Where should the Bay Area's sports teams be located?

[rs913]

Anyone care to dust off this thread now that 9ers to Santa Clara is a done deal, the Warriors have unveiled a jewel of a SF relocation plan, and A's to San Jose is entering "when hell freezes over" territory?

[OhioGuy]

A's stadium search returns to Oakland waterfront

A shipping terminal long ago consigned to the dustbin of Oakland A's stadium sites has remerged as one of the city's two most viable options to keep the team from fleeing to San Jose.

During their first meeting in two years with the Major League Baseball committee studying future homes for the franchise, Oakland officials last week presented two ballpark options -- the well-publicized Coliseum City concept near the current stadium in East Oakland, and Howard Terminal, a waterfront site a few blocks north of Jack London Square.

The 51-acre terminal was one of the first sites considered more than a decade ago for the team. It didn't gain much traction then as its owner, The Port of Oakland, had it pegged for maritime operations. But an ongoing legal dispute with the terminal's tenant and ample shipping capacity at the port have city officials and stadium boosters again thinking it could play home to the A's.

"Howard Terminal is a spectacular site, one that would rival any stadium in the country for views and ambience," said Jim Zeliniski of the group Save Oakland Sports.

The site, while flawed, could make it harder for the team to leave town, sources aware of the proceedings said.

The MLB committee and city business leaders had told Oakland officials that they prefer a waterfront stadium near downtown rather than the Coliseum site.