Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao met with baseball commissioner Rob Manfred ahead of this week's All-Star game in Seattle as she continues her effort to keep the team from relocating to Las Vegas.
In an interview with KPIX anchor Ryan Yamamoto on Thursday, Thao said she reached out to the commissioner for the meeting, which he accepted. The meeting took place in Seattle on Sunday.
"This decision isn't just about business. This decision will have a long-lasting impact on the multigenerational fan base of working families who love this game and have a deep connection with not just baseball but the Oakland A's," the mayor went on to say. "In hand was three suitcases of all of our proposal, because I did hear in the media, as we all did, that the commissioner said we didn't have a proposal," the mayor said."And so before the vote, I wanted the MLB owners, the commissioner, the relocation committee to have all of the documents before taking a consequential vote and have all the facts.". At least 75% of the teams would have to approve for the relocation to occur.for a proposed $1.
"However I know that if anybody reads the documents that I have sent to them, which is also public online as well too, that it will show that actually Oakland is the best place to actually build out a stadium," the mayor said.
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