February 07, 2005
San Jose stadium would displace housing
San Jose's proposal to build a major-league baseball stadium doesn't have a funding plan or a team (while the Oakland A's are rumored to be interested, the San Francisco Giants control territorial rights to the city), but now it does have a bunch of angry neighborhood activists. Residents of the area where the stadium would be sited say they were in the midst of negotiations to build needed housing and a park on the site, when the city swooped in and decided to pursue buying it from its current owner. The neighborhood groups say they've been rebuffed in attempts to discuss this with Mayor Ron Gonzales; a mayoral staffer assured the San Jose Business Journal that there will be a "public process" regardless of what happens.
San Jose should worry about a team that is already there (San Jose Earthquakes), not a baseball pipe dream.
Posted by Bertell Ollman on February 7, 2005 09:24 PM