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Cisco Field To Be A's New Home In Fremont

An AP newswire article, via CBS5.com, reports that:

The Oakland Athletics reached a deal with Cisco Systems Inc. to build a new ballpark in Fremont, according to city officials who met with the team's owner Wednesday.

The agreement would create a 32,000- to 35,000-seat ballpark, dubbed Cisco Field, on a 143-acre parcel held by the company, officials told the San Jose Mercury News.

If the plan is approved by the city, the A's could begin playing in Fremont -- 20 milies south of Oakland -- as soon as 2011, the newspaper reported.

A formal announcement of the deal was planned for Tuesday at Cisco's San Jose headquarters.

A's owner Lew Wolff declined to speak to reporters Wednesday as he left a meeting with four Fremont City Council members. Cisco officials also declined to comment.

Team spokesman Jim Young has said the A's won't comment until an announcement is made.

posted by Fergie @ 11/08/2006 09:59:00 PM