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The new ballpark looks gorgeous. It's so nice to see the new A's owners willing to invest so much money into the team. They are willing to spend money to field a winning team and now are willing to put money up to build a stadium. No public financing. The Maloof's need to take that to heart in Sacramento. It can be done and there are plenty of corporations that would be willing to swing a similar deal.
Nice thing is that Fremont can actually be a shorter drive from Manteca. You don't have to hit the 580-880 bottleneck. You can go 580-680 and than take the appropriate expressway exits from there ... straight to the ballpark. My guess is it will chop 15-minutes off.
Only drawback is that ticket prices will be substantially more. I think you will lose a lot of old timers you had at the Coliseum.
Personally, I would have preferred a ballpark next to the current stadium. That would have allowed the A's to keep the Oakland feel ... which leads to the bigger question ... what to call them:
Oakland A's
Fremont A's
San Jose A's
Silicon Valley A's
East Bay A's
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