The San Jose City Council is set to discuss a strategy to attract major league baseball to San Jose at tonight’s evening City Council meeting. With the A’s pulling out of efforts to move to Fremont, San Jose is now in prime position to draw owner Lew Wolff and the A’s to downtown San Jose. For the most part, San Jose already owns the land necessary to build a big league ballpark just south of HP Pavilion and adjacent to the Diridon Station (stops for both CalTrain and VTA Light Rail). There are plenty of parties taking action to see where the A’s end up including owner Lew Wolff meeting with Oakland officials to see if its feasible to stay there, Major League Baseball forming a commission to study other whether alternative East Bay locations exist, and the San Francisco Giants purchasing a 25% stake in their minor league affiliate San Jose Giants, presumably to make a claim to their territorial rights to Santa Clara County. But we also have the San Jose City Council taking the pro-active steps necesarry to make a pitch to both Lew Wolff and Major League Baseball to draw them here to downtown San Jose.
In addition, Baseball San Jose, a community group supporting the efforts to attract the A’s to San Jose will be gathering at Billy Berk’s for a pre-City Council meeting rally at 5:30 pm. Join Baseball San Jose at Billy Berk’s or let your voice be heard at the City Council meeting.
Pre-City Council Meeting Support Rally
Tuesday, April 7 at 5:30 pm
Billy Berk’s
99 S. First Street
Downtown San Jose
City Council Meeting re A’s Baseball in San Jose
Tuesday, April 7 at 7:00 pm
San Jose City Hall, Council Chambers
200 E. Santa Clara Street
Downtown City Hall
We’d like to see the A’s up here in Sacramento also. Raley Field is already built and it can be expanded to support a major league team. There is great support for the Rivercats team also.
Raley Field is a fantastic ballpark but the Rivercats already play there. Plus, it wouldn’t compare to a brand new stadium in downtown San Jose. Lew Wolff has pretty much made it clear that San Jose is his top choice for moving the A’s.
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