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Originally Posted by dboakland
Hope they can the A's stadium happen but I think the NIMBY's are going to go wild.
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Pretty sure this one will happen provided the A’s can still privately finance the stadium. Interesting to note that talk of a new AA’s Stadium (site not selected but Howard Terminal was one being considered) was getting hot when I moved here 5-years ago. The project has the impetus to change the trajectory and scale of Jack London Square as far as the pace and level of development. It will make it Oakland’s “Place To Be” all year long with the ballpark, commercial space, and entertainment components which will draw folks in by the thousands. I think that tremendous potential is what’s going to carry the day. What this project represents in the creation of a new live/work/play district with thousands of housing units is extremely compelling. Now if BART would reverse their stance on building a JLS station that would really set it off.