Silicon Valley Athletics?

Proposed new logo for the Athletics

The Oakland A's have agreed with Cisco Systems Inc to build a new stadium south of Fremont. The new 32,000 - 35,000 seat stadium in tentatively being named Cisco Field. A's owner, Lew Wolff has said that the renaming of the Oakland Athletics to the "Fremont Athletics" or the "Silicon Valley Athletics" is still up in the air.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

1154 days ago

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Wow, two teams in one weekend... Is the "Golden State" Warriors next since the Kings are moving to Anaheim temporarily until Stern allows them to move to Vegas (they could have unis with clubs, hearts, diamonds and spades!)

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FranklinNobleSoccer Kid

1154 days ago

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No way an NBA team ever makes it to Vegas. The benefit of having a pro sports team doesn't nearly outweigh the money they'd lose from having to take all of the NBA games off the sports books. I don't blame the A's or the 49'ers for moving... in fact, I applaud the fact that they're building privately funded stadiums elsewhere. I wish every team in sports did this.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

1154 days ago

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remember you said this after the NBA all-star game in February... Vegas is a smart enough town to work something out. Not like the Maloofs are big players in the town or anything...<sarcasm/>

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