Now that the Oakland A’s have announced plans to build a new ballpark on the waterfront next to Jack London Square, the city should solicit proposals from all comers for the Coliseum site the team would be abandoning.
After a botched plan last year to build a new ballpark next to Laney College, A’s President Dave Kaval last week unveiled drawings for a new field of dreams at Howard Terminal.
The waterfront site, owned by the Port of Oakland, presents the A’s with significant obstacles, including transportation for about 34,000 fans, railroad tracks separating the site from downtown and multiple environmental issues.