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(OAKLAND, Calif.) — The Oakland Athletics will start exploring the possibility of relocation, ESPN reports, with the blessing of Major League Baseball.
The move could put pressure on local government officials to greenlight a new stadium project that has been in limbo for years.
The team has played in Oakland since 1968, and has prioritized a plan that would include a new waterfront stadium in downtown Oakland. But weeks after they asked the city council to vote on a $12 billion mixed-use development before its summer recess, the team is now considering other possibilities.
“The future of the A’s depends on a
