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Bravo for securing an interview with her. Obviously, what she says must be taken with a grain of salt. The corruption at local and state level should be scrutinized. Someone should consider asking her the tough questions that would explain their future going forward,
I am extremely skeptical anytime a politician says: "everyone wins." Someone will always be paying more or at a disadvantage. The Coliseum is falling a part and in a section of Oakland that has defied all odds and actually gotten worse over the past three decades.
Shao says the $$$ from the sale will fund police/fire. What happens when that runs out? There is no guarantee what ASG builds there will be sufficient to fund those necessary city services. In addition, notice it's always police/fire that get put on the chopping block, not other lesser services.
I was wondering the same thing. Businesses are leaving/closing in droves and it’s population is declining so the tax revenue for those services will continue decreasing.
I liked how you asked her if the coliseum is still the only place fit to receive an MLB team, and she kind of stuttered when she answered that at the beginning.
I have to say that I love getting the interviews on your channel. Although I do like and appreciate the content you do produce, I love how the interviews break it up a little bit with something a little different.
Thanks for the interview, Brodie. It's great that the AASEG was able to acquire the property and bail out the city this year. But what happens next year without that windfall? There is obviously a huge structural deficit within the city and it would be nice to know how the mayor plans to resolve that. Sure, development of the Coliseum and HT may help in the future, but even if they get great revenue-producing uses for those sites, it would be years away from sending money into the city coffers. I sure hope that the mayor and rest of the city government has a plan so that those fire station closures won't simply be put off until next year.
@@jaeranando As if the city ever spent a cent maintaining and sustaining the Coliseum? Something a non-profit organization led by Nahas more than a half century ago built and financed in the first place. After paying off the mortgage the Nahas non-profit organization GAVE the Coliseum to the county and city. Neither spent a cent maintaining and sustaining it...
She spent 20 minutes and didn't say a thing. She's the type of person who thinks she's the smartest person in the room. Yet, the entire country thinks she and everyone else in charge of Oakland are absolute morons.
Brodie you asked some great questions here. And props to the mayor for not giving up the fight to keep sports in Oakland in addition to new businesses.
This lady has too much faith in the AASEG. The AASEG has no history of being successful in developing something of such a grand scale as this mayor seems to believe can be done. In N Out left the area. How is this area going to be successfully developed while people are being robbed in broad daylight?
Brodie, I really enjoy your content. Just curious, are you and Casey Pratt going to do a joint podcast sometime in the near future? Both of you are represent Oakland and the Bay Area to the best of your ability
@@robertmikinka please don't confuse power and money hungry politicians with actual people. The "poor" Raiders didn't deserve one cent of public money and neither do the A's. The Golden Knights did it completely with private funding and that's the way it should be.
@@chrisclifton8889 I agree with you on majority of what you said. I don't confuse anything; I've heard on Twitter for months how happy Vegas is to be getting a team.
Good interview! She seems like a nice person I can see why she got elected. Bay Area politics can be rough but I think she has what it takes to make it through.
I’m heartbroken that the A’s are leaving, but it makes me feel a little better knowing the city of Oakland didn’t give a dump truck of taxpayer money to a greedy ass billionaire who’s been systematically destroying the team since the day he bought it.
Brodie ,I realize its too late to question Mayor Thao but....I was listening to an old Lee Hacksaw Hamilton video that he did on the A's going to Sacramento . He mentioned that in the lease extention talks , Oakland offered the A's $96 million for 3 years . The City officials said that high price was because of the A's pulling out of the Howard Terminal talks the way they did and screwing Oakland . My question to you Brodie....Do you feel that there is a chance for Oakland to bring that back up somewhere down the line ?
As a Sacramento resident I like driving 9 miles to West Sac instead of 90 miles to Oakland ( which I have done since 1984 to see the A's). However, the weather here is brutal. I watch The Sacramento Republic and they kick off at 8pm sometimes because of the heat. Not easy to accommodate the MLB schedule that way but you know what? There has been a AAA baseball team here in West Sacramento for at least 25 years. The Sac Kings owner, Ranadive owns the AAA franchise in West Sac and with some luck and some pull he and Sacramento can get a ballpark built in the rail yards and he can take over ownership of the A's. I see this Las Vegas thing getting messy, no-one there wants the A's.
If the AASEG and the A’s came up with a plan to save the team from moving now you need services at the stadium. Can the city of Oakland afford to place Police and other essential services at the Coliseum on 81 dates?
Enjoy the channel, enjoyed the interview. I’d be remiss if I didn’t comment , I think she needed to be pressed with a Q like : Mayor how does the city of Oakland ever recover from the disaster of losing 3 Major sports franchises in such a short period??? That is a colossal failure . The economic impact of which will be potentially unrecoverable from.
@@brodiebrazil you make a fair point , and I appreciate the response . I do think however that after previous regimes lost the Raiders and Warriors, getting the A’s done should have magnified the situation more intensely . Thanks again Brodie.
The Warriors were a different deal. They were planning to move to SF when Lacob took over. The Raiders and the A's probably should still be in Oakland though, or at least the East Bay. Also, looking back, if the A's and Raiders would've stayed in Oakland, there would've been 2 pro teams in the 3 major cities here in the Bay Area: SF- Giants and Warriors Oakland/East Bay- A's and Raiders San Jose/South Bay- Niners and Sharks That could've been perfect.
@@brodiebrazilDoesn’t matter if 2 left under Libby or 1 under Sheng … bottom line is they are all gone and Mayors and city Government are running the show? Something could’ve been worked out if it was important enough to them? Kevin Johnson saved the Kings from moving to Seattle… It was important enough to him to fight for the only game in town…. The Kings were as good as gone and yet they are still in Sacto….. We make too many excuses for some of these public officials….. Quite Frankly, I think they’re all incompetent and just don’t care?
There are a lot of real problems in Oakland that can rightly be tied to the leadership - or rather lack thereof, of Sheng Thao. But losing the A's is not one of those problems. Let's be clear - John Fisher was always going to try to move the team out of Oakland regardless of who the mayor was. Anything the team officials were saying about Howard Terminal before the Vegas announcement was a smokescreen and a sham. And it's rather convenient that they can shove some of the blame on an unpopular mayor for something they themselves are responsible for.
The Ballers and independent baseball are the future. MLB is not. MLB is collapsing under its overstretched budgets, methods of operation, and the destructive technology of cord cutting and free choice in media - over which MLB is pathetically trying to hang onto the dinosaur model. And this isn't just in Oakland. This is spreading everywhere at a slow burn...I've said it before. Oakland is the trailblazer in refuting mafia baseball, and democratizing baseball. Wanting the A's back would be like trying to fix that Tesla Truck that was shitting paint before it burned up in your driveway. I would hope that the people of the East Bay would eschew the trappings of status symbols, and stay with what you now have - a fun baseball team, successful first year, local opponents, family atmosphere, inexpensive tickets, and GASP!, an actual entrepreneurial setup, with mom and pop food trucks and REAL food, as compared to multimillion dollar concessionaires with stale buns, and Costco hotdogs for $10 or $12 apiece, $6 sodas, and $10 beers. Improve on what you just built. Don't be Mrs. Lot. John Fisher is gone, MLB is gone, and thank your lucky stars. So now just sit back and watch the Giants twist in the wind...
Good interview about sports but thats the first interview i have seen of her since the FBI raid and the recall effort...wish there were more questions around those things
@@brodiebrazil lol, I was saying it's the first I have seen in my feed - good to know she hasn't been avoiding it...I can always Google it I guess...I liked her; hopefully she survives this mess...some but not all of it of her own making as I gather from what's popa up on news feed...time will tell I guess...
They won't and she'd likely not comment anyway. It's always big bad Johnny Fisher without even acknowledging the God's honest truth that Haas sold because of revenue loss and Hoffman sold in part because of the impossibility of getting a stadium. ALL selling has done is left MLB players stuck in an outdated facility overrun by feral cats, rodents, mold and sewage in a city that failed to provide upkeep and maintenance they were responsible for even after Fisher did the TreeHouse and other upgrades. It is more biased and entitled reporting to hurt John for daring to move his business like In-N-Out, Hotels and more have and are doing. Not worth listening anymore too many rumors, lies and part truths. Tickets to Sac are sold out in premium areas with more selling daily. Hell this mayor was part of the council that blindsided Kaval with a lawsuit and then ignorantly tried to get it dismissed without prejudice KNOWING Manfred, the one fighting for them initially was pissed. Oakland's vision didn't match John's vision and now he doesn't need to build housing, hotels etc the area the Las Vegas stadium will go in has all that.
Shes actually part of the problem. As long as they keep electing incompetent corrupt people to lead that city they will continue to spiral downward. Anyone being honest knows it will be a very very long time (if ever) before Oakland gets another major professional team
Oakland fans, this is why your teams left. You voted for these irresponsible politicians, you’ll never learn. At the end of the day, it was you the fans that ran your teams out of Oakland.
Shitting on Sacramento's viability as a major league city is a real shitty way to go about this when she was a big part of causing this situation over the last 2 administrations in the first place.
i am a big heart person and very positive, but I still dont believe her about her letting the A's go, in particular, when she said that the city of Oakland wont let the A's use us as leverage and ended talks with the A's. She said she wouldn't change anything about that. Well she is wrong. The city has to open up the talks again and secure the A's in Oakland because las vegas or sacramento is not a for sure thing.
You're wild, dawg. John Fisher is the common denominator. A mayor can only do so much to appease a greedy owner. 1. Joe Lacob got private funding to build Chase Center because he didn't want to deal with John Fisher. 2. Fisher sat on his lease and pissed off Marc Davis resulting in the Raiders being lured by Sheldon Adelson's billion dollar funding package. 3. The Howard Terminal stadium could have been done by now but Fisher didn't want to cover the 90 million shortfall. And so he walked away to find some suckers to fund his stadium. And now he's willing to give up equity stake in the team to fund his Vegas wet dream stadium because nobody wants to do business with him.
I would rather the billionaire move his team than I continue to pay for stuff...the Raiders are gone and I am still paying in my property taxes for Mount Davis to be built to bring them back here from LA...screw that shit...I am with the City for not agreeing to insane bribes to keep them... The city worked out over 400M in funding for Fisher that wasn't based on debt financing but he wanted 90M or so more and they couldn't figure that out. F John Fisher...he wanted a bigger hand job...
If Oakland is wondering what happened to all their sports teams maybe look at the last near 50 years worth of politicans elected mayor and remind yourself what the definition of madness is. I personally have zero sympathy for the sports fans of the Bay Area because the mess they find themselves in is partially of their own making. Watching Brodie's coverage has helped me better understand the views of the people who are affected by these moves but I ultimately understand the economics of the situation are undeniable.
I was sad to see the Raiders go and doubly so for the As but I am tired of Cities being raked over the coals for not giving bigger hand jobs to billionaires...enough already! if they can't be bothered to find their own pipe dreams then GTFO. I am still paying for the Raiders to "come back to the Bay" on my property taxes cause the debts we took on to fund building Mt Davis for them are still being paid in for even though they took off like a 6+yrs ago now...we don't need to find the play things of billionaires...we have schools, roads, and stuff to pay for instead...if we are taking on debt, let it be for something more important than a handout to the richest people around...
The Niners are sadly probably going to be in Santa Clara for a while. If anything, the Niners should move back to Candlestick, or at least somewhere in the peninsula closer to SF like Brisbane, Daly City, South San Francisco. Not sure if Oakland people would want the Niners playing at the Coliseum or a new stadium on the Coliseum site. Most Oakland people are still Raider fans for the most part.
@@86byrdman the biggest issue with Levi's is it is hard to get to. With BART, Capital Corridor, and it's proximity to the freeway the Colosseum is the perfect place for any NFL team. People in Oakland may not be thrilled about the Niners, but I'm sure they would rather an NFL team than the Roots and the Ballers. A dome would bring in a lot of big events. Santa Clara would be happy, because it would mean no more "amplified sound". Candlestick won't work because it is also not ideal to get to via public transit and the only Peninsula locations that may be available are the Brisbane dump which is really just the other side of Candlestick and not much easier to get to and Tanforan mall, which is a great location as far as proximity to public transit and the freeway, however it is pretty residential and very close to the airport and I don't think you could build something that tall.
Sheng has been in office impacting Oakland adversely for more than 6 years being on council prior and prior to that chief of staff and intern to CM Kaplan. So no excuses or blaming failures on prior administration. #RecallShengThao
Boras played on turf in the 70's. Construction has started in Sacramento. MLBPA has no veto power. MLB has made the statement, Sacramento is happening and MLBPA said all they are discussing is like what the inside design of the new clubhouses going in, in Sacramento will be like. Players have commented on how they are partaking. BEING IN A SEWAGE, RODENT, FERAL CAT AND YES EVEN MOLD WHICH IS HORRIFIC FOR THE LUNGS IS NOT IN THE PLAYERS' BEST INTEREST. I have turf, I live where it gets to be 100+ and the heat can be mitigated!
I feel she jump the gun on her press announcement when the first LV news dropped and ranted on Fisher. Could have say less and not to burn bridges cause you never know.
I support mayor Thao 💯% even if some issues are delicate n sensitive.... she IS tryna to make Oakland better for everyone makes me have hope once again
Her personal story is also inspirational (regardless of your political leanings). That's why the whole investigation allegations were so disheartening. People need people with her type of background to believe in.
City of Oakland sells it half of Coliseum for $105 million and John Fisher sold his half(which he paid $85 to Alameda County) for $125 million . Fisher makes $40 million profit. Looks like City of Oakland left $20 million on the table. No wonder the City of Oakland is on its road to bankruptcy. If lived in Oakland, I’d definitely vote to recall Mayor Thao.
Comments like this always overlook the fact that there are always 2 or more parties to a negotiation. The end result is often a compromise between what each party wants.
@@jeremyd1869 You’re right. Just pointing out that Fisher got a better deal by $20 million or perhaps Fisher is just a better negotiator. I was a bit harsh in my criticism of the City of Oakland officials.
Fisher's half became worth more because he sold 2nd. It was the key to unlocking full site control. If you are selling a plot of land where you have to split control with another party it's obviously worth less.
Explain to me why when Finley brought the A's to Oakland (and immediately regretted it) the Dynasty A's 1971-76 couldn't draw? Under a million! I feel for A's fans, I'm from Montreal but the east bay never supported the A's and you will never get another team again Oakland is a shithole compared to Montreal. Rip baseball in Oakland
different decades are apples and oranges when it comes to attendance. bay area could have supported 2 teams in real competition. should the white sox be forced to move out of chicago? look at their attendance, even after winning a world series in this century.
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Bravo for securing an interview with her. Obviously, what she says must be taken with a grain of salt. The corruption at local and state level should be scrutinized. Someone should consider asking her the tough questions that would explain their future going forward,
She is terrible, been saying since day 1, she has no skills or business to be in such a position. Oakland needs much more in place.
I am extremely skeptical anytime a politician says: "everyone wins." Someone will always be paying more or at a disadvantage. The Coliseum is falling a part and in a section of Oakland that has defied all odds and actually gotten worse over the past three decades.
Isn’t she a criminal?
Shao says the $$$ from the sale will fund police/fire. What happens when that runs out? There is no guarantee what ASG builds there will be sufficient to fund those necessary city services. In addition, notice it's always police/fire that get put on the chopping block, not other lesser services.
I was wondering the same thing. Businesses are leaving/closing in droves and it’s population is declining so the tax revenue for those services will continue decreasing.
@@JayRoberts244 And environmental report on the area could take years, unless palms are greased and eyeballs look the other way.
She’s part of the problem.
And what was the alternative? Hold onto the property and continually pay to maintain an underutilized property?
Sounds like Oakland needs to grow its tax base.
Hasn’t AASEG already missed a payment?
As a city planner who specializes in stadium development, i just love this channel
If you would sir, please offer your take Raimondi Park... 🙂
You're an absolute pro, Brodie!
thank you
I feel like they know something, that we don't yet.
Wow!! You got the mayor!
I will be behind the plate in the diamond level on the 24th. If you are there, please come and say hi
appreciate you skywalker
I liked how you asked her if the coliseum is still the only place fit to receive an MLB team, and she kind of stuttered when she answered that at the beginning.
How many times did she say "you know"?
Because she is a valley girl.
2:35 Excellent question-- I think it was worth asking that question more times over the last five years.
Sheng Thao starts and ends with what happened when the FBI raided her house
Great interview
Mayor, this could be your final opportunity to shine!
Great interview, Thanks Brodie!!
I have to say that I love getting the interviews on your channel. Although I do like and appreciate the content you do produce, I love how the interviews break it up a little bit with something a little different.
Thanks for the interview, Brodie. It's great that the AASEG was able to acquire the property and bail out the city this year. But what happens next year without that windfall? There is obviously a huge structural deficit within the city and it would be nice to know how the mayor plans to resolve that. Sure, development of the Coliseum and HT may help in the future, but even if they get great revenue-producing uses for those sites, it would be years away from sending money into the city coffers. I sure hope that the mayor and rest of the city government has a plan so that those fire station closures won't simply be put off until next year.
They will collect property taxes and no longer have to pay maintenance. It's a net positive regardless of how quickly development happens.
@@jaeranando As if the city ever spent a cent maintaining and sustaining the Coliseum? Something a non-profit organization led by Nahas more than a half century ago built and financed in the first place. After paying off the mortgage the Nahas non-profit organization GAVE the Coliseum to the county and city. Neither spent a cent maintaining and sustaining it...
Politicians are something else these days. Enough said.
She spent 20 minutes and didn't say a thing. She's the type of person who thinks she's the smartest person in the room. Yet, the entire country thinks she and everyone else in charge of Oakland are absolute morons.
Brodie you asked some great questions here. And props to the mayor for not giving up the fight to keep sports in Oakland in addition to new businesses.
This lady has too much faith in the AASEG. The AASEG has no history of being successful in developing something of such a grand scale as this mayor seems to believe can be done. In N Out left the area. How is this area going to be successfully developed while people are being robbed in broad daylight?
Brodie, I really enjoy your content. Just curious, are you and Casey Pratt going to do a joint podcast sometime in the near future? Both of you are represent Oakland and the Bay Area to the best of your ability
we will collaborate on a chat soon, at the least
Dear Oakland, please keep the A's, we don't want them. Love, Las Vegas.
It's up to MLB and the owners tho
Y'all be begging for them, even gave them free money. Deal with it
@@robertmikinka please don't confuse power and money hungry politicians with actual people. The "poor" Raiders didn't deserve one cent of public money and neither do the A's. The Golden Knights did it completely with private funding and that's the way it should be.
@@chrisclifton8889 I agree with you on majority of what you said. I don't confuse anything; I've heard on Twitter for months how happy Vegas is to be getting a team.
@@splashnskillz37It shouldn’t be that easy. Local, state, and federal governments should have a say.
Hmmm…
i can hear Casey's mentorship of Shang Thao in her articulation of the matters.
But where is the funding for HT and development of Coliseum?
Good interview! She seems like a nice person I can see why she got elected. Bay Area politics can be rough but I think she has what it takes to make it through.
*cough**Joe Lacob**cough*
I’m heartbroken that the A’s are leaving, but it makes me feel a little better knowing the city of Oakland didn’t give a dump truck of taxpayer money to a greedy ass billionaire who’s been systematically destroying the team since the day he bought it.
She's failed us
She was elected by the Democrats. One party state. One party city. Only one party to blame
didn't she get raided by the FBI recently?
Brodie ,I realize its too late to question Mayor Thao but....I was listening to an old Lee Hacksaw Hamilton video that he did on the A's going to Sacramento . He mentioned that in the lease extention talks , Oakland offered the A's $96 million for 3 years . The City officials said that high price was because of the A's pulling out of the Howard Terminal talks the way they did and screwing Oakland . My question to you Brodie....Do you feel that there is a chance for Oakland to bring that back up somewhere down the line ?
Isn't she under investigation?
As a Sacramento resident I like driving 9 miles to West Sac instead of 90 miles to Oakland ( which I have done since 1984 to see the A's). However, the weather here is brutal. I watch The Sacramento Republic and they kick off at 8pm sometimes because of the heat. Not easy to accommodate the MLB schedule that way but you know what? There has been a AAA baseball team here in West Sacramento for at least 25 years. The Sac Kings owner, Ranadive owns the AAA franchise in West Sac and with some luck and some pull he and Sacramento can get a ballpark built in the rail yards and he can take over ownership of the A's. I see this Las Vegas thing getting messy, no-one there wants the A's.
AAA team in Sac playing on natural grass big difference playing on Artificial surface
The heat !!!! Don’t know how you can have outdoor baseball in the middle of summer .
Sac is too small for an MLB team.
The turf instead of grass will make it 1000x worse
Shes almost as Corrupt as John Fisher
Good interview, Brodie. Thanks.
I like her optimism. I also like the Ballers cap in the background.
If the AASEG and the A’s came up with a plan to save the team from moving now you need services at the stadium. Can the city of Oakland afford to place Police and other essential services at the Coliseum on 81 dates?
The Mayor needs to do something to save the A's.
Why was her house raided? What ever happened with that?
Love these specific policy interviews. Commenting to help the algorithm see you Brodie!
Enjoy the channel, enjoyed the interview. I’d be remiss if I didn’t comment , I think she needed to be pressed with a Q like : Mayor how does the city of Oakland ever recover from the disaster of losing 3 Major sports franchises in such a short period??? That is a colossal failure . The economic impact of which will be potentially unrecoverable from.
understand your point. to be fair: warriors & raiders left under the helm of a different mayor
@@brodiebrazil you make a fair point , and I appreciate the response . I do think however that after previous regimes lost the Raiders and Warriors, getting the A’s done should have magnified the situation more intensely . Thanks again Brodie.
The Warriors were a different deal. They were planning to move to SF when Lacob took over. The Raiders and the A's probably should still be in Oakland though, or at least the East Bay.
Also, looking back, if the A's and Raiders would've stayed in Oakland, there would've been 2 pro teams in the 3 major cities here in the Bay Area:
SF- Giants and Warriors
Oakland/East Bay- A's and Raiders
San Jose/South Bay- Niners and Sharks
That could've been perfect.
@@brodiebrazilDoesn’t matter if 2 left under Libby or 1 under Sheng … bottom line is they are all gone and Mayors and city Government are running the show? Something could’ve been worked out if it was important enough to them? Kevin Johnson saved the Kings from moving to Seattle… It was important enough to him to fight for the only game in town…. The Kings were as good as gone and yet they are still in Sacto….. We make too many excuses for some of these public officials….. Quite Frankly, I think they’re all incompetent and just don’t care?
Plus earlier lost the Golden Sails and Stompers.
There are a lot of real problems in Oakland that can rightly be tied to the leadership - or rather lack thereof, of Sheng Thao. But losing the A's is not one of those problems.
Let's be clear - John Fisher was always going to try to move the team out of Oakland regardless of who the mayor was. Anything the team officials were saying about Howard Terminal before the Vegas announcement was a smokescreen and a sham. And it's rather convenient that they can shove some of the blame on an unpopular mayor for something they themselves are responsible for.
The Ballers and independent baseball are the future. MLB is not. MLB is collapsing under its overstretched budgets, methods of operation, and the destructive technology of cord cutting and free choice in media - over which MLB is pathetically trying to hang onto the dinosaur model. And this isn't just in Oakland. This is spreading everywhere at a slow burn...I've said it before. Oakland is the trailblazer in refuting mafia baseball, and democratizing baseball. Wanting the A's back would be like trying to fix that Tesla Truck that was shitting paint before it burned up in your driveway. I would hope that the people of the East Bay would eschew the trappings of status symbols, and stay with what you now have - a fun baseball team, successful first year, local opponents, family atmosphere, inexpensive tickets, and GASP!, an actual entrepreneurial setup, with mom and pop food trucks and REAL food, as compared to multimillion dollar concessionaires with stale buns, and Costco hotdogs for $10 or $12 apiece, $6 sodas, and $10 beers. Improve on what you just built. Don't be Mrs. Lot. John Fisher is gone, MLB is gone, and thank your lucky stars. So now just sit back and watch the Giants twist in the wind...
Good interview about sports but thats the first interview i have seen of her since the FBI raid and the recall effort...wish there were more questions around those things
She does daily/weekly interviews with every single local tv station. I’m far from the first or last.
@@brodiebrazil lol, I was saying it's the first I have seen in my feed - good to know she hasn't been avoiding it...I can always Google it I guess...I liked her; hopefully she survives this mess...some but not all of it of her own making as I gather from what's popa up on news feed...time will tell I guess...
Ask her about the corruption investigation. She cost the As to stay in Oakland. Not reporting crime to make citizens even more unsafe.
They won't and she'd likely not comment anyway. It's always big bad Johnny Fisher without even acknowledging the God's honest truth that Haas sold because of revenue loss and Hoffman sold in part because of the impossibility of getting a stadium. ALL selling has done is left MLB players stuck in an outdated facility overrun by feral cats, rodents, mold and sewage in a city that failed to provide upkeep and maintenance they were responsible for even after Fisher did the TreeHouse and other upgrades. It is more biased and entitled reporting to hurt John for daring to move his business like In-N-Out, Hotels and more have and are doing. Not worth listening anymore too many rumors, lies and part truths. Tickets to Sac are sold out in premium areas with more selling daily. Hell this mayor was part of the council that blindsided Kaval with a lawsuit and then ignorantly tried to get it dismissed without prejudice KNOWING Manfred, the one fighting for them initially was pissed. Oakland's vision didn't match John's vision and now he doesn't need to build housing, hotels etc the area the Las Vegas stadium will go in has all that.
lol brodie being like "im just a humble youtbuer"
Isn’t Dave Stewart part of that group?
he is not
Thanks, Brodie
@@sandramccusker5520 He is on the Nashville Stars group
Shes actually part of the problem. As long as they keep electing incompetent corrupt people to lead that city they will continue to spiral downward.
Anyone being honest knows it will be a very very long time (if ever) before Oakland gets another major professional team
Greedy, cheapskate owners are 99% of the problem.
Yep.
How is it her fault? Please explain.
Oakland fans, this is why your teams left. You voted for these irresponsible politicians, you’ll never learn. At the end of the day, it was you the fans that ran your teams out of Oakland.
Shitting on Sacramento's viability as a major league city is a real shitty way to go about this when she was a big part of causing this situation over the last 2 administrations in the first place.
I don’t trust one word that comes out of her mouth. She’s not even trying to keep the A’s in Oakland
New Oakland roots stadium
So-when is she resigning?
Please talk about the Shannon Sharp incident that went viral!
i am a big heart person and very positive, but I still dont believe her about her letting the A's go, in particular, when she said that the city of Oakland wont let the A's use us as leverage and ended talks with the A's. She said she wouldn't change anything about that. Well she is wrong. The city has to open up the talks again and secure the A's in Oakland because las vegas or sacramento is not a for sure thing.
She really shouldn't be smiling about anything
Why would you even have her on your show?
maybe to interview her?? 🤔🤔
She sold the largest amount of developable land in Oakland while she ushered in a swap of two baseball teams.
Thanks mayor for letting the A´s get out of town..... now we´ve got nothing.... should´ve built a new stadium
You're wild, dawg. John Fisher is the common denominator. A mayor can only do so much to appease a greedy owner.
1. Joe Lacob got private funding to build Chase Center because he didn't want to deal with John Fisher.
2. Fisher sat on his lease and pissed off Marc Davis resulting in the Raiders being lured by Sheldon Adelson's billion dollar funding package.
3. The Howard Terminal stadium could have been done by now but Fisher didn't want to cover the 90 million shortfall. And so he walked away to find some suckers to fund his stadium. And now he's willing to give up equity stake in the team to fund his Vegas wet dream stadium because nobody wants to do business with him.
@@djbttncrt let's enjoy then our Oakland sportless city then, routing for San Francisco and Sacramento...
I would rather the billionaire move his team than I continue to pay for stuff...the Raiders are gone and I am still paying in my property taxes for Mount Davis to be built to bring them back here from LA...screw that shit...I am with the City for not agreeing to insane bribes to keep them...
The city worked out over 400M in funding for Fisher that wasn't based on debt financing but he wanted 90M or so more and they couldn't figure that out. F John Fisher...he wanted a bigger hand job...
@@jorgearizaga6787 We got the Ballers, Roots and Soul.
@@djbttncrt Thats sad ya...
How the hell is she still mayor.. for that matter, how the hell is she not in jail yet??? What a disgrace.
Joke!!!!
If Oakland is wondering what happened to all their sports teams maybe look at the last near 50 years worth of politicans elected mayor and remind yourself what the definition of madness is.
I personally have zero sympathy for the sports fans of the Bay Area because the mess they find themselves in is partially of their own making.
Watching Brodie's coverage has helped me better understand the views of the people who are affected by these moves but I ultimately understand the economics of the situation are undeniable.
I was sad to see the Raiders go and doubly so for the As but I am tired of Cities being raked over the coals for not giving bigger hand jobs to billionaires...enough already! if they can't be bothered to find their own pipe dreams then GTFO.
I am still paying for the Raiders to "come back to the Bay" on my property taxes cause the debts we took on to fund building Mt Davis for them are still being paid in for even though they took off like a 6+yrs ago now...we don't need to find the play things of billionaires...we have schools, roads, and stuff to pay for instead...if we are taking on debt, let it be for something more important than a handout to the richest people around...
Horrible Mayor in Oakland what a dump.
Ok it doesn’t get 120 degrees in Stockton, like most politicians, she stretches the truth
lol 😂
49ers dome at the Colosseum!
The Niners are sadly probably going to be in Santa Clara for a while. If anything, the Niners should move back to Candlestick, or at least somewhere in the peninsula closer to SF like Brisbane, Daly City, South San Francisco.
Not sure if Oakland people would want the Niners playing at the Coliseum or a new stadium on the Coliseum site. Most Oakland people are still Raider fans for the most part.
@@86byrdman the biggest issue with Levi's is it is hard to get to. With BART, Capital Corridor, and it's proximity to the freeway the Colosseum is the perfect place for any NFL team. People in Oakland may not be thrilled about the Niners, but I'm sure they would rather an NFL team than the Roots and the Ballers. A dome would bring in a lot of big events. Santa Clara would be happy, because it would mean no more "amplified sound".
Candlestick won't work because it is also not ideal to get to via public transit and the only Peninsula locations that may be available are the Brisbane dump which is really just the other side of Candlestick and not much easier to get to and Tanforan mall, which is a great location as far as proximity to public transit and the freeway, however it is pretty residential and very close to the airport and I don't think you could build something that tall.
Sheng has been in office impacting Oakland adversely for more than 6 years being on council prior and prior to that chief of staff and intern to CM Kaplan. So no excuses or blaming failures on prior administration. #RecallShengThao
Recall is coming
Boras played on turf in the 70's. Construction has started in Sacramento. MLBPA has no veto power. MLB has made the statement, Sacramento is happening and MLBPA said all they are discussing is like what the inside design of the new clubhouses going in, in Sacramento will be like. Players have commented on how they are partaking. BEING IN A SEWAGE, RODENT, FERAL CAT AND YES EVEN MOLD WHICH IS HORRIFIC FOR THE LUNGS IS NOT IN THE PLAYERS' BEST INTEREST. I have turf, I live where it gets to be 100+ and the heat can be mitigated!
Re read that all caps part. Tell me how it got that way?
I feel she jump the gun on her press announcement when the first LV news dropped and ranted on Fisher. Could have say less and not to burn bridges cause you never know.
Worst mayor
I support mayor Thao 💯% even if some issues are delicate n sensitive.... she IS tryna to make Oakland better for everyone makes me have hope once again
Her personal story is also inspirational (regardless of your political leanings). That's why the whole investigation allegations were so disheartening. People need people with her type of background to believe in.
All these negative comments....
@@kiroolioneaver8532 Still no official charges.
OMG🤡
It's never been 120 degrees. In fact, Sacramento only averages 3 days over 110 a year.
Ah, how lovely!
SMH!!!! You've obviously never been to Sac.
@@robertmikinka no never. I've only lived in Sacramento 45 years
Field temperature on turf of 130 degrees!
@@wmw3629 not with an underground sprinkler system.
Crooked politician.
City of Oakland sells it half of Coliseum for $105 million and John Fisher sold his half(which he paid $85 to Alameda County) for $125 million . Fisher makes $40 million profit. Looks like City of Oakland left $20 million on the table. No wonder the City of Oakland is on its road to bankruptcy. If lived in Oakland, I’d definitely vote to recall Mayor Thao.
Comments like this always overlook the fact that there are always 2 or more parties to a negotiation. The end result is often a compromise between what each party wants.
@@jeremyd1869 You’re right. Just pointing out that Fisher got a better deal by $20 million or perhaps Fisher is just a better negotiator. I was a bit harsh in my criticism of the City of Oakland officials.
Fisher's half became worth more because he sold 2nd. It was the key to unlocking full site control. If you are selling a plot of land where you have to split control with another party it's obviously worth less.
shes a good mayor.
I can see the Roots joining the MLS, and getting a UFL team. I wouldn't rule out a possible White Sox or Chargers move to Oakland.
White Sox and Chargers not moving much less to Oakland
@@splashnskillz37 shovel site with easy access, great weather, and an incredible view, Oakland is a more attractive site than you think.
Sanctuary state
Explain to me why when Finley brought the A's to Oakland (and immediately regretted it) the Dynasty A's 1971-76 couldn't draw? Under a million!
I feel for A's fans, I'm from Montreal but the east bay never supported the A's and you will never get another team again
Oakland is a shithole compared to Montreal.
Rip baseball in Oakland
different decades are apples and oranges when it comes to attendance. bay area could have supported 2 teams in real competition. should the white sox be forced to move out of chicago? look at their attendance, even after winning a world series in this century.
Ick
Next Brodie interviews Trump
I'll watch that!!!
Never
There is no artificial turf in the Sacramento park. Tell the truth!
They're installing it for next year and into the future.
@MayorShengThao Find a way to keep the #Athletics #RootedInOakland. #SellTheTeam
So we're just supposed to forget she got raided? Politicians ain't sh-t
As need to move to an American city. No more California. It's Asian and Mexican not American