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Oakland A's Offer to Pay $135M-Plus City, County Debt to Assume Coliseum Control

Bleacher Report | March 26, 2018

Related Topics: Oakland Athletics, Debt, City, Colosseum, Libby Schaaf, List of mayors of Oakland, California

The Oakland Athletics publicly announced their desire for full owernership of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Monday.

They sent a letter to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf in which they offered to pay more than $135 million in city and county debt in exchange for control of the Coliseum complex:

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We want to assume control of the Coliseum in exchange for paying more than $135 million of City and County debt. We want to own our ud83cudfe1. This is more than a slogan. #RootedInOakland https://t.co/IzISnh9qbm

The city of Oakland and Alameda County currently co-own the Coliseum.

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