August 20, 2005
A's Plan B?
Mr. I'm-Not-Going-To-Negotiate-Through-The-Media isn't talking, but Oakland City Councilman Larry Reid tells the Contra Costa Times that A's owner Lew Wolff has a fallback position if his waterfront-stadium-and-condos plan falls through: a scaled-down stadium project in what's now the north parking lot of the Oakland Coliseum. (Yes, I think it has a corporate name now, but apparently not even the CC Times can be bothered to remember what it is.) "Outside the overall plan that he is pushing, I think this is probably the most logical alternative," said Reid, who didn't say how a Coliseum-side stadium would be paid for - but then, Wolff hasn't said how his preferred plan would be paid for, either, so it's all par for the course.
