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Oakland Athletics Stadium Update: Oakland Ditches Kephart

Both the Oakland Athletics and Raiders watched new developments surface in the seemingly never-ending saga of the fate of Oakland sports teams over the weekend. Inside Bay Area News reported that Oakland City Council members and Alameda County Supervisors plan to deliver a letter to Floyd Kephart, which will notify him that the city and county do not intend to extend his September 24th deadline to finalize a plan for the Coliseum City.

The letter follows the realization of several factors. The first is that Kephart’s plan failed to fully address funding needs for a $4 billion megacomplex.