OAKLAND — The city could be backing off from its lawsuit against Alameda County after a stark warning from the Major League Baseball commissioner that Oakland could lose yet another pro sports team if the A’s aren’t able to build a new waterfront stadium.
The lawsuit, filed two weeks ago at the direction of the City Council, seeks to block the proposed sale of Alameda County’s half-ownership share to the Oakland A’s, alleging the sale would be illegal. County supervisors have wanted to get out of the sports business and struck a tentative deal with the A’s earlier this year for the baseball team to buy the county’s ownership of the Coliseum.