to me. It already takes them forever to shuttle out the 1,000 fans who skip the fireworks.
by jdr on
Aug 27, 2008 7:15 PM PDT
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That's a bit high
They usually have 15-20% of fans coming via BART, which translates to 10K at best for a really large crowd. For Cisco Field that would be nearly a third.
Given the transfer and longer transit times associated with it I couldn’t see more than 10% of fans take the BART+shuttle combo. So that’s 3,500. Each bus holds 80 people including standees, so that translates to 44 shuttle trips.
Fans do this already when taking transferring from BART to Muni to AT&T Park. Last time I took it the N-Judah took 25 minutes to get to the Embarcadero thanks to a backup at the station. That hasn’t really stopped anyone from taking it.
by vertig0 on
Aug 28, 2008 12:01 AM PDT
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Bart to Muni isn't the same thing
You take Bart to Embarcadero then walk to a different platform. It’s all within the same station. You may have to wait but there isn’t the psychological burden of taking three different forms of transportation to get to the game. That weighs on people.
by jdr on
Aug 28, 2008 11:46 AM PDT
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Explain further
Just about everywhere you’ll have to take three modes unless you live within walking distance of a BART station.
As for walking to a different platform, that doesn’t make much sense. Leaving BART in SF you take an escalator, exit a fare gate, pay the fare, enter another fare gate, take another escalator. In Warm Springs you’ll take an escalator, exit a fare gate, walk 100 feet to bus platform. Is it really that much of a psychological burden?
by vertig0 on
Aug 28, 2008 2:16 PM PDT
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I suspect you will never be convinced of this but-
getting into and waiting for multiple distinct traveling machines is a psychological deterrent. Waiting for them is an even bigger deterrent. Getting to the Bart station (however you do), waiting for a train, taking a long train ride (Fremont is far away for everyone on the Bart route except for Fremonters), then waiting for a shuttle, then riding the shuttle, then doing the whole thing on the way back is a long trip. The problem is the waiting – people hate to stand in line doing nothing. People hate waiting in general.
In addition to being flat out longer for the vast majority of people who would be Barting to the game, Fremont adds another waiting period. I don’t know if you’ve ever skipped the fireworks and taken the shuttle back to Bart but it takes them forever to load them up – it’s not like getting onto a train where everybody walks on in 15 seconds. It takes a long time because there are 5 or 6 buses that make back and forth trips (there won’t be 44 shuttles for the 44 shuttle trips you outline above, there will be 10 or so) and they take a while to load because it’s not like a train where everybody boards at once and it takes 15 seconds, you can only fit one person through the door at a time. It ain’t quick. To say nothing of the fact that Warm Springs is still a planned Bart station and we know Bart’s shining record on getting new routes done on time. It took them 20+ years to get a train down to SFO and that was the biggest no-brainer high-priority train Bart can imagine.
There are lots of good reasons to support a Fremont stadium – increased revenues, it might open up the South Bay, personal reasons such as proximity, etc. There are also some reasons to not – one of those is that public transportation is not going to be a strength. In fact this is the first time I’ve seen someone argue that it won’t be that big of a deal. Candlestick Park had/has the same issue – even once you get the station all the way down at the bottom of the route, you then have to wait for the shuttle. It’s a drag. People hate it. They avoid it whenever possible.
by jdr on
Aug 28, 2008 5:47 PM PDT
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Don't put words in my mouth
Never have I ever said transit won’t be a big deal. The Fremont situation is obviously not ideal especially compared to the Coliseum. And I don’t expect 15-20% of fans to take transit as they currently do. I expect around 5-10%. The issue then is to accommodate those that choose to do so.
Shuttles are difficult to accomplish at the Coliseum. There’s no defined bus stop. The shuttles only run during fireworks games, so there’s no routine involved, little familiarity with the process. They use school buses at times. The route is a bit circuitous. I’ve taken it frequently because I don’t care much for fireworks. It won’t be difficult in Fremont to design a transit center and routing that would allow shuttle service to run efficiently. Why would a fan have to wait more than a few minutes to take the shuttle? They’ll be queued to run probably a couple hours before the game then continuously until two hours after the game, with peak service set for when the game ends. VTA and the Sharks ran the Sharks shuttle successfully for years until they decided they didn’t need it anymore. The A’s won’t have that luxury. They’ll be buying the buses and giving them to the city or other public groups during non-game situations.
The ‘Stick has the antithesis of good planning with its site. Why would the A’s repeat those mistakes in Fremont? They’re trying to get the plan passed, not rejected.
by vertig0 on
Aug 28, 2008 6:08 PM PDT
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They do this at a ton of stadiums
The United Center in Chicago is one off the top of my head.
by ohmangoAs on
Aug 28, 2008 12:33 AM PDT
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Have you seen the butts at the hot dog lines?
a brisk walk will do them well.
by sf drift king on
Aug 28, 2008 6:32 PM PDT
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by oaklandSMASH on
Aug 28, 2008 10:12 PM PDT
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Is it really the same?
Would you take BART from Fremont to games in Oakland if you had to transfer at the Coliseum BART station and go for a 5 (or 1.25) mile bus ride to reach the ballpark?
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by Monday Fan on
Aug 28, 2008 12:33 PM PDT
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Yes
I would because I want to watch the A’s. Just because there is one more degree of separation from the game you want to watch, doesn’t mean it should totally prevent you fro watching the game.
I’m sure some Oakland fans who suddenly feel that this is not a just a minor inconvenience (which it is) will stop going to games, but for the few out there who will not commute from the east bay, there are many like me from the South Bay who will still make our way to the games despite having no viable public transportation link from San Jose to Fremont.
And if the A’s decide to move to, I don’t know, Hercules, then I would pay the extra fare, wait the extra hours, and cheer my ass off there because I am an A’s fan.
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by oaklandSMASH on
Aug 28, 2008 10:24 PM PDT
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I used to live in Hercules and during those eight years, I had to quit going to the games on weeknights. It took too long to get home. I can’t get by on four-to-five hours of sleep.
I can see oaklandSMASH would not let an extra 1.25 or 5 mile bus ride each way keep him from taking BART to games in Oakland. (I didn’t ask if it would keep one from going to games — just if it would keep one from taking BART.) Do other South Bay folks who take BART to the Coliseum feel this way? Would you drive instead of taking BART under these conditions?
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by Monday Fan on
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Taking the BART from Fremont to the games is just a fact of life for us.
Driving to Fremont is a minor inconvenience in the way of getting to the game. Of course, if there was a BART station in San Jose, I would leave my car in the South Bay altogether.
Of course, a lot of us South Bay fans are excited of even the prospect of bringing the team closer to us. I suspect this is inversely propotional to East Bay residents who feel like they will be losing their team.
If it happens, I think it is a great compromise. The BART ride from Oakland to Fremont isn’t so bad, and I’m sure the city of Fremont would provide more than adequate links from the station to the ballpark. For us in the South Bay, this connects us to the rest of the Bay Area. Along with making the A’s more accessible to potential fans of the South Bay, Cisco Field, along with the proposed 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, would further heighten the profile of the South Bay which would perhaps accelerate the chances that BART and other public transportation systems to the South Bay.
I’ll be happy to see the team in Fremont. If Fremont is not the A’s ultimate destination, then I hope they stay in NorCal.
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by oaklandSMASH on
Aug 30, 2008 2:54 AM PDT
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I only expect to attend a game a month when the A's move to Fremont.
I will really miss seeing the games live…but the commute from Contra Costa is going to be too much for me. I hate driving in stressful situations and the public transportation to the games sounds like it’s going to suck bigtime. I am glad that the team will be staying in Norcal , though. I will go to all of the interleague games in SF between the A’s and Giants.
by IM4Oakgal on Aug 26, 2008 8:49 PM PDT 0 recs
No.
I went in on them in Sacramento for a couple years, but I won’t anymore, and I especially don’t plan to spend more money to drive further (emphasis on drive).
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by jeepers on Aug 26, 2008 8:54 PM PDT 0 recs
You'll be missing a chance at a fun project:
“How many means of transportation would it take to get to the Fremont park from Sacramento without a car?” If you look like Steve Martin, you could even bring along a jovial fat man and make a hit comedy.
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by mikeA on
Aug 26, 2008 9:23 PM PDT
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if only I were more jovial
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Aug 27, 2008 9:25 AM PDT
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The answer is 2
1 is the Capitol Corridor train to head to the newly constructed train station (already budgeted).
2 is a 10-minute tram from the station to the ballpark.
by vertig0 on
Aug 27, 2008 10:47 AM PDT
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Hell Yea!
Season tickets! Only if the A’s can start winning again and actually spend money like our rivals the Angels!
I have tickets to Warriors & Raiders already, and I used to have the 20 game pack for the A’s, but ended this year because I knew they would screw up.
C’mon A’s, how do you expect to win fans over without forking over a little $$$. Use some money, to gain a lot more money!
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by ballin on Aug 26, 2008 10:03 PM PDT 0 recs
They're not spending money?
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by Flashfire on
Aug 26, 2008 10:16 PM PDT
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I doubt it
I don’t think the Fremont experience will be fun like the bleachers are now. I’ll go to a couple of games and see how it goes, of course.
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by Englishmajor on Aug 26, 2008 10:49 PM PDT 0 recs
We'll have to have an AN Testing Day at the new ballpark
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by gigglingone on
Aug 27, 2008 11:55 AM PDT
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No, I already barely go to games
Right now, I’m an hour away from the Coliseum. I usually drive to Fremont bart with some friends and take that to McAfee. Now that its closer, I’ll be going more often, especially since I have some friends in Fremont who regularly go to games.
However, I’m just a college kid, the biggest thing stopping me from going to games is the cost. Not only the cost of a ticket, which I’ll end up paying about 20 bucks for, but its the transportation. With gas and bart, it easily adds up to 10 more bucks at least. I go to a few games each summer, definitely not as many as most of you guys go to. I do however go to the season openers, however much they cost me.
In the future however, I can see myself going to a lot of games. My dream is to one day be retired and have season tickets, then go to every game.
by Maddendude on Aug 27, 2008 1:59 AM PDT 0 recs
Transportation to New Stadium
For those of you interested, it will be about 6 miles from the Fremont BART to the new stadium. Definately not walking distance. I’m sure there will be busses going from there though. That will be a pain in the ass. But Fremont is a relatively safe city, even at night. Fremont Amtrak to the new stadium is about 7 miles away. But Amtrak is too expensive to take regularly.
But for my 2 cents on the stadium, since capacity isn’t an issue, I think they should try to make it really nice. From what I hear it might look like this:

I dunno, thats not really unique, I want something that makes other clubs jealous, like what they have in SF. Have some cool structures, cut up the grass in a nice checkered shape, I would go to a lot of games…
by Maddendude on Aug 27, 2008 2:28 AM PDT 0 recs


