San Jose A's? Closer to Reality
By Eric Thurow posted on Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 4:47 PM - (General)
The San Jose City Council approved a revised EIR on Tuesday for the construction of a downtown San Jose ballpark. As suggested by the environmental impact report, fees for parking in area should be raised to encourage the use of mass transit. The area where the ballpark would be built is near the downtown transit center, San Jose Diridon, where Amtrak, CalTrain, Altamont Commuter Express (ACE), Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST), Highway 17 Express, and Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority (VTA) buses and lightrail all meet up.
The Oakland Athletics are strongly considering the move to San Jose. The next step to accomplishing this goal is receiving the go ahead from Major League Baseball (MLB) and other team owners for the San Francisco Giants are claiming that they have the territorial rights to San Jose and Santa Clara County.
After early objections by the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks, the Sharks have now decided to drop anu opposition to the ballpark construction after agreeing to a new parking lot construction, as reported by the San Jose Mercury News.
If the move gets approved by MLB, then the ballpark can be placed a measure for the November elections. But this must be done by August 3rd. The cost of constructing the ballpark for the Athletics is estimated at $461 million, all of if being paid for by the A's. San Jose taxpayers would only be on the hook for at least $74 million for the land to be occupied by the ballpark and any street relocation and infrastructure.
It's now been more than a year since baseball Commissioner Bud Selig oppointed a committee to study the A's options. It would take a vote of three-quarters of baseball's owners to terminate the apparent Giants territorial rights.
The Oakland Athletics are strongly considering the move to San Jose. The next step to accomplishing this goal is receiving the go ahead from Major League Baseball (MLB) and other team owners for the San Francisco Giants are claiming that they have the territorial rights to San Jose and Santa Clara County.
After early objections by the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks, the Sharks have now decided to drop anu opposition to the ballpark construction after agreeing to a new parking lot construction, as reported by the San Jose Mercury News.
If the move gets approved by MLB, then the ballpark can be placed a measure for the November elections. But this must be done by August 3rd. The cost of constructing the ballpark for the Athletics is estimated at $461 million, all of if being paid for by the A's. San Jose taxpayers would only be on the hook for at least $74 million for the land to be occupied by the ballpark and any street relocation and infrastructure.
It's now been more than a year since baseball Commissioner Bud Selig oppointed a committee to study the A's options. It would take a vote of three-quarters of baseball's owners to terminate the apparent Giants territorial rights.
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