Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf spoke yesterday to confirm that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred gave the Town an ultimatum to drop their lawsuit against the team, or lose the Athletics to Las Vegas! The commissioner said the A's could very well join the Raiders in Las Vegas if they didn't drop their lawsuit to stop Alameda County from selling its share of the Coliseum to the A's.
Oakland and Alameda County share ownership of the Coliseum and the city wants the county to sell its half of the stadium to Oakland instead of to the A's, but they can't match the A's offer of $85 million for the location.