OAKLAND — Despite protests from longshoremen and maritime business representatives, the Port of Oakland on Monday cleared the bases for the Oakland Athletics to possibly build a 35,000-seat ballpark on its Howard Terminal site along the estuary.
The port’s board of commissioners unanimously approved an exclusive negotiating term sheet that would give the A’s four years to obtain land use permits, conduct an environmental review and do other preparatory work needed to eventually lease the 50-acre Howard Terminal.
The term sheet lays the framework for an agreement that would allow the A’s to lease the port property for about $3.