Re: A's ballpark
Author: ron
Date: 02-27-2021 - 12:28
Bill Root Wrote:
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> Once this pandemic surge is over, all those ships
> will go back to LA/Long Beach where they want to
> go in the first place. How many stack trains of
> maritime containers ran out of Oakland before the
> pandemic? BNSF three, or four a week and UP once
> daily, or thereabouts. Most traffic at the Port of
> Oakland goes out by truck. The area of the stadium
> and it surroundings will benefit far more from
> baseball and attendant crowds than from more
> Chinese-built container cranes. Oakland is close
> to becoming unvisitable in many area - does anyone
> here go to Jack London Square anymore? The Raiders
> and Warriors have fled and if Oakland loses the
> A's you can kiss the whole town goodbye.
Unlike so many on this message board I respect an opposing opinion.