The A’s expressed shock Wednesday morning after their plans to build a new ballpark near downtown Oakland were dashed.
The governing board of the Peralta Community College District, which owns the land near Laney College where the A’s wanted to build, voted in a closed-session meeting Tuesday to stop talks with the team.
“We are shocked by Peralta’s decision to not move forward,” a team press statement said. “All we wanted to do was enter into a conversation about how to make this work for all of Oakland, Laney, and the Peralta Community College District. We are disappointed that we will not have that opportunity.