The Oakland City Council has reversed course and voted to allow negotiations to begin for the sale of the city's half of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum site to the A's, now the lone professional sports team occupying the land, Phil Matier of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
This comes after the city threatened a lawsuit against Alameda County for attempting to sell its ownership stake in the Coliseum. The suit was dropped at the urging of MLB, as commissioner Rob Manfred insinuated there was a risk of the A's relocating if the legal action continued.
The A's still have aspirations of building a waterfront ballpark at Howard Terminal near Jack London Square.