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Originally Posted by eye4talent
As someone who lived in the East Bay for five years, I would not choose Vegas over Oakland to locate my franchise—unless it was absolutely impossible to get a stadium deal done (which is quite possibly the case).
The Bay Area is the tech center of the world, home to 8 million people, and those homes are, on average, worth over $1 million. More than one franchise can thrive there—even if the Giants have the San Jose territorial rights in their clutches.
Oakland is a fun place to live, and it has been evolving—in large part due to the tech industry expanding from Silicon Valley. The proposed Howard terminal site is a short drive/ferry/BART ride from San Francisco. And Contra Costa County is in A’s country and is full of wealthy communities.
Beyond that, if the A’s were competitive and had a stadium on par with what the Giants have, they would draw from Marin, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties—home to some obnoxiously wealthy communities. And I’d even argue that the Sacramento area, home to another 2.4 million people, would send more fans to the games if the A’s were run like a modern, big-market franchise.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you on the claim that the A's would draw people from Marin, Santa Clara and San Mateo. Sacramento does seem like a good opportunity for the A's. The A's are the working class team -- specifically white and Hispanic working class types. They should have gotten a nice ball park in the Northern California away from ghetto Oakland.