“Choose or Lose” is having an organizing meeting Wednesday at 5:30. It will be held at the Uptown Bar & Nightclub in Oakland. The purpose is to nail down the date for the group’s first tailgate rally and other upcoming events. Unfortunately, I won’t be there because…… I’ll be attending San Jose’s Ballpark Economic Study, [...]

Barry Witt’s writeup of the A’s-Quakes announcement has much more detail than the press release sent out by MLS on Wednesday. I’ve been looking for something more descriptive to indicate what Wolff and Co. were really aiming for, and the piece provides it. A quote from the conference call, which was only open to the [...]

A late work-related appointment forced me to arrive late to the “Choose or Lose” event earlier tonight. Organizer Robert Limon assured me that I didn’t miss anything. Two mayoral candidates were present: Nancy Nadel and Arnie Fields. Also on hand was OUSD board candidate Chris Dobbins, a teacher who started the Green Stampede Homework Club [...]

Updated: The Merc’s Dylan Hernandez wrote an article on the MLS-A’s deal. The A’s bought a three year option on the Quakes, contingent upon a new SSS (soccer-specific stadium). MLS prefers that the team start playing when a new stadium is ready, which probably wouldn’t be until 2008-09 at the earliest. Long-suffering Quakes fans would [...]

A good amount of incoming e-mail about the Twins’ new ballpark plan prompted me to write something about it. Until yesterday, I hadn’t found anything interesting about the “circa-1996″ type of financing plan: The Twins’ share is $130 million, one-quarter of the current estimated cost. A Hennepin County sales tax hike of 0.15% will fund [...]

Robert Limon, a local community organizer and documentarian, has put together a unique event incorporating a mayoral forum and an opportunity for advocates for keeping the team in Oakland to voice their opinions. More details are in the press release: Oakland Mayoral Candidates “Choose or Lose” the A’s at unique forumPublic invited to meet the [...]

From Chris Metinko’s Contra Costa Times article: “I think there is something we are not being real about,” Councilman Larry Reid said this morning at a meeting of the agency that runs the coliseum. “I think we need to plan and plan now for the A’s leaving.” Before the usual back-and-forth starts, let’s focus on [...]

An article in Thursday’s Orange County Register describes the high demand for new condos being built near Angel Stadium in Anaheim. The first of these developments, Stadium Lofts, has 4,000 inquiries for its 390 units. It’s aroused so much interest that Stadium Lofts switched from being an apartment (lease) complex to a condo (buy) complex.For [...]

And so the price tag goes up on the Diridon South site acquisition. Not that it wasn’t expected to expensive. But to put it in perspective, in Barry Witt’s Merc article the city is spending $17.6 million on three acres. The PG&E substation site takes up only 1.25 acres. Unfortunately, it is a crucial 1.25 [...]

Tonight’s post comes from Section 241 (Plaza Reserved), in the upper tier. More noise measurements, though I’m certain the results are getting skewed by the suites that hang over these seats, creating some solid reverb. In any case, here are some results: Typical ambient noise without drums: 72 dB Typical ambient noise with drums: 75 [...]