Oakland As to sell stake in Coliseum to local Black development grou

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The departing Oakland Athletics has reached a tentative agreement to sell its half of the Coliseum to a private Black development group for $125 million, paving the way for the group to build a giant entertainment and sports complex in a long-neglected part of the San Francisco Bay Area city. The African American Sports & Entertainment Group and the A's affiliate, Coliseum Way Partners, announced the deal in a joint statement Monday. The development group struck a deal in May from the city of Oakland for $105 million. The sports and entertainment group states on its website that for a thriving sports, Max Llewellyn Jersey entertainment, educational and busine s district on the property, which houses the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and Oakland Arena. The group was founded in 2020 with the primary purpose of using sports and entertainment to create a path for enhanced economic equity" for Black residents. The groups managing member Ray Bobbitt said they are still in the general plans and ideas stage, but in all scenarios, the Oakland Arena would stay and continue hosting profitable ventures such as Disney shows and singers, such as Cline Dion. Developers have also discu sed hotels, a restaurant row, open parks space and housing that is both affordable and market rate on the property by Interstate 880, he said by phone. The group's deal with Oakland calls for any housing built to be at least 25% affordable. It's really Oaklands opportunity to invest in East Oakland and to create a revitalization of the entire area, he said. The As announced this year that the Major League Baseball team will until in its new home of Las Vegas. The team's affiliate purchased its stake in the property for $85 million in 2019. The Coliseum and Arena were once home to the Oakland Raiders and Golden State Warriors. The moved to Las Vegas and the left for San Francisco in recent years, leaving profe sional sports fans in the East Bay Area desolate. Nathan Nelson Jersey