On Sunday, Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross of the San Francisco Chronicle reported that there may be a quieter, yet still important, supporter of the Howard Terminal site for a future, baseball-only park for the Oakland Athletics. This would be John Fisher, the son of the founder of Gap and the team’s majority stakeholder with an 80% stake in the Athletics. Even though he is not as outspoken as co-owner Lew Wolff, Matier and Ross reported that Fisher has taken an active role in the search for a new ballpark for the A’s.
While Wolff does not like the Howard Terminal site, Fisher seems to agree with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s opinion that this may be the ideal place to build a new stadium.