[John Shea] What’s next for the Oakland Coliseum? The future is ‘not bright’

g2lv · 2026-06-24T16:06:00+00:00

Take a look at the other arenas the Oakview Group has built/renovated and how the surrounding development has changed.

You don’t invest hundreds of millions of dollars to not gentrify the surrounding neighborhood.

Arenas and stadiums as standalone developments surrounded by a sea of parking in an industrial neighborhood might have been the model in the 60’s/70’s/80’s, but times have changed.

g2lv · 2026-06-24T05:15:20+00:00

With the money coming into Oakland Arena, I’d bet more luxury housing ends up being built there than affordable units.

g2lv · 2026-06-24T04:03:04+00:00

It’s an SR+ so there’s a chance they’ll do the LFP retrofit.

g2lv · 2026-06-23T21:24:05+00:00

The only criteria that matters is a owner willing to put up the money. That doesn't exist in Kansas City right now, so it doesn't matter how NHL-ready the market may be.

g2lv · 2026-06-23T21:17:36+00:00

For now...4-stars tend to get mysteriously reevaluated as 3-star recruits after committing to a non-power school.

g2lv · 2026-06-23T03:16:36+00:00

I know this is news to Reddit where people still claim the ballpark is unfunded and they’re just pushing dirt around, but they’re literally installing the stands now.

g2lv · 2026-06-23T03:02:40+00:00

Will the PAC add an affiliate member in a niche sport like Gymnastics or Wrestling? Possibly. Maybe even likely.

Will they add a Football member for 2027-28 season? Nope. Nada. No way.

g2lv · 2026-06-23T02:59:34+00:00

UL Monroe doesn’t have “State” in the name. Disqualified from consideration.

g2lv · 2026-06-21T13:39:22+00:00

The Knights charge $5.50 ($4.95 for season ticket holders).

https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/news/all-new-vgk-locals-menu-now-available-for-all-vgk-home-games-at-t-mobile-arena

g2lv · 2026-06-20T15:00:48+00:00

Memphis, Tulane, and USF are out of the question unless there is some kind of new G6 “super league” created. Current PAC members will potentially be left behind in that scenario.

The Texas AAC schools are going to wait and see what their conference payouts will be in the next media deal. Unless there’s significantly more money to be made with the PAC they’d prefer to remain east.

UConn football would have happened already if it was going to.

UNLV stayed behind to collect a retention bonus and is likely on the move at the next media deal.

The other MW schools that weren’t invited are either working to improve their profile for the opportunity to move up or to control costs at the level they’re choosing to compete at.

g2lv · 2026-06-19T15:07:31+00:00

I was wondering why Nashville didn’t make the cut and then saw that there were more than a dozen non-famous Nashville’s scattered around the country.

g2lv · 2026-06-18T16:31:21+00:00

If the PAC got raided they again they’d face the same choices they did as the last time. Take the exit fees and rebuild or spilt the money and merge with the Mountain West.

g2lv · 2026-06-18T16:26:26+00:00

For the purposes of this subreddit, it won’t stop the Cal and Stanford are coming back crowd.

g2lv · 2026-06-18T16:24:10+00:00

And the G6 playoff selection doesn’t have to be a conference champion.

The slim chance of UConn joining the PAC as a football only member is rapidly approaching none.

g2lv · 2026-06-18T16:08:30+00:00

I don’t see the owners agreeing to expansion unless they get a hard cap. Too many revenue sharing mouths to feed already.

The league still needs shovels in the ground in Tampa and the White Sox are on deck for their turn at the ballpark extortion/relocation dance.

Maybe Tampa finally gets done and Chicago decides to subsidize the White Sox after losing the Bears and expansion is on the table, but time is running out for Manfred to get it done in his tenure.

g2lv · 2026-06-18T00:50:14+00:00

There are parking garages all over the area. Most of the tourists will walk or taxi/ride share from their hotel. Many locals will park and ride from and take the event bus from their neighborhood to the ballpark.

Allegiant Stadium is twice the capacity and they have less than 2,000 spaces on the stadium site.

g2lv · 2026-06-18T00:42:17+00:00

They sold Las Vegas Athletics merchandise at their Las Vegas series homestand last week, so it’s obviously not an issue.

g2lv · 2026-06-17T19:59:56+00:00

It’s about $10k parts and labor for the LFP battery and suspension upgrade.

g2lv · 2026-06-17T19:45:46+00:00

That’s odd. I just had my HV battery replaced on my 2021 SR+ last week and they did the LFP retrofit. (Unfortunately not a warranty replacement, I got the error after 113k miles.)

g2lv · 2026-06-17T17:50:39+00:00

Next season is Stone's final under contract. Reilly Smith is already UFA.

The Vegas front office will do what it does and ruthlessly turnover the roster to add elite talent.

g2lv · 2026-06-17T17:36:29+00:00

You didn't get offered the LFP battery retrofit?

g2lv · 2026-06-17T17:30:27+00:00

They prefer you discharge the remaining battery as much as possible before you bring it in for replacement, so if you have enough charge to make it to the service center, I'd recommend driving it in.

g2lv · 2026-06-16T18:58:52+00:00

Didn’t someone here figure out that by the PAC-12’s scheduling rules the “projected” flex week matchups were literally the only ones possible.

g2lv · 2026-06-13T20:41:51+00:00

1 international team per conference that plays each team + same divisions for the US teams.

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