Blez mentioned the Pistons, but a few weeks ago I was thinking of all the pro teams that play in different cities than their team name reflects; let's see how many I can remember:

Pistons play in Auburn Hills
The Jets and Giants play in a different STATE (East Rutherford, NJ)
The Lakers used to play in the Forum in Inglewood
Dallas Cowboys play in Irving, TX
The Buffalo Bills play in Orchard Park, NY

next, I hope Oakland bucks the recent trend of cities building all-american retro style ballparks and builds sometihng innovative and modern. I tihnk with Cisco's influence, we should build something along the lines of the Arizona Cardinal's new stadium or Allanz Arena (sp?), the soccer stadium in Germany that hosted a few world cup matches.

                                        R.I.P
                                      Honda Hills

    Dela Fuente would give nice lip service...until it came time to running for mayor. The talk then quieted down (as if supporting a baseball team would be politcally incorrect) and we can see where that landed him. Furthermore, any word from Dellums? We'll get the " I'm personally disappopinted" speech along with a reference about eminent domain. Let's see, wasn't that Mayor Wilson about 25 years ago who tried that?

   I blame the poticians in Oakland for this more than anyone else. The sad part is that, as Thomas Walker stated, it will be multiple youth groups and kids who will lose out on what the A's of Oakland meant to this community.

1. Are staying in the Bay Area
   
2. Not moving to Portland or Vegas
   
3. Getting a brand new stadium
   

I'm with Blez- at least the A's are still in the East Bay.

Haha, any bets on the Fremont Warriors?

Though I saw it coming, this is a bad fucking day for a lifelong A's fan with a ton of Coliseum memories before and after the abysmal addition of Mt. Davis.

Celebrate the fact that the A's will remain in the Bay Area. Remember not too long ago, small market teams were candidates to be moved or disbanded.

At least we have a Bay Area community, not far from Oakland, with the guts and committment to getting a new stadium deal put together.

Who's ready to buy a condo that is sure to be a part of the plan?

To attract corporate entertainment dollars, the event, the happening, the thing - it needs to be cool.  What company would risk taking clients to a place that isn't cool.  And there is nothing about Fremont that is cool. Companies may plop down for tickets/boxes for one year.  When they realize they can't give away their tickets to respectable clients (due to Fremont being a cesspool), they will not pay again.

1. Oakland A's
2. Bay Area A's

The only reason I mention the "Bay Area's A's" is that it's been my experience that when you mention that you are from the "Bay Area" most people in the USA think of The San Francisco Bay Area as opposed to the areas of "Tampa Bay" or "Green Bay" or whatever.I want the name to be Oakland A's but I do think it's kind of classy and prideful to be known as the "Bay Area A's".

Bunch of clowns cost Oaktown its pride and joy!

I just find it very hard to believe that a site couldn't have been found along the Oakland estuary, Jack London, Alameda or near the port that would have been viable. The issue of wanting and needing a new home for the A's goes back umteen years. This ain't a new problem. It's one that should have been solved many years ago when land options were more readily available.

Thanks for your comments.

http://bballbiz.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-oakland-as-plan-to-pay-for-their.html

"A's of the Bay".

Oh god that is lame.  I just dont get why they have to be named after the city in whcih they play.  When reading box scrores, am I uncertain which A's are being referenced?

San Jose Athletics sounds realllly cheesy. I hope it's still Oakland. fremont Athletics sounds okay, but then people would go "where the hell is Fremont?" It's sounds very Double A-esque

And one more thing, is there any water ways in Fremont to where we can have the awesomeness of a splash down homerun? I would love to see Milton crush some shots into that pond

1. Will the move to Fremont result in more revenue for the team?
2. Will the team get a higher payroll?
3. Will the new stadium have less foul territory?
4. Will the new stadium offer garlic fries and good beer?
5. Will the Oakland A's of Fremont win the World Series in its first three years in the new park?
6. Will the whining ever cease?

   Who do we blame????

   The Oakland City leaders?  --yes
   Wolff?  --I suppose
   Selig?  --obviously.
   Steve "no-way-in-Oakland" Shott--perhaps.
   The A's for not winning the World Series in    '06--hard to say
   A's fans? --no comment.  We could have sold out every game, and this still may have happened.
   Al Davis?--I'll leave that one up to anyone who actually cares.

    It was nice meeting some of you on here, but my days of baseball are over.  Thanks for some of your efforts upon deaf ears of people who felt that the Raiders coming back was more important than keeping the A's.  The limited amount of my A's merchandise/caps will be discarded, and my baseball cards will find a way to exit my possession.
I hope you all have a great life, even without the A's in Oakland.  Maybe I'll meet/see you around the city soon to have no MLB team.
-David

Its in the Bay area, they could float it out in the Bay for all I care.

For all its drawbacks the Oak Coliseum leads baseball in one pretty important stat, WINS

hopefully the A's do better in their new stadium than Stanford

new stadiums and 68 wins wont do it

It would've been perfect. Maybe.

So what's the new cheer?  Instead of Lets Go Oak-Land?  Is it: Lets Go Silicon Valles A's of Freemont?   :)

I was born in the East Bay. I'm a third generation East Bay resident, and in that sense, I feel a hell of a lot more like a team in Oakland is 'my team' than a team in Fremont (the edge of the BART line, the edge of the world).

I'm not optimistic. I'm not optimistic that increased revenues will go to keeping our stars, I find it more likely that they'll go to the owners' pockets while they spend years saying that all the money they're ripping out of our pockets is going to pay off the new stadium. I'm not optimistic about the effect on the fans, other than the fact that for those who can afford to keep going to tons of games, they'll have some sort of pretty scenery to look at. Personally, the only pretty scenery I care about is the one on the field, the ones wearing the home whites. I want Lew Wolff to stand up and tell us flat out that he's making the existing A's fanbase a priority. He's here for money, and I don't blame him -- a move will increase the franchise's value a good amount. But I don't have to like a guy that doesn't care about me and what we represent, do I?

That's why I love the Coliseum, because I care about the team, and the Coliseum lets me go and see them. The Coliseum is home to me, it's the worn out sneakers that hold fuzzy memories despite falling apart. It's a place to see baseball, and as an A's fan, that's what I want to see -- not corporate jackasses on cell phones everywhere, not craptastic distractions and wine vendors, I want to see a goddamn game. Put the boys out in an open field, give 'em a bat and a ball, let's see baseball. I don't like all the frippery that a lot of the new parks have. Okay, places like SafeCo are damn sexy, but a lot try too hard to be overboard. Give me a GAME.

Guess I'd better load up on gear before they move, because there's no way in fuck I'll be able to buy something with 'Fremont' or 'Silicon Valley' on it without drinking a couple R&Cs first.

Actually, screw the name. Let's forget all regional affilations, let's go for the ultimate cool. 'The Athletics'. No place at all. Because if Lew wants to go where the money is an uproot a team that's already got a nomadic history, let's just own it.

I'll never give up my A's, or going to games, but this is gonna hurt. And I know people are rolling their eyes over my blind hatred of Wolff, but hell. We're all allowed to have our opinions, and mine's just an irrationally cynical one. Someone's gotta have Wolff-rage here, I don't see enough of it! :-D

I don't want to sound rude - but my god. The A's aren't moving away - they are building a brand-spanking-new revenue generating stadium 20 miles south of there current location. This is good/great on many fronts - but most importantly will help keep the A's competitive in the current marketplace with a baseball stadium that will not have an outfield torn up and dead come September.

And for all of those whoe is me's out there - save that for the fans that had to watch the Browns leave overnight to Baltimore, who had to endure their franchise leave to Indy. I mean the Raiders packed up and left to LA - only to come back and ruin the Coliseum for the A's and baseball.

I just don't understand all the grief over something that should be getting cheered. This will keep the A's relevant for years to come - without any thoughts of truly relocating or being contracted - as this will keep the A's in the Bay Area for decades to come.

So I just want to let out one big Hoorah for the long overdue new stadium - and the decades of A's baseball to be experienced and enjoyed by all A's fans in the Bay Area - right where they should be!!!

Please turn in your A's gear at the door.  And good riddance.  Your loyalty is clearly stronger to your beloved city than it is to the Athletics.  Your incessant whining wont be missed.

The rest of us true A's fans will continue to root for them 20 miles down the road.    

BTW, Oakland peering down its nose at Fremont, are you kidding?  That's rich . . . .

You had your chance.  Turn your ire to your elected leaders.  

Go A's

But the A's are stuck - it simply cannot be Fremont and OAK doesn't work anymore.  For mostly intangible reasons, 'Bay Area' is just too weak sounding.  South Bay is weak too.  

I see only two choices, both of which are less than satisfactory:  San Jose and Silicon Valley.   Nevermind the inconvenient argument that to many, Fremont is not even in the Silicon Valley.  But realistically it is the only thing that works for this franchise in this location.  Take cue from the Newark 'W' Hotel - the Silicon Valley A's it must be.