Lost in the thrill of a major announcement, dreamy renderings and self-congratulations is a potential issue with the A’s preferred ballpark site at Howard Terminal.
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UC Berkeley associate professor of environment design Kristina Hill, in a post on the university’s website, warned that rising sea waters related to global warming could complicate the project, a privately built facility the team hopes to open in 2023.
Pshaw, said A’s president Dave Kaval.
“We’ve done extensive testing on the site,” Kaval told UC Berkeley’s John Hickey, one-time A’s beat writer for the Oakland Tribune.