Jake Gadon<\/a> of CBS Sacramento, and he shared numerous details on Thursday night. <\/p>\nThe idea behind the land purchase is to consolidate ownership of the area for potential redevelopment: “The thought process is so that they can own everything in that area, which is everything from the stadium, to the parking lot, to everything up to Drake’s,” Gadon said. “The hope is there’s only one ownership group of that whole entire area.”<\/p>\n
After seeing how the A’s departed Oakland, with the Coliseum land being split between the A’s and Oakland, consolidating ownership of the land that they’re hoping to turn into a Major League attraction is a wise move. <\/p>\n
Gadon also confirmed that Sacramento, West Sacramento and “other entities” will formally announce their push for an MLB expansion franchise in a couple of weeks. <\/p>\n
Sacramento’s biggest question mark already handled? <\/p>\n
This is the piece of Gadon’s interview that should ring some bells for the people of Sacramento.<\/p>\n
“Everything that I’ve heard, is that they have the money \u2014 in terms of getting a big whale to come in here and buy a team. That’s not the worry. Now with the acquisition of this new land, they believe they have the land to be able to build an MLB stadium in that area. On top of that, it also sounds like they have the tax money to make it happen.”<\/p>\n
Gadon also believes that the ballpark would end up going in the parking lot of Sutter Health Park, while the current ballpark would have to come down. <\/p>\n
The goal of this entire bid is to make West Sacramento, and by extension Sacramento itself, a sports entity. With the NBA’s Kings and the potential for MLS in the near future, a baseball team would really turn this area into a legitimate nationwide sports city. <\/p>\n
The question once this process gets started will be how eager MLB is to consider Sacramento as an expansion city on the west coast. The other contenders are Salt Lake City, Utah, Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia. Some of those options could be pretty enticing, and a couple of them already have public funding lined up. All three have renderings. <\/p>\n
The biggest factor for Sacramento is that they will have real data potentially on their side, with the A’s playing games at Sutter Health. <\/p>\n
Attendance is up by nearly 1,000 fans per game to 10,490 this season, which includes consistent weekend crowds that are either sellouts or close, and midweek games that are drawing an average of 8,913 per game against the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals. Neither of those two clubs are typically the biggest road draws, but the fans are showing up. <\/p>\n
If the A’s keep contending this season, Sacramento will have something no other expansion hopeful does: real MLB data proving that the market works. <\/p>\n
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