New A’s stadium at Oakland’s Howard Terminal clears Senate and now progresses toward reality. Assemblyman Rob Bontas (D-Oakland) AB 1191 passed the Senate 34-0. The proposal includes a new ballpark to be built at the Howard Terminal in Jack London Square in Oakland.
Oakland A’d Ballpark, Howard Terminal via BIG
Oakland Ballpark View via MLB
An opposing lawsuit filed by a coalition of local industry associations in the Alameda County Superior Court was not successful in challenging the team’s ability to perform a necessary Environmental Impact Report. However, the initial plans to open the stadium by 2023 have been delayed.
Illustrated plans for the existing Oakland Coliseum site via MLB
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is the leading architecture firm managing design concepts and construction. Gensler is managing the planning and design execution, and James Corner Field Operations is the landscape architect.
Oakland Ballpark Rendering via BIG
Named Oakland Ballpark, it is proposed as the new home of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. It would serve as the replacement of their current home at Oakland Coliseum, where the team has resided since 1968.
Oakland Ballpark Stadium Interiors via MLB
The design retains its continuous rooftop park, which both fans and the community can use. The project forms part of a new development that includes high-rise towers, offices, and retail space. Under the redesign, the previous “diamond box” stadium is replaced by an open, circular scheme. The Athletics have proposed constructing a stadium containing 35,000 fixed seats. The ballpark will feature an elevated park that wraps and frames the bowl, coming down to meet the waterfront and a promenade called Athletics Way. Eighteen acres of space for new parks and open areas have been proposed, along with housing, office, retail, and a skill-center.
The estimated initiation of construction is late 2021, and the stadium anticipates its grand opening in 2024.
Correction: Site plans for the location of the Coliseum were erroneously labeled as the site plan for the future sports stadium.
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Wow… I’ve attended MLB games at 22 different stadiums and this is just incredible. Might actually encourage me to visit Oakland, which I never thought I’d say.
Yes, let’s put a massive ballpark on prime, valuable waterfront real estate..
Michael: Yes, just like the SF Giants did. We all know what an abysmal failure that was. /s
the site plan graphic is not for the proposed location described in the article, and shown in all other images – it is the current Coliseum site.