Oakland A's to play in Sacramento MiLB Park 25-27

You are a local somewhat out there, correct?  Meaning you are in the A's market...  Was that supposed Stadium/neighborhood that they talked about building for a couple of billion going to happen/was it real?  Or was it just a pipe dream that would've taken 20 years to get through the city, and by then the price would've tripled?  I mean, I don't blame the Raiders for moving when they did, and I certainly don't blame the A's for moving, especially with all of the plumbing problems that the Coliseum has.  But did the Raiders really fuck over the Coliseum, or did they do that to themselves?  I mean, the deal with the Raiders it seems that the Coliseum did the absolute bare minimum when it came to upgrading the stadium from 1966 standards to 1995 standards...and it's needed more renovations for at least ten years.  John Madden said the Oakland Coliseum is the greatest location for a stadium in sports and said they should raze the place and build a new stadium right on the same piece of land, or build it in the parking lot and then blow up the old stadium.

So for anybody else reading along, the Oakland Coliseum is the poster child for why stadiums like the Georgia Dome are now considered outdated. They get a brand new stadium, they do nothing to keep it pristine, and it just goes to hell.  Shea Stadium opened two years before Oakland, while Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia all opened their cookie cutters after Oakland, and all of those stadiums have been imploded.