- ABC News
- September 24, 2024
Athletics owner John Fisher apologized for the team's impending departure from Oakland in a letter addressed to fans Monday. Fisher issued his letter one day before the A's open their final home series in Oakland, where they have spent the past 57 seasons. The team will move to Las Vegas in 2028 after Fisher failed to agree with the city of Oakland on a deal to build a more modern stadium. The A's will have a temporary, multiyear stay in Sacramento until their new Las Vegas stadium is built. The A's have called the Oakland Coliseum home for their entire tenure in the city, but fans have complained about the stadium's deteriorating state in recent years. Fisher's decision last November to move the team sparked outrage among fans. The 63-year-old, who purchased the A's with Lew Wolff in 2005, said he did all he could to keep the franchise in Oakland. "We proposed and pursued five different locations in the Bay Area," Fisher wrote in his letter. "And despite mutual and...