San Diego is a beautiful city. I've never seen a Padres game but I've walked around outside the ballpark and it is really nice. So many options to do before or after the game.
Excellent report on the greatness of Petco Park. I've been a season ticket holder since the Park opened in 2004. After visiting many parks around the country, it's still after almost 20 years in existence, my favorite park, but I'm a little biased. I lived in the Bay Area for about 3 years and went to many A's games in the late 90's. I hope someday Oakland can have something as great as Petco Park, the current A's home is not even close to this gem in San Diego.
I've lived in San Diego most of my life and what Mr. Mores did to build Petco Park is just great. Sure it's a tourist city but the fans who show up to games love our Padres. We have become a big league city.
I'm a youngin so whenever I hear Padres I think Petco Park, it's such an amazing park and honestly I would not have been nearly as into baseball if I had to see them play at Qualcomm, Petco Park's upper nosebleeds feel so much closer to the field.
As a native San Diegan who currently lives in Berkeley, I’d love to see the A’s build a beautiful stadium like Petco Park in Oakland. Love your videos Brodie!
Had my season tickets since they were at Qualcomm. Went to the Parade after their 98 post game run. We all walked to the future site of the ballpark. My how it has changed old warehouse to a rich and diverse social gathering place. Petco also host concerts. Saw Garth Brooks there in May. Awesome!
Thanks. Being from Europe, I'll visit southern California next Spring, will definitely consider taking a trip down to SD. Thanks for the vid, good stuff
Great stuff Brodie. I strongly suggest that the Oakland City Council take a visit to Petco. Have a meeting with the SD leaders, get some first hand feedback about the impact of a stadium on the neighborhood, the businesses, housing, transportation, etc.
As a Bay Area boy, I love the content you make. All the updates and thoughts on a new ballpark for the A’s is fun to watch. I’m hoping something comes about it very very soon.
@@SouthEastSD619 Nobody is blaming the fans and the owners are not going to invest in the team under current circumstances. I don’t hear the owners bitching about fan attendance, but rather, they are simply adjusting their costs to match the current revenue. No big investment in the team will happen until the owners know better revenue outlook from a new stadium is in the cards. I blame Oakland officials for not having the backbone to make a decision either way about either funding a majority share for a new stadium as the cost to keep the A’s or passing on a new stadium and losing he A’s. I personally can understand and respect a decision either way. But Oakland officials not naking a decision and tringing this frama out way lingt than it should be is not respctable behavior. It appeats Oakland official think they can hav it both eays by keeping the A’s witjout funding any share of a new stadium. That is deluded thinking. Oakland officials need to either fish or cut bait. No more complicated than that.
I took my first trip to Petco in September. Absolutely amazing ballpark and neighborhood. Unfortunately, the Pads had their butts handed to them by the Dodgers, but it was a great experience. Highly recommend taking in a game from there sometime.
I haven't been to Petco, but I have been to the Braves ballpark many times. Having a ballpark neighborhood like that is really nice. Going to a ball game becomes less a "get in and get out" affair and more of an all day event, especially on the weekends. Now, whether it's paid for with public or private money is a separate matter. I do have to disagree with your statement about how if San Diego had lost the Padres they would have lost baseball forever. 1) They figured out a viable solution and didn't lose the team. 2) San Diego is a big enough market and far enough away from any other franchises that they could very well have attracted another franchise at a later date. Oakland, on the other hand, is less than 30 miles from the SF ballpark and there's no way the Giants would ever allow a team to move back into Oakland.
I agree. This is Oakland's last chance to be home to a major sports franchise. If they blow it, they will become just another one of the many municipalities in CA that people get confused about.
Oakland native who has lived in San Diego for the last 11 years here. Oakland would do itself a huge favor by following San Diego’s lead. But, as we all know, The A’s ownership is cheap and has NO REAL INTEREST in improving this team. That said, I hope Oakland can get it done.
I went to 2 games in late July this year. It was fun as they were facing the Twins and for the game on Saturday Sonny Gray pitched and he got the win and then the next game on Sunday saw Sean Manaea pitch and get the one. I got to see 2 former A's pitcher on the same weekend which was great.
I had to be Brodie’s 69th comment. It’s funny cause I remember when the A’s almost went to Fremont and I was tripping. Now I’d take it in a heartbeat. Plus as a Giants fan too, the area around pac bell is getting bigger every year. Another example
Yeah, Petco Park has been a success here in San Diego. Redevelopment has been mostly a success. There have been a few projects in the surrounding area which were premature, like 30 or so story skyscraper towers of residential units but in general a pretty good mix of residential and business have taken over the area and most of the old businesses which never had a chance like ancient theaters had to go if it cost more to renovate than made business sense. If there is one fly in the ointment regarding redevelopment planning, it's that the local train doesn't connect to the airport. I haven't been to a major city anywhere else in the US where the train doesn't have a terminal inside the airport. You have to either ride a limited bus line or Uber about a half mile(?) to major public transportation and trains.
San Diego has a few reservoirs and desalination plants, there's only one canal that runs from Riverside county to San Diego county, LA and the surrounding farmland is a way larger drain on Lake Mead, SD should be fine for a bit longer.
Manfred doing all he can to get the A's to Vegs. No way in hell the relocation fee was waived without the other owners on board. And who convinced them? Manfred, of course.
There is no way the relocation fee has been eaived or will be waived. Why would any owner give up their share of relocation fee for a team to move into a potential expansion city? Answer: Owners would never vote to give up their share of such a huge fee. If thr A’s move to Vegas, which I highly doubt will happen, they will have to pay the full amount of the relocation fee. If not paying that fee was an option, the A’s would have already made the decision to move and not continue trying to negotiate with Oakland officials. Nobody would continue with efforts to get a new stadium in Oakland if moving to Vegas was a realistic option because the relicatuon fee has been waived (or will be waived). Manfred doesn’t have the ability to convince any owner to vote gainsy their own economic best interests. Manfred works for the owners, they don’t work for him.
not the blue print. A's and the bay have do way better than that. My vision is that it has to be the newest most innovated baseball park of the bay and california
Oakland officials have to make a basic decision about whether they want to pay a majority share of the cost to build a new stadium in order to keep the A’s or do they pass on a new stadium and lose the A’s. I can understand a decision either way. But it appears Oakland official want it both ways by thinking they can keep the A’s in Oakland without paying any costs for a new stadium. That thinking is highly delusional. Oakland official simply need to grow a pair and make a decision either way. Again, if Oakland officials make a decision to pass on funding any costs for a new stadium and lose the team, I can understand and respect that decision. But Oakland officials not making a decision and being wishy washy and stringing this drama out way longer than it should be is not respectable behavior by politicians who are elected and paid to make these kinds of decisions. Either fish or cut bait.
Well they aren't going to go sleep on a dirt road in bum fk egypt.. They are in every city.. It's sad to see..Most of them have taken up shelter in Barrio Logan after Petco, and the owner does a lot to help them out as well..
@@reed510 Oakland hasn’t designed the stadium nor are they being asked to build the stadium. It all comes down to financing the stadium. Oakland needs to decide whether they want to pay the price of keeping the A’s at the cost of financing a share of the cost of a new stadium. I don’t recall the specifics, but last I heard was the costs would be split between Oakland and the A’s with Oakland paying a bigger share of the costs (which is usually the case for any city where a new stadium is built). If Oakland doesn’t want to cover the cost to keep the A’s, then they have no right to complain about the A’s leaving. If Oakland thinks they will be able to keep the A’s and not pay any of the cost to build a new stadium, they are severely deluded. It all comes down to Oakland deciding if they want to pay the price to keep the A’s by financing a share of the cost to build a new stadium. Not any more complicated than that. To be clear, I’m not saying whether Oakland should or shouldn’t pay any costs to build a new stadium, as that is a decision for Oakland officials to make. I could understand Oakland deciding not to pay any stadium cost and, thereby losing the team. But they have to make a decision either way because they can’t have it both ways by keeping the A’s in Oakland without paying any stadium costs.
Brodie trying to hard for A's to stay in Oakland, go as far and make video for for city of Oakland, next video we see like this will be showing A's Las Vegas ballpark
It was just like downtown LA very similar. But I must say this stadium has destroyed industry, brought a lot of outsiders who don't care about our city. It's pretty but most local San diegans don't go downtown to often we got to PB Chula Vista etc.... Downtown leadership doesn't care about San diegans they care about tourist
College kids flock to PB.. and no one goes to Chula Vista unless they're passing through it. In fact those places have just as many tourist as downtown..... San Diego is nothing like downtown LA either.. San Diego's downtown is the heart of the city, everything else is suburbs and some beach towns... I understand what you're saying, however that is just an optic from an "industry" stand point... The stadium hasn't killed anything.. it's done the opposite.
@@tonyattardo9350 I’m from out of state. All I can say is that it looks like they built a baseball stadium in an abandoned factory. Oh, and the seats, rows were surprisingly not cleaned from the last game. That’s standard everywhere else I have been.
@@Zvs3707 Well, not trying to be mean but I would definitely visit PNC, Wrigley Field, Dodgers and Milwaukee’s stadiums before I ever returned to that joint. Most newer parks, including White Sox and Cardinals ball fields have narrow seats and upper decks begging for people to fall from. The Padres Park was built in that mode.
@@jorgejohnson451 for most people it’s the total experience, not just the physicals you named. Most people who visit Petco are in it to get a San Diego trip out of it too. I quite frankly don’t enjoy how strict Wrigley has been as of late and it ruins the experience.
San Diego is a beautiful city. I've never seen a Padres game but I've walked around outside the ballpark and it is really nice. So many options to do before or after the game.
I've been to several games at Petco. It is a beautiful ballpark.
Brodie give it up never gonna happen;
Nah. Not never seen a Padres game. /
Spot on. Nobody went to the East Village before they built Petco, but now it's a thriving neighborhood. Get it done Oakland!
Excellent report on the greatness of Petco Park. I've been a season ticket holder since the Park opened in 2004. After visiting many parks around the country, it's still after almost 20 years in existence, my favorite park, but I'm a little biased. I lived in the Bay Area for about 3 years and went to many A's games in the late 90's. I hope someday Oakland can have something as great as Petco Park, the current A's home is not even close to this gem in San Diego.
I've lived in San Diego most of my life and what Mr. Mores did to build Petco Park is just great. Sure it's a tourist city but the fans who show up to games love our Padres. We have become a big league city.
I'm a youngin so whenever I hear Padres I think Petco Park, it's such an amazing park and honestly I would not have been nearly as into baseball if I had to see them play at Qualcomm, Petco Park's upper nosebleeds feel so much closer to the field.
25 years ago, nobody would’ve believed it
@@JoseOrozco_1 yeah we were AWFUL!!!! Go Padres!!!!
Petco park is fucking goated. #1 ballpark in the nation. Love visiting it.
As a native San Diegan who currently lives in Berkeley, I’d love to see the A’s build a beautiful stadium like Petco Park in Oakland. Love your videos Brodie!
Had my season tickets since they were at Qualcomm. Went to the Parade after their 98 post game run. We all walked to the future site of the ballpark. My how it has changed old warehouse to a rich and diverse social gathering place. Petco also host concerts. Saw Garth Brooks there in May. Awesome!
Thanks. Being from Europe, I'll visit southern California next Spring, will definitely consider taking a trip down to SD. Thanks for the vid, good stuff
Come and see us mate!
Great stuff Brodie. I strongly suggest that the Oakland City Council take a visit to Petco. Have a meeting with the SD leaders, get some first hand feedback about the impact of a stadium on the neighborhood, the businesses, housing, transportation, etc.
As a Bay Area boy, I love the content you make. All the updates and thoughts on a new ballpark for the A’s is fun to watch. I’m hoping something comes about it very very soon.
Great similarity and comparison Brodie. One can only hope that the gold shovel hits the ground in West Oakland sooner than later...
Let's get those shovels in the ground, folks!!!
Howard terminal is a bummer never happen leave Oakland can't support team viva lasvegas
@@davidammons1700 Raiders and A's to share the Death Star otherwise known as Allegiant Stadium!!! Las Vegas A's of Allegiant Stadium!!!
@@davidammons1700 that's the owners fault, not the fans. The owner isn't even making an effort to invest in the team.
@@SouthEastSD619 Nobody is blaming the fans and the owners are not going to invest in the team under current circumstances. I don’t hear the owners bitching about fan attendance, but rather, they are simply adjusting their costs to match the current revenue. No big investment in the team will happen until the owners know better revenue outlook from a new stadium is in the cards. I blame Oakland officials for not having the backbone to make a decision either way about either funding a majority share for a new stadium as the cost to keep the A’s or passing on a new stadium and losing he A’s. I personally can understand and respect a decision either way. But Oakland officials not naking a decision and tringing this frama out way lingt than it should be is not respctable behavior. It appeats Oakland official think they can hav it both eays by keeping the A’s witjout funding any share of a new stadium. That is deluded thinking. Oakland officials need to either fish or cut bait. No more complicated than that.
I hope Oakland gets some new digs soon, they deserve it. Been loving Petco Park since it first opened when I was 10! Went to the first opening day!
Well filmed, well written, well done.
Unfortunately, I have my doubts that Oakland would ever agree to any project this nice. Their politics gets in the way.
Thank you for this great comparison Brazil! I really hope they build the ballpark in Oakland.
I took my first trip to Petco in September. Absolutely amazing ballpark and neighborhood. Unfortunately, the Pads had their butts handed to them by the Dodgers, but it was a great experience. Highly recommend taking in a game from there sometime.
I haven't been to Petco, but I have been to the Braves ballpark many times. Having a ballpark neighborhood like that is really nice. Going to a ball game becomes less a "get in and get out" affair and more of an all day event, especially on the weekends. Now, whether it's paid for with public or private money is a separate matter.
I do have to disagree with your statement about how if San Diego had lost the Padres they would have lost baseball forever. 1) They figured out a viable solution and didn't lose the team. 2) San Diego is a big enough market and far enough away from any other franchises that they could very well have attracted another franchise at a later date. Oakland, on the other hand, is less than 30 miles from the SF ballpark and there's no way the Giants would ever allow a team to move back into Oakland.
I agree. This is Oakland's last chance to be home to a major sports franchise. If they blow it, they will become just another one of the many municipalities in CA that people get confused about.
Oakland native who has lived in San Diego for the last 11 years here.
Oakland would do itself a huge favor by following San Diego’s lead. But, as we all know, The A’s ownership is cheap and has NO REAL INTEREST in improving this team.
That said, I hope Oakland can get it done.
I went to 2 games in late July this year. It was fun as they were facing the Twins and for the game on Saturday Sonny Gray pitched and he got the win and then the next game on Sunday saw Sean Manaea pitch and get the one. I got to see 2 former A's pitcher on the same weekend which was great.
I had to be Brodie’s 69th comment. It’s funny cause I remember when the A’s almost went to Fremont and I was tripping. Now I’d take it in a heartbeat. Plus as a Giants fan too, the area around pac bell is getting bigger every year. Another example
Can’t wait to make a trip to San Diego for my birthday weekend (summer 2023) catch a Padres Game, go to TJ etc….
Yeah, Petco Park has been a success here in San Diego.
Redevelopment has been mostly a success. There have been a few projects in the surrounding area which were premature, like 30 or so story skyscraper towers of residential units but in general a pretty good mix of residential and business have taken over the area and most of the old businesses which never had a chance like ancient theaters had to go if it cost more to renovate than made business sense.
If there is one fly in the ointment regarding redevelopment planning, it's that the local train doesn't connect to the airport. I haven't been to a major city anywhere else in the US where the train doesn't have a terminal inside the airport. You have to either ride a limited bus line or Uber about a half mile(?) to major public transportation and trains.
Howard Terminal is a weirdly long commute from the strip.
C'mon Oakland let's get a move on!!! Howard Terminal opening day: April 10, 2090!!!
What happens if Lake Mead runs completely dry??????????
San Diego has a few reservoirs and desalination plants, there's only one canal that runs from Riverside county to San Diego county, LA and the surrounding farmland is a way larger drain on Lake Mead, SD should be fine for a bit longer.
What about the tax base the new neighborhood brings to the City of SD ?
Absolutely. Huge economic benefits to sports teams and revitalized neighborhood.
MLB cuts out revenue sharing this year for the A’s if they don’t get a plan.
Found where I work in this video lol
Manfred doing all he can to get the A's to Vegs. No way in hell the relocation fee was waived without the other owners on board. And who convinced them? Manfred, of course.
It’s funny that Manfred wants the A’s or any team to move to Vegas but Pete Rose is still banned from MLB 🤦♂️.
There is no way the relocation fee has been eaived or will be waived. Why would any owner give up their share of relocation fee for a team to move into a potential expansion city? Answer: Owners would never vote to give up their share of such a huge fee. If thr A’s move to Vegas, which I highly doubt will happen, they will have to pay the full amount of the relocation fee. If not paying that fee was an option, the A’s would have already made the decision to move and not continue trying to negotiate with Oakland officials. Nobody would continue with efforts to get a new stadium in Oakland if moving to Vegas was a realistic option because the relicatuon fee has been waived (or will be waived). Manfred doesn’t have the ability to convince any owner to vote gainsy their own economic best interests. Manfred works for the owners, they don’t work for him.
not the blue print. A's and the bay have do way better than that. My vision is that it has to be the newest most innovated baseball park of the bay and california
Oakland officials have to make a basic decision about whether they want to pay a majority share of the cost to build a new stadium in order to keep the A’s or do they pass on a new stadium and lose the A’s. I can understand a decision either way. But it appears Oakland official want it both ways by thinking they can keep the A’s in Oakland without paying any costs for a new stadium. That thinking is highly delusional. Oakland official simply need to grow a pair and make a decision either way. Again, if Oakland officials make a decision to pass on funding any costs for a new stadium and lose the team, I can understand and respect that decision. But Oakland officials not making a decision and being wishy washy and stringing this drama out way longer than it should be is not respectable behavior by politicians who are elected and paid to make these kinds of decisions. Either fish or cut bait.
#JustSellFisher
You forgot the homeless
Well they aren't going to go sleep on a dirt road in bum fk egypt.. They are in every city.. It's sad to see..Most of them have taken up shelter in Barrio Logan after Petco, and the owner does a lot to help them out as well..
They came from San Francisco
Nah. Not turn of the century. Not turn uh the century. /
SAN JOSE A’S
San Jose Athletics!!!
San Jose Giants
Oakland has had over a decade to make this work, yet they have not. The A's need to go to Las Vegas
Just Oakland? It’s not the city job to design, finance, and build the stadium. Be realistic
@@reed510 Oakland hasn’t designed the stadium nor are they being asked to build the stadium. It all comes down to financing the stadium. Oakland needs to decide whether they want to pay the price of keeping the A’s at the cost of financing a share of the cost of a new stadium. I don’t recall the specifics, but last I heard was the costs would be split between Oakland and the A’s with Oakland paying a bigger share of the costs (which is usually the case for any city where a new stadium is built). If Oakland doesn’t want to cover the cost to keep the A’s, then they have no right to complain about the A’s leaving. If Oakland thinks they will be able to keep the A’s and not pay any of the cost to build a new stadium, they are severely deluded.
It all comes down to Oakland deciding if they want to pay the price to keep the A’s by financing a share of the cost to build a new stadium. Not any more complicated than that.
To be clear, I’m not saying whether Oakland should or shouldn’t pay any costs to build a new stadium, as that is a decision for Oakland officials to make. I could understand Oakland deciding not to pay any stadium cost and, thereby losing the team. But they have to make a decision either way because they can’t have it both ways by keeping the A’s in Oakland without paying any stadium costs.
Brodie trying to hard for A's to stay in Oakland, go as far and make video for for city of Oakland, next video we see like this will be showing A's Las Vegas ballpark
It was just like downtown LA very similar. But I must say this stadium has destroyed industry, brought a lot of outsiders who don't care about our city. It's pretty but most local San diegans don't go downtown to often we got to PB Chula Vista etc.... Downtown leadership doesn't care about San diegans they care about tourist
College kids flock to PB.. and no one goes to Chula Vista unless they're passing through it. In fact those places have just as many tourist as downtown..... San Diego is nothing like downtown LA either.. San Diego's downtown is the heart of the city, everything else is suburbs and some beach towns...
I understand what you're saying, however that is just an optic from an "industry" stand point... The stadium hasn't killed anything.. it's done the opposite.
Love my city hate downtown to fake go padres wish they made the valley into something special but they brought the ball park to 10th and J
Went to Petco in October. Not worth visiting.
Wow really? How’s Inglewood treating you?
@@tonyattardo9350 I’m from out of state. All I can say is that it looks like they built a baseball stadium in an abandoned factory.
Oh, and the seats, rows were surprisingly not cleaned from the last game. That’s standard everywhere else I have been.
Quite the contrary from most of the ballpark chaser’s feedback but what do they know after visiting all 30 right?
@@Zvs3707 Well, not trying to be mean but I would definitely visit PNC, Wrigley Field, Dodgers and Milwaukee’s stadiums before I ever returned to that joint. Most newer parks, including White Sox and Cardinals ball fields have narrow seats and upper decks begging for people to fall from. The Padres Park was built in that mode.
@@jorgejohnson451 for most people it’s the total experience, not just the physicals you named. Most people who visit Petco are in it to get a San Diego trip out of it too. I quite frankly don’t enjoy how strict Wrigley has been as of late and it ruins the experience.
Nah. Not special. /
i love my city!!!
its not gonna happen... Oakland is dead for sports... plus SD doesnt have the same kind of problems oakland has
Before Petco was built, downtown SD was not nearly what it is now. Back in the day, nobody wanted to be in downtown SD as it existed back then.