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July 10, 2004

A's say stadium proposal is near

Oakland A's stadium czar Lewis Wolff says he'll give the team's owners a report on possible new stadium sites in the East Bay within the next two months. Wolff didn't say anything about finding someone who'd pay to build the thing - a 2001 study by the city of Oakland estimated a price tag of between $385 million to $565 million - but city council president Ignacio De La Fuente did tell the Oakland Tribune, "I am a strong believer that it is possible for the A's to build a new home in Oakland. It could be part of a major development of commercial retail and housing."

The last time the A's proposed a kitchen-sink plan like this, it's worth noting, a city official replied: "It's not really a plan, it's a bunch of pretty pictures. To me, it's not a plan until you have a financial strategy, but as far as I know, there has been nothing presented for how it will be financed." A city official named Ignacio De La Fuente.

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