OAKLAND — Although the Raiders’ impending departure opens the door a little wider for a new A’s stadium, the baseball team is taking no pleasure in the idea of having the Oakland Coliseum to themselves.
“We were really disappointed to hear the news that they’re going to go,” A’s president Dave Kaval said Thursday. “We feel that this fan base in the East Bay is one of the best in all of professional sports.”
Kaval grew up in Cleveland — he’s still a Browns fan — and saw firsthand what it was like for an NFL franchise to be ripped from a loyal community.