The Oakland A's Are DEAD
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2023
- The Oakland A's Are DEAD
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It's crazy to think that in a span of 5 years, Oakland lost ALL of their Sports teams. With two of the three ending up in Las Vegas.
Four years ago, the A’s launched this “Rooted In Oakland” campaign which really seemed to set them up as Oakland’s Team…This was just as the Warriors were moving over to SF, and the Raiders were gearing up for their last season here.
The centerpiece of this campaign was a new membership plan called “A’s Access”…You could get a ticket package starting at 10 games, plus access to any other game, if you wanted. The biggest part was you got 50% off of all concessions (including beer, wine and booze) and parking for just $10 (Normally $30)…It was great, and a lot of fans came out to the games that year when the A’s won 97 games.
That membership was set for 2020, too…Until Covid hit.
Then, in 2021, the team scrapped that membership plan, started jacking up ticket prices, selling/trading their best players, and entered a period of attrition with the city…Which itself acted ridiculous for years with the ballpark matter here and treated the A’s like they were an enemy and not an asset. We have been a shell of a city as a result.
It’s not crazy if you think that even Walmart and Walgreens are also debating moving out of Northern California. Or California period. It’s an absolute mess over there. Crime drugs homeless. The wokeness is what killed those city’s.
@@rexpresto there was 100% an ownership decision to move to LV at some point in 2020. Everything since then has been a near self-sabotage of the team to make the move easier to pull off
It is sad for sure but on the other end, in the span of 5-6 years Las Vegas became a great sports city with die hard fans as well
@@ConstipatedTree bro what are you talking about 😂
You are missing the point. There are no fans by design. Traded all the players, raised concession and ticket sales. The owner was doing eveyrthing he could to prevent fans from going to the game to try and force the MLB's hand to step in and help them move. It is not the fans fault at all. Wolf, former part owner of the A's was roomates with Bud Selig, Bud promised to help the A's build a new stadium, it never happened, then Wolf sold his shares of the team. Joe Lacob, owner of the warriors have offered to purchase the A's from current owner Fischer but he wont sell, he just doesnt want to be in Oakland. You cannot blame the fans for any of this.
Owners own the clubs, they sell when they wish to sell, not when the fans wish they sell. Fans don't choose who their owners are.
Watch from 7:30 and after. I think he gives the fans the credit that he can.
Basically it's the villain's plot from Major League, but worse
It’s like Rachel Phelps in Major League
@@blacjackdaniels200 exactly lol
The biggest surprise from this situation was how long it took. A’s have been pursuing a new stadium since the late 2000s. The coliseum has been in a bad way since 2000s
Unfortunately, the A's had this problem since the 70's, they almost moved them to New Orleans
Their stadium always sucked it didn't start in the 2000's
I went there as a kid, either 2000 or 2001. It was a noticeable dump then.
@@theb3654 the owners didn’t want to do anything that’s the problem Wake up people
Remember, the Raiders moved out of there around 1980 when the stadium was less than 15 years old. It was already a toilet by then.
Very unfortunate for A's fans. Those of you who stuck with your team through all the hard years, especially now, are real fans. You guys have my condolence.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My grandfather was both a Philadelphia A’s and Philadelphia Warriors fan. Don’t feel sorry for Oakland as they didn’t deserve either franchise
Perhaps fans should vote GOP.Many are leaving Cal.
@@volodymyrzablotsky5372 Bro stfu people can have opinions you don’t have to hate places for leaving
I don’t blame A’s fans for not showing up. I do feel bad for them. The owners completely sabotaged the team. As a fan, how can you expected to show up when they raise the prices and sold the team. They intentionally put a losing product on the field.
I had season tickets in 2018, and I can say that this situation is worse than just losing a team. I feel for all the hard working everyday people that rely on the A’s for work. Oakland is already a struggling city.
The people of Oakland should blame the poeple they voted for. Shitty city policies are why it's a struggling city. Taxes are stupid so why would anyone want to set up a business there.
Nah. Not hard working. Not “hard working.” /
I've got news for you, EVERY city is now a hard-working but struggling city
California is a struggling state that is on a rapid decline every day. Change the policies and vote out the radical woke politicians or they can say good bye. Keeping their sports teams is gonna be the least of their concerns soon.
It's the local government's fault they didn't want to pay for a new stadium
My mom grew up watching this team, and now seeing it all disappear in front of us is super painful to see. Wish things could’ve been done differently
You can fly to Vegas in like 45 minutes
@Elijah Boyd I mean, Vegas will need A's fans to make the trip so they can profit
They're not going anywhere. Relax. Be thankful your team picked the one place that can't pick up the tab for their new ballpark. Miami promised it would never use public $ to build Marlins Park, but it happened! A's aren't going anywhere
@@theb3654 Maybe she likes the team because they play in OAKLAND? Do people really not understand that most people root for certain teams because they play in their home city? Lots of people don't want to continue rooting for a team that plays in another city other than their own
@@geoffmarshall6925 then she can root for the Giants and quit whining
The A’s have gone from “Moneyball” to “Major League.”
Major league, back to the minors...
Moneyball might have destroyed the franchise. I don't know how, I'll let the experts figure that out. But consistently trying to be heroes on the cheap might have something to do with it.
@@kermitfrog593 They were already cheap, at least moneyball let them be good.
@@shorewall You aren't going back far enough. When they had Canseco, McGuire, Henderson and Eckersley, they were not a bargain basement franchise.
This is the alternate storyline, where the evil owner in Major League is successful in her plan.
Living 1 mile from the stadium I’ve had the fortune of watching many great teams. The fans are some of the best and ownership has tragically insulted their passion 😢
Not ownership moron. City of Oakland. Who loses 3 franchises in 10 years? All power to you and your crappy city of Oakland bud. I am from east bay, I just feel sorry for the city of Oakland. All the homeless ruining NorCal and all the damn low income housing devaluing east bay.
Fujinami had good results in high school and in his first three years as a professional pitcher, but since then he has been unable to maintain control due to the yips, and every year he was demoted to the minor leagues or talked about being traded, but no team in Japan wanted to buy him.
I don't know why, but I am very grateful to the Athletics for buying him out at such a high valuation.
He terrorized many batters in Japan with dead balls, and not only the batters but also the fans of other teams are relieved that he is gone from Japan!
From a Japanese baseball fan
Hanshin and Chunichi might be the two worst teams as far as developing major league players 😭
大谷に勝ってたことも言及しよう
I live in Oakland and it is truly sad what has happened to the A’s here. Politicians and special interest groups for years have dragged their feet, brought up lawsuits and have failed to view the A’s as a business that actually brings something to this city. A new ballpark could have been done years ago (all anyone had to do was look across the Bay to see what the Giants ballpark did to revitalize that area in SF) but the city just couldn’t, or wouldn’t, get serious about this matter. The A’s leaving is just another nail in Oakland’s coffin.
Politicians...
Why do you keep voting the same people into office? If you blame politicians, I have no sympathy for you because you get what you vote for! You should be HAPPY this is happening!
Vote Blue, no matter who... right?
I feel genuinely bad for y’all. I’m a rays fan and have been worried about them potentially moving. Luckily we seem on a better path but seeing how they just gave up on the As and made it a bad experience for you guys is just disappointing. I wish things turned out better for y’all you guys have some dedicated passionate fans and deserved so much more.
lol. it's john fisher. it's the a's. if they want a stadium they need to pay for it.
@@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace 🤦♂️
@@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace Don’t blame me. I didn’t vote for any of the recent mayors here. There are too many people here who don’t really think about who they are voting for and what those people really stand for. They just let themselves fall for whoever says they “represent” them and keep marking their ballots the same way in every election.
a’s fan here. been going to games since i was a little kid and my grandpa worked at the coliseum when it first opened up. he’s getting pretty old but we were able to make it to opening day this year for the first time since covid and see one of the few wins this season. it’s just awful the way the ownership has treated us loyal fans throughout the years and now they’re leaving
It’s really stupid how greedy the owners are. I grew up in Oakland and remember going to games. Hope they will stay🙏🙏
Oakland is trash now, so you and your grandpa should move to Vegas. No state income tax, and he could enjoy the final years of his life. Oakland is out of control with crime.
@@wildfire6005 Its sad but not stupid, He is gonna make a helluva lot more in Vegas with the A's even if they are bad. Any intelligent person would make that move when you considering the cities of Oakland and Vegas
First the warriors, now As. What's going on in Oakland?
@@kermitfrog593 Taken over by thugs and gangs. Some places in Oakland, you have to pay a toll to allow the gang to let you pass through on the street or you will get shot.
Tough day for the Braves AAA affiliate
What happened
😂😅
@@buddyyoda7007 He is saying that the Athletics are merely a training ground for soon-to-be Braves players.
@@ChristopherX30 yea just got it a second ago after realizing Braves have Olson and Murphy
Marlins are the Yankees minor league club
I went to 13 games in 2017 when they finished in last place, but it was cheap tickets and the young guys brought up started playing well together at the end of the season, which led to a 3 year playoff run. Exciting times.
Now, not only did they trade all the good players, but they raised prices. I hardly know anyone, and their farm system is deep but without many top 1090 prospects. So there wasn’t much to look forward to at the games.
Doesn’t matter now, my favorite sports team since I was 5 years old is as good as gone.
The A’s moving to Vegas will be a historic one as being the first ever MLB franchise to host in four different cities. They have played in Philadelphia, Kansas City and currently in Oakland before the eventual move.
Personally, it’s too bad that Oakland lost everything since the city lost the Warriors and the Raiders.
no loyalty
Philadelphia should never have demolished Connie Mack stadium. Was nicer and more historic than both Fenway and Wrigley
Owners and players are only loyal to the all mighty dollar.
They'd move to Antarctica if the penguins paid well enough
They were little more than a farm team for the Yankees while in Kansas City.
@@kmena05 the fans are some of the most loyal but it is a smaller market with the 49ers and Giants being the neighbors and management/owners are somewhat to blame as well. Oakland just doesn’t want to pay
Philadelphia, Kansas City, Oakland and now Las Vegas. As a fan I don't even know what to do anymore. 😔
I'm sorry that you will be losing your team. But you can stick it to John Fisher by not attending the games or buying any merchandise. That's what the fans of the Houston Oilers did after then-owner Bud Adams announced that he intended to move his team to Nashville, and he lost millions in ticket sales and merchandise.
Move to Las Vegas LOL!
Move out of Oakland.
A's are becoming the team with the most city moves. Before this they were tied with Braves and Orioles but it is over
yeah, I have been in every mlb ballpark, field, stadium, coliseum, and dome west of Toronto. now I have to go to Las Vegas (and I haven't lived this far east in 25 years). I cherish every game I saw in Oakland! I got a major league baseball my first game in Oakland! I also got a major league baseball in the last game I saw in the coliseum!! GOOD TIMES!!!
I'm devastated. I've been an A's fan since the early 80's. Other than being alive, I can't think of anything that's been so continual. The yearly dedication, the daily ritual, it's all gone now. Las Vegas is a city that I absolutely detest, and so my allegiance to the A's ends when they leave Oakland. I don't think I could love another team, so now I have lost one of the few constants I've had in my life. This is truly like a death to me.
Just move to Vegas and you can watch many sports. Viva Las Vegas.
I never been to Oakland and don't know the Bay Area, so my question is, how much of a hassle is it to go to a Giants game in SF? I live in NYC, and was used to going to Shea & Yankee Stadium from Staten Island, which was about an hour by car. Is Oakland to SF worse than that?
@@RRaquello It's a reasonable commute to SF.
Yup as soon as they head to Vegas the giants will gain another fan this was such a gut punch
It really was. But I have hope they will stay.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It's honestly pretty impressive. Vegas went from having no pro sports team, to having 3 in about 10 years (once this is completed). Hats off to them
& Oakland went vice versa
And in 10 years, they will all be gone.
@@dvhughesdesign just how clueless are you?
Dont forget the WNBA.
@@dvhughesdesign Raiders have a 30 year lease at Allegiant Stadium. Are you really this stupid??
I’m from Stockton, moved to the Reno area in Nevada about 12 years ago. It takes about the same amount of time to drive to Las Vegas as it does for me to drive to Oakland. Man…. I don’t want my Oakland A’s to leave Oakland…. but, the city of Oakland has shown that they don’t want the A’s. That much is clear… :::sigh::: Oh well…. 😢
It shouldn’t be a city’s job to keep a team. Shouldn’t be the people’s responsibility.
@@mattborman5780 When the city doesn’t want to work with the owners how is it not their fault? The A’s tried pretty damn hard to find a new home in Oakland. The port, that college campus, they got our hopes up, I just wanted them to “update” or renovate the coliseum once the Raiders left, make it a baseball only stadium, ya know? But again.. “the city” was in the way, they came out and said the coliseum site could make “more money” with something other than a baseball stadium there. 🙄
It’s the owners Put blame where it needs to be
@@frankthespank the owners did nothing For a fake There going to move out of LV In about 10 years
@@frankthespank this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. How can you even say that
The blame should go to former commissioner Crud, oops, Dud, oops, Mud, oops, Fudd, oops, Bud Selig for blocking the moves to Fremont and San Jose, not to mention his " contraction " BS he was uttering at that time too.
The owners Tanked the team again Traded all the good players away
You really blew it on the teams that have left Oakland. What about the Oakland Seals of the NHL or, as they were known the California Golden Seals during the Finley era! Warriors in Oakland, I was there when Spencer Haywood played his first game in the NBA after getting out of an ABA contract
Henderson, Canseco, McGwire, Giambi, Tejada, Chavez, Hudson, Mulder, Zito…the list goes on, just a few of my favorites growing up. Thanks for the memories Oakland, on to a brighter future for the fans.
Yep the list goes on…Stewart, Eckersley, Hendu, Steinbach, Sierra, Matt Stairs, Chapman, Olson, Canha, Manaea, TLong, Semien, Bassitt, Laser Ramon, Ben Grieve, Eric Byrnes, Hattie, Ramon Hernandez, Jermaine Dye, Johnny Damon, Brandon Miss, Cespedes, Sonny Gray, Stephen Vogt, Josh Reddick….all from memory
@@P31B Can’t forget Dallas’s perfect game or Mike Fires’ no-nos.
@@milesian1 lol somehow forgot about Fiers. Braden was great, still is.
You're young. No mention of Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Bert Campaneris, Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers, Sal Bando, Kenny Holtzman, Gene Tenace. Those are the guys who won 3 straight World Series.
Carney Lansford, Mike Gallego, Walt Weiss, Bob Welch, Mike Moore, Ron Hassey, Tony Phillips, Jim Corsi, Matt Stairs, Gerrrrronimo Berrrrrrroa!!!!
A lot of memories watching the A's at the coliseum. Lifelong east bay local here. City of Oakland is at fault for this. A's were trying to get a new home for over 20 years. City of Oakland is a disaster. Corruption in city management from the top down. The potential that Oakland has is unlimited. Really hard to watch what is and has been going on for generations now.
During my youth, winning was spelled O-A-K-L-A-N-D. The As were the most formidable World Series team during my teens, in my 20s the Raiders would win Super Bowls by punishing blow outs, and as a kid, I saw the Oakland Oaks become the best title team in the early years of the ABA. And I still recall the sting of the Golden State Warriors 4-0 upset over the Washington Bullets in 1975.
And now, the best pro sports city is going to be a shell. The place that could never lose now has my sympathy.
what..? no Golden Seals stories..?
The Warriors got two of the wins over the Bullets in Daly City, at the District A-1 Agricultural Association, because the Ice Follies were booked into the Coliseum.
@@gregsells8549 I don't remember the venue. I just remember the disgust in seeing the Bullets fall so hard. Thank god for 1978.
@@brianarbenz1329 The A-1 Agricultural Association is better known as the Cow Palace. It was the Warriors' first home in California, when they were the San Francisco Warriors.
@@gregsells8549 Ah, I was going to ask if that was the "Cow Palace."
This train wreck has been happening in slow motion for years. Sympathy to the GOOD people of Oakland!
Thank you for the respect. Coming from oakland
This will be a big win for Oakland as attendance keeps dropping for Professional sports as the younger Millennial generations has little or no interest in sports. Let sucker city Las Vegas have it. They're famous for their White Elephants.
If I was the A's I would have left too. California is garbage.
I don't live in Oakland, but it's sad to see two of it's pro teams move away. Also, I'm used to thinking of them as an Oakland team. Yes, it's been known that the Athletics played in other towns. Pro sports hasn't been friendly to Oakland, California!
I remember takin the bart from Dublin to the stadium. When Marco scutero, frank Thomas, reddick,Suzuki, mark ellis, tajeda, kotsay(I guess he’s back but as manager). The stadium wasn’t sold out ofc but still had decent turnouts. Cheap tickets for decent seats. What a great time and nostalgia
Other than Vegas the total popularity of Nevada gotta be like 20 people
That's 8 more than in Oakland! 😂
Vegas and Reno but yes
Enough to take your team 😂
This is very sad. I grew up in California in the 1970s and still live here. Fifty years ago in 1973, Oakland had a major league team in all four sports. From 1967 thru 1974 there was an NHL franchise known as the California Golden Seals. In 1975 they moved to Cleveland and became the Barons but soon folded due to bankruptcy. To think in my lifetime a great sports city soon to be a sports ghost town.
Well put. Indeed a sports ghost town.
Now Oakland will only be known for homelessness, drugs, and rampant crime. Good job
The 70’s appeared to be the A’s hey day.
Since they won those two titles in a row.
But in all honesty, they’ve had nearly 35 years of misery since their last title in 1989.
I went to a game in Oakland once as a visiting fan. And they do have a passionate fan base. It was a regular season game, but it was a near-playoff atmosphere.
The Bay Area and especially Oakland has some of the best fans. The We Believe Warriors fans were probably the best NBA fans of all time. But quite simply if the team is trying to suck ass then the fans just won’t care. It’s the same thing in Philly when the 76er’s were in the Trust The Process years as like nobody went to their games but now that they are somewhat competitive they almost fill every game. The whole situation in Oakland is unfortunate as the Warriors knew that people in San Francisco would pay more for games and they could actually host other events at their new arena and the Raiders knew the same of Vegas. Hopefully Oakland gets a team like MLS or some other sport because their fan base will be crazy.
@@G-546 The A's have fielded teams well beyond their economics for 2 decades. They were so good at it a movie was made about them. I don't think they were determined to suck. I think they were determined to move. That was the issue.
@@G-546 we have the roots and the spiders...
I went in 2010, and it was a lot of fun with what few fans showed up. As close as it got in the Majors to a Japanese game
@@G-546 Sixers got bounced in the second round (again).
Doc was also fired last Tuesday
In cities like this I feel like professional teams do a lot more for morale then other cities, it sucks for all the Oakland fans out there. But I will always remember the beat of the war drum echoing across the field. I honestly feel like this is one of the shittiest things to happen to a city in a while. The whole process from A's management was basically to treat fans like less then dirt, which in a city like this isn't needed any more then classless outsiders already do. Its a real shituation.
Ever since the move was announced, the team account on Twitter has been silent, as in no new posts.
They’re cowards that’s why
@@fernandoacosta7423 Screw it. The fans obviously don't care or they'd been at games.
@@TheSolidSnakeOil you’re completely unaware of the situation if that’s what you think is going on
@@TheSolidSnakeOil The team owner has been actively pushing fans away by not investing in the team.
To put the blame on the fans is incredibly ignorant and shows your limited knowledge on this whole situation.
@@TheSolidSnakeOil lil bro have you ever been to an As game?? Nothing but passion from the fans
as a giants fan this feels like your life long neighbor moving or getting evicted.
giants are also a cause of this btw the giants have some history with the land they are on and the A's
and he was a cunt so you're a little happy
I'm an A's fan and don't want to convert to the Giants once the A's leave 😂😂
@@lmaokai392 True, the Giants opposed the A’s moving to San Jose. I still think Fremont would have been an okay location for a new stadium. But that ship has sailed.
Yeah and you guys won’t give the A’s back San Jose after they gave it to you for FREE when you were struggling
When a teams management is so cheap that the staff need to completely redefine the way people look at the sport just to build a roster you can pretty much guarantee that things won't end well.
True
I certainly remember my first A’s game in Oakland in 1969: how could I forget? It’s the first time I ever kissed a girl and she kissed back or didn’t push me away … but even greater than that kiss was being there watching the most underrated great player in A’s history: Allan Lewis!! How this guy’s uni number hasn’t been retired is beyond human comprehension. He boasts a lifetime .207 BA. The night I saw him [the same night I mentioned before that I was kissed at the first time with a girl] Lewis hit a single… sure, ok, it was a weak soft accidental dribbler, but the Panama Express took off and made it to first. Lewis is still clocked as the fastest runner in MLB history [he ran the bases in 12.4 seconds].
I even got his autograph but lost it. If I would find it I could be rich!❤❤❤
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It's mad how what's considered bad attendance for baseball is considered decent for first-class cricket
I knew something was off when they left that Hogan Harris guy in for like 10 ABs against the Mets in that 17-6 game, poor guy had nothing working I felt so awful for him man.
It's worse with the A's losing to the Rangers 18-3. Kotsay sounds defeated because he can't do anything with a garbage roster that Fisher put together _on purpose_ just to get the team to move.
I LOVE Hogan’s Heroes!
My fave tv show with those funny Nazi guys😂
I remember being in little league when the A's had their mini-dynasty in the late 80s/early 90s. Those teams were legendary. All of us kids knew who every single one of the players were. And we were in Florida. That's how the A's briefly were the best team in America. We'd imitate Big Mac, Canseco & Rickey's batting stances. Eck's & Smoke's delivery. I never would've thought then, this would eventually happen. They need to change their name to the Las Vegas Vagabonds. 'Cause the A's will eventually... relocate. It's what they do.
I hated them. They were indeed legendary.
I played on the Oakland A’s when I was in Little League… but this was in Flummerville, Arkansas, in 1967….. great memories and thank you so much for remembering and appreciating me⚾️
This is very similar to the Supersonics leaving Seattle. The team has a terrible owner who did everything that they could to discourage people from buying tickets. Then they blame the fans for low attendance and move the team out of state.
Facts
Awesome coverage! Thanks for posting
oakland mayor has done NOTHING to keep The A's. despicable
I went out to the Bay Area in 2006 to watch Frank Thomas and the A’s and that team made me a die hard fan and I’m originally from Tennessee. I love their uniforms, colors, and logo. It’s a shame what California Cities have become.
I don’t think that Oakland can really be blamed for the A’s leaving. The A’s intentionally didn’t invest anything into the team or stadium which is 100% the reason fans didn’t show up. And the city gave them a good location for a stadium at Howard Terminal but the A’s likely never intended on playing there despite pretending to be interested. Also the city not funding a stadium makes sense. San Francisco didn’t fund Chase Center but the Warriors raised money by creating a good team and doing small renovations to keep fans at Oracle Arena. The A’s ownership is just a complete joke
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A's games used to be so much fun! We had guys drumming in far left field. We had fans everywhere. We had great announcing. And when Ichiro came to play, oh my goodness it was fun, we had Japanese fans everywhere. And it wasn't very expensive. Twenty years ago i could buy a field level ticket between 1st base and home near the field for 20 bucks. Now . . . .
For a city to lose a champion basketball, famous football now a storied baseball...never thought it would happen...but a lot of people did.
As someone who is from Vegas, I am sad to hear that the A’s are coming here. I feel bad for Oakland fans. I wish the MLB could expand and make a new franchise in Vegas. Sad to see Oakland have no more sports teams.
You do realize that attendance for Professional Sports keeps dropping as the younger Millennial generation has little or no interest in Sports. Let Las Vegas have it, and they're just stupid enough to build a new stadium for the A's. And if it fails, it falls on the taxpayers.
@@michaelellringer5600 Vegas needs to resolve that water crisis within the Colorado River
Tesla: The A's aren't 'coming here' yet. Kaval and Fisher have negotiated an option to purchase land. That's all. They have no funding, no subsidy plan and they do not have MLB approval to move. There is also the matter of compensating the (multiple) MLB teams that currently consider Vegas their shared market... like the Nats had to do with the Orioles.
So, they don't have a site. They don't have any funding from the city or state. And they don't have permission to move or "free" tv rights to sell.
on the other hand, they have $500m in funding on offer from Oakland.
And they are going to leave a (shared) market of 10m people to move to market of 2m people?
Add to that the stadium in LV will be at least $500m more expensive than one in Oakland (roof, AC system)....
This video is highly speculative. Literally nothing has been decided yet. If they A's get MLB permission to move and start building a stadium, I will believe it. Right now, they have spent nothing but hot air on this project. NOTHING.
I feel bad for the A's fans who stuck it out for all these years. The fact that Oakland lost all 3 of their sports teams within such a short period time is such a tragedy. I know Oakland has bigger fish to fry in terms of the city's issues, but losing a team that holds the city's identity is depressing. I hope Vegas brings good to them.
The owners fault He didn’t want to sale Or fix the park up he has the money
What are the city's issues? I know a lot of people complain about the state of affairs in California these days but the other teams seem to be fine.
@@kermitfrog593 They have one of the highest debts of an individual city in the country, and their problems didn't come overnight. Most of Cali's big issues are in Oakland but on steroids.
@@kermitfrog593 it’s not the state it’s the people that bs all the time they don’t like the political stuff but that’s every state
@@floralgem Thanks for the reply. Is there something unique about Oakland that gave debts recently? They used to have a lot of sports teams.
Just a fun fact. This franchise originally was the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1954. Then they moved to Kansas City from 1955 to 1967. Finally they movies to Oakland in 1968. And now they are going to Vegas.
No, they aren't going to Vegas. They don't have MLB permission to move. They don't have a stadium plan, a funding plan or any of the other things they will need to move. They don't even own land there yet.
This video is putting the cart waaaaay before the horse.
Oakland has offered them $500m toward a new stadium. Vegas has offered them sweet FA to this point, and they have been playing footsie with Vegas for almost 2 years now.
Oakland is a city that has a long history of losing sports teams. Started first with the Seals, then Raiders twice mind you, then Warriors and now A’s.
I started to watch A's baseball from 2012, not long after seeing the movie Moneyball which made me really interested about this team, despite I'm not even from California. It's just tragic and heartbreaking. I think it is over 90% to blame John Fisher for what happend to the A's. This man literally puts the money coming from broadcast deal and revenue sharing all into his pocket. Even if the A's decided to stay in Oakland and get a new ballpark, I'm pretty sure things would be not that different with John being the owner.
There's also just not much fan interest. Even when the A's were winning a ton of games their attendance was well below league average. Some cities just don't really care about sports teams.
@@brandondillman5841Because the stadium is trash
@@DMalltheway Plenty of teams have trash stadiums in professional sports and draw fans. RFK stadium was garbage, but the Redskins sold out every home game for 30 years and had a 25 year waiting list for season tickets. If the team is playing well, the fans should show up. Regardless of how shitty the stadium is.
@@brandondillman5841 Clearly you haven’t been to the coliseum or your just flat out blind.
@@brandondillman5841 the owner didn’t do anything that’s up to them not the city or the fans Raised everything so Fans stay away
I feel bad for the fan base. This team has a lot of history and the fans deserve better
No... When the fans demand winners and become fair weather fans, well, you SHOULD lose your teams...
@@ronclark9724 No. when you’re a baseball owner and spend 40 million on payroll you should be forced to sell. It’d be different if they spent 200 million and were bad, but that’s not the case.
The fans deserve to be mugged in their open air prison.
I’m an O’s fan and was at the low attended game. It was originally schedule as a night game, but the day before was reschedule as a day game due to weather. It was a weekday as well.
It was like the perfect storm for low attendance
Pun!
I was born and raised in the bay. I went to multiple "battle of the bay" games growing up (for both baseball and football). It's just a special atmosphere having two teams so close together in proximity to be able to watch the games at both stadiums. Both stadiums were packed with both teams fans, providing a more competitive and exciting environment. I'm not a huge fan of baseball. Haven't kept up with the game in nearly 10 years. However, those games were some of the memories I can look back with a smile on my face.
Anyone with common sense would move out of Oakland ASAP!
It's an opportunity for the A's to build a nice single purpose ballpark with classic features and great fan experience.
Tax payer funded stadiums is ridiculous. These orgs can afford their own stadiums. They don’t bring jobs at all…. What a few hours once or twice a week?
My first game ever was 1971, I was 6 years old. I went with my father and grandfather. I had no idea what was going on. In 1975 in the final game, Vida Blue and 3 other pitches threw a no hitter. Reggie Jackson hit two homers to tie George Scott for the league lead. I was heartbroken when they lost the playoffs to the Red Sox, 5-3. I don't know how many games I have seen. It's time to move, given all the parties involved, to fault of the young players.
I think if the Rays move too, they should stay in state and go to Jacksonville
Orlando. Jacksonville is likely losing their NFL team. Too small of a TV market.
Born and raised just 10 mins away from the Coliseum I've loved this team my whole life and it feels like somethings been stolen. I don't care about the politics, money, or degenerate owner it just isn't right that Oakland won't have a team. Sadness
Really sad news. Taking the Bart train over to the game was such a great time.
Get real kid
I feel you dawg Born and raised in SF gonna miss battle of the Bays
It’s the owners tradeing all the good players Stuff going up Makes fans mad He was doing this Just like the raiders did At list the basketball team went over to sf It’s still around And he wanted to buy the A the owner nope I’m going to get great money in LV When the All goes away There going to move again
@@anthonycaruso8443 Bro stfu it’s not like you’ve ever lived in Oakland you don’t have a goddam say in any of this
Where are they going to play in between the time their lease is over at the Coliseum in '24 and the time the new stadium is built in '27?
Hearing you say there was more possum shit than fans… *chefs kiss*
Lol
The A's moving to Las Vegas breaks my heart and I'm not even an A's fan, I'm sorry to all you A's fan.
Clear out the stadium in Oakland and build some much-needed housing there.
4:41 This is the face of A's in Oakland.
lol! just killing time between drug binges.
Vegas already took their NFL team (Oakland Raiders), now they're taking their MLB team. Unfortnate.
Been going to Oakland A's Games since 1987 at two years old.
Caught a HOME RUN Ball from Roman Hernandez in 2000 against Seattle... Never forget the smile on my dad's face.. I was 15...
Damn shame to see what's going on in Oakland.
Knowing that I won’t be able to take my future kids to their first ball game at the Coliseum really hurts.
It's gonna hurt that possum even more, bro. He's gonna be homeless.
I just took my 2 young sons to their first game this past Sunday. Immediately after this news broke. Heartbreaking.
Coliseum is outdated and in dire need of replacement.
But yeah it had its run
Oakland deserves this. They keep electing Mayors that are incompetent regarding the homelessness problem.
Crazy how the mayor blames the As for wanting to leave. Oakland is one of the worse cities in the world.
Eh, still better than Mogadishu.....
Please do a video about the rise and fall of Madison Bumgarner.
idk he just got tired over time. he was good for literally 10 straight years so there's really no rise and fall.
I'm an A's fan and I'm absolutely pumped about this move to Vegas. Finally, my favorite baseball team will be loved by a city that isn't an absolute shithole.
Vegas is also a shithole, but it has pretty lights
I wrote a few years ago to do what the Mets did build a new stadium in the parking lot and nobody thought that from the A’s so if they move to Las Vegas it’s their own fault
They have $500m on offer from Oakland.
They have $0 on offer from Las Vegas.
If Fisher and Kaval want to go I will volunteer to help them pack.
Basically, the owner of the A's watched "Major League" and said "That owner had a great idea of how to destroy a team so I can move it". This is pretty much what they did to the Expo's too.
As a San Diego sports fan I feel for you Oakland. Funny how the only reason I hated your city was because the the chargers and raiders rivalry but considering I was betrayed by the bolts leaving and you lost the "silver and black" and now your baseball team, I have no feelings other than sadness. I grew up on tailgating at the Q and now my kids cant do it. At least we have the Padres but you dont even have the experience of a MLB game now. Sorry Oakland.
Lol that mayor said all that, as if a lot of us won't remember that the city of Oakland wouldn't give them a new stadium 😂
Why should municipalities be paying for stadiums and arenas and not these wealthy owners and their entertainment companies?
@@Khaoki They wouldn't even help. I am not fan of cities paying for stadiums, but Oakland fought them every step. It was a mess.
@@MafiaGuido Again: Why should municipalities be paying for stadiums and arenas and not the wealthy owners or the teams?
@@Khaoki They shouldn't. But if they don't and some other city does, you lose the team. That's a fact you have to live with. My solution is let the team move and watch them on TV, which most fans do anyway for 99% of the games they watch. What does it matter where the team plays if you're watching from your couch? And if you want to see a game in person, go to a Little League or a High School game.
@@RRaquello for a lot of fans who grow in the same place as the teams or the fandom runs down the family, it means everything and not the same if the team is somewhere else. I’d give up on my teams if they moved even tho I have a hard time seeing it happen
They also had a hockey team in Oakland as well, that also folded. Oakland had a team in every sport.....and lost them all.
So so sad
I’m old, but remember the glory of the A’s when I was a kid. Three World Series rings on 1972, 73, & 74. Than the A’s had back to back appearances in 1988 & 89, & winning it all in 1989. Im not from there but admire their History. So so sad
PS: don’t be surprised if other CA sports teams leave in the coming years.
IMHO, the city of Oakland has NEVER been a premier destination like its sister city SF. . .So 2 years ago, when talk of a new $1 Billion stadium was being proposed ( along with $11 Billion more to upgrade HT area). . . I knew right then that it was NOT gonna ever happen & the A's evetually were gonna move away from the crime-ridden loser ghetto aka Oaktown. . . I grew up in San Jose & followed the A's for 18 years & then 20 with the Giants. . .But in 2014, after the Giants won their 3rd WS in 5 years & for me, at age 52, I pretty much stopped devoting so much time to sports in general. . . Ironically, I moved to Vegas in the spring of 2021, so having the A's & Raiders both here is amazing 😂
Bud Selig being his usual scumbag self by blocking every sale of the A's until his frat friend was the last one left effectively killed baseball in Oakland
When the fair weather fans don't attend games in the numbers suitable to support a MINOR league team, don't expect to keep a major league team...
@@ronclark9724 The ownership is basically fielding a minor league team right now and the attendance reflects that
After the 2012 season, it was just difficult to watch the A's. I was 12 and had my dreams shattered by seeing all of our good plagers traded away. Not some of them, all of them. And even within recent years it hurts to put on a game because i dont know anybody and we suck.
I’d go further and say it’s been difficult for nearly 35 years, since their last championship was 1989.
hey it's not the first time the Athletics have relocated. from Philadelphia to Kansas City. then Kansas City to Oakland.
Gotta feel bad for Oakland fans, their ownership is probably the least caring of their fans in all of the MLB, arguably the least caring in all of professional sports in North America
The profit sharing and baseball needs retraction
@@Blackdoomdeath666 I couldn’t agree more
Yet the A's were in the playoffs just a few short years ago...
@@ronclark9724 And then the owner decided to have a fire sale.....
The major is lying, or just inept. Oakland lost the Warriors, Raiders, and now the Athletics not because all three teams lied to them but because Oakland leaders are obstinate even as the city is crumbling around them.
It’s the owners and only the owners Raiders left so many times nothing new Keep sticking up for the owners they don’t care about you Or the players They trad the good ones away
The warriors are only over the bridge not far and it’s still Full
The mayor is right. Oakland has offered $500m to help them build. Fisher and Kaval would prefer to pay their own way in Vegas (a city with 1/6th of the population of the bay area as a whole)?
Please. They have nothing in Vegas. No funding plan. Nothing.
it's a shame how the A's ownership have treated their fans. I've attended a ton of games there as a non-A's fan, and their fans are usually really cool people. And fiercely loyal when they shouldn't be. Over the years however, that stadium has become really run down, the roster is a joke, and it's obvious the ownership couldn't care less.
Facts
I’m from LA , and went to Oakland A games this past week. Damn the team need new leaders and a new stadium or they need to upgrade the stadium.
It was sad. I travel a lot for work and always visit baseball stadiums. Damn
It is very difficult to make the case that Oakland has good fans when no one is showing up to their games. Don't tell me about bad teams. As a long suffering Rangers fan, I know about bad teams. At least Oakland has World Series championships. Facilities? Sure, but I went to many games at the old Arlington Stadium that existed for the first 25 years of the Rangers being in Texas and that place was at least as bad as the Coliseum. Absolutely no place to hide in the Texas heat, something Oakland doesn't have an issue with. Yet fans have, for the most part, continued to support the Rangers. There's little evidence that a new ballpark would make a great deal of difference, especially if the team gets some support when they have better players. But all teams, especially the Rangers, have made bone-headed moves too. Some worked out, many did not. Its hard to blame politicians because the fans (or at least the city) voted them into office. So we've run out of other people to blame.
The As were playing to many sell outs in the late 80s and early 90s. That was a popular team.
Don’t blame the fans this on the owner only I’m lmmfao at people like you Blameing the fans The owners trading players away He tank them So MLB wont relocate the team And that’s a fact
Can’t wait to see the new stadium in Vegas.
Vegas gets all excited when it comes to building White Elephants!
I feel bad most for people who work in and around the stadium, the ushers, ground crew, ticket office etc. Now they're gonna lose their jobs.
I love how predictable the Oakland mayor's position is. We knew what she's going to say before she even says it.
I went to the opener just to watch the angels because Otani was pitching.
Me to
Lol
I've been a A's fan since the late 2000"s, i have always loved the coliseum, but seeing what it has become and the team as well, i feel kinda glad they are moving on. It was a matter of time for this nightmare to end. The only bad thing now is that we have to wait another 4 years to see the new home of the A's.
It’s on the owner And only on the owner F him He could of sold the team But nope
This owner of the A's owns the San Jose Earthquakes too, always known as a cheap owner and the fans have always wanted him gone
Vegas is a numbers town. You would think they would see what the odds are with a club that consistently trades away their talent. Secondly, Vegas is a largely poor population with big money reliant on the transient casino visitation. How can you build a fan base to see you through the rough times when those fans have to build in a flight and hotel to the ticket price.
I'm not from Oakland but I loved and followed the A's since I was a kid because of the McGwire and Canseco team. I moved to Vegas recently so I am ecstatic to hear they are relocating here.
Fans in Las Vegas must be feeling great as they won the jackpot... Sorry Oakland fans, you lose...
@@metsandjetsfan5174 wrong The owners Did this He didn’t want to pay to fix up the place It’s going to be the same in LV The team can move now F the owner
Oakland went from 3 teams to 0 very embarrassing
Not the teams fault.
The owner has sabotaged them at every turn so that he can move the team.
Also, I think too it's because the city is so much disarray.
@@mordsythe oh I’m not blaming the team. I’m blaming the owners for playing “moneyball” and the city for forcing their hands
@@nowtheworld138 well the city played fair.
The owner was doing everything in his power to move the team.
He wasn’t negotiating in good faith like Oakland was.
Oakland a long time ago has a NHL team too... Raise your total to 4...
The leadership of Oakland did absolutely nothing to keep the A’s! They didn’t care if the A’s left or stayed! They proved they didn’t care about the teams, when the Warriors left, than the Raiders and now the A’s! Oakland is a terrible sports town!
Oakland is NO longer a major league city.... I not even sure if its a minor league city...
wow i cannot believe that they let that historical place go into such disrepair
Imagine being one of the best team in baseball in 2019, only for not only having kinky sh*t going on the upper deck, but to literally be ready to move to Las vegas
Imagine the kinky sh*t that's gonna happen there
The owners tanked the team
It's not the teams fault it's those who run the city of Oakland.
The owner is cheap. Why should a city have to make up for that?
@@franklindcottrell The city were the landlords... Their stadium sucks... The worst in MLB... And its not like they didn't have any time either...
@@franklindcottrell The Coliseum is owned by the city of Oakland. The A's had no obligation to remain in Oakland for as long as they did if it weren't for the fan attendance and little TV revenue they could muster with a competing San Francisco.
Throughout the 80s, when the Raiders were in LA, that was a perfect opportunity to give the A's a new ballpark... what did Oakland do?... Build "Mount Davis" to lure the gypsy Raiders back to town only for them uproot again. Now that the A's are [now "were"] the last team, Oakland finally paid attention. The writing was on the wall for 40 years -- outside of Jon Fisher
Reminds me of when MLB was going to sacrifice the Twins. They ended up getting a new stadium but have been just north of “meh” ever since.
They did sacrifice the Expos.
@@shauncameron8390 Yes indeed they did. I sometimes wonder if the Twins should have been cut too. We haven’t had a team good enough to go deep in the playoffs for decades. I think the Twins will always be one of those teams you go to watch when the weather is nice and it’s a good day to be out lazing in the sun.
My dad been working to keep em in Oakland for years, waiting a few days to talk to him abt this...
I feel bad for all the Athletic supporters.
You mean all the jock straps?😂😂😂😂😂