News of the Oakland Athletics officially finalizing plans for a new stadium in Las Vegas will hit one place harder than most.
The loyal professional sports fans that actually reside in the city of Oakland.
When the Athletics leave for Nevada, their departure will mark Oakland losing its third and final pro sports team in the last four years. The Golden State Warriors, while still in the Bay Area, actually play their home games in San Francisco now and have since 2019. Meanwhile, the Raiders made their move to Las Vegas official in 2020.
Now, after years of the Athletics hurting their fans by not investing much in the on-field product, they, too, will leave for Las Vegas. It’s a sad story for a city that undoubtedly had so much love for the Athletics, Warriors, and Raiders. These respective fanbases deserved better. They deserved someone to cheer for.
Sports fans reacted similarly to Oakland’s latest huge pro sports team loss on Twitter.
Oakland lost the Raiders, Warriors, and A's in a 5 year span
Just terrible
Oakland with no pro sports team is terrible
— Jason Maples (@JJMaples55_MST) April 20, 2023
Hurting for Oakland.
This is why the Packers were smart to have the foresight to incorporate as a non-profit, structured so that it would essentially be impossible for an owner to move the team.
All pro sports should operate that way. Obviously won't happen, but should. https://t.co/byUkBGwNLg
— Jay Sorgi (@jsorgi) April 20, 2023
The city of Oakland has lost three professional sports teams in the last five years
Warriors in 2019
Raiders in 2020
Athletics in 2023Not sure how you recover from that if you are a sports fan in the area. It’s just awful
— Joe Orrico (@JoeOrrico99) April 20, 2023
Feel terrible for Oakland fans. There is a cynical side to sports, but there's one to everything if you try hard enough. Teams become a part of the family or an escape for many. If you're a fan, they're a part of the strongest memories with the most important people of your life.
— Ken Carman (@KenCarman) April 20, 2023
Zero major pro sports teams left in Oakland by 2027. Sad day. https://t.co/qBL8kRpAYq
— Sam Lloyd (@llamsoyd) April 20, 2023
All 3 of your major sports teams relocating in just the last few years is horrible. Oakland sports fans don’t deserve this https://t.co/qpITfIeh1o
— Neel (@superneel060) April 20, 2023
The exodus of sports from Oakland is an ongoing tragedy. Three teams have abandoned their long time, loyal community. Disgusting. https://t.co/yiGSqY9liW
— Jack (@RealJackKeeney) April 20, 2023
There will be no professional sports teams left in Oakland soon. Sad for the fans who deserve better. https://t.co/gwcs3OBhpQ
— Holden Walter-Warner (@hwalterwarner) April 20, 2023
the fans of Oakland deserve better because within a span of 5 years, they’ve now lost:
– Warriors
– Raiders
– & now the A’sjust awful now that they don’t even have a sports team
— David Santana (@dsantana310) April 20, 2023
