A ballpark is not currently being considered for the Oak-to-9th section of the Estuary. Instead, Signature Properties has plans for a major housing/retail development on the 60-acre property at the mouth of Lake Merritt Channel. While final approval is still at least a year away, Signature has already put up floorplans and other information for [...]

Ron Gonzales, the mayor of San Jose, is scheduled to have a press conference before a spring training game between the A’s and Giants to let as many media people as possible know that he is serious about getting the A’s in San Jose. He will trumpet many of the arguments put forth by the [...]

While doing my ballpark site surveys on Saturday, I stopped by the Amtrak station in Jack London Square. I didn’t get a definite date on when the Coliseum station would be open, but I’ve been told it will happen sometime in the spring. From the looks of things, it won’t be ready in time for [...]

The ballpark and stadium world is pretty light on news right now, so I’ll fill the blog with studies of all potential ballpark sites, regardless of whether or not they are available. It can be considered a citizen’s follow-up to the HOK study done for Oakland and the A’s in 2001. Things have changed pretty [...]

I found a more up-to-date aerial photo on which I could overlay the ballpark/retail concept. Yes, that is Mt. Davis in the background, hideous as it is. Share this:

In a previous post I mentioned how I thought the Washington Nationals new ballpark deal would provide an example for how a ballpark would be built in the new, post-boom era. The combination of community redevelopment and ballpark are being pitched by the proponents, and it is no coincidence that the public financing deal was [...]

Before I proceed with today’s news, it is important to point out a few facts since I’ve had a few questions on this. That way no one starts running wild with the information posted here. There is no ballpark deal imminent. While Wolff has been bringing in consultants to explore possibilities (it is his job [...]

This new pic shows the field at 0 degrees (East), 15 degrees (ENE), and 45 degrees (NE). The blocks on the right depict other development. The large red block at the top is a “big box” retailer, such as Target. Target or Kohl’s would be prime candidates, since both are expanding aggressively, and neither currently [...]

Lewis Wolff made his money (estimated family holdings of $1.5 billion) as a real estate developer, dealing primarily in hotel construction. In fact, his first venture into the hotel market was the Holiday Inn in San Jose, which eventually became a part of a much larger development in downtown San Jose called Park Center Plaza. [...]

This is a roughly scale projection of what a new 40,000-seat ballpark would look like on the new property. Notice how it’s a good deal larger than the 8.5 acre parcel owned by the JPA. Mixed development would occur beyond the outfield walls along Hegenberger Road. In the next mockup, I’ll add a possible development [...]