Where: Oakland California
Who is making the opposition arguments? local pastors
Which stadium was built with the use of eminent domain? Oakland Coliseum, home to the A’s since 1968
Community arguments in opposition to a new waterfront stadium?
- the new stadium forsakes “the significant investment in the Coliseum”
- insult to the residents of East Oakland, who have been partners and neighbors
- redevelopment of the Coliseum will price residents out of their neighborhood
- tax dollars should not go to a private developer in the form of subsidies when there is education and infrastructure that needs the funding
Mercury News | A’s move from Coliseum would be insult to East Oakland residents