Oakland to Athletics: Agree to Stay If You Want a New Ballpark
- City officials outline recommendations for stadium deal
- City wants to limit amount of tax dollars tied to development
The Oakland Athletics should commit to staying in the city for at least four decades in exchange for public financing to help build infrastructure for a new waterfront stadium, officials said.
The city administrator’s office on Friday released an outline of recommended provisions that should be included in any stadium deal. The city’s proposal should steer fewer future tax dollars to the project than the team has proposed and require the A’s to commit to stay as long as taxpayer money is tied to the development, according to the outline. The recommendations will be presented to a city council committee on Wednesday.