SF News Sale of Oakland Coliseum May Be Going Sideways, as East Bay Politicians Dig In on Turf Wars The overall $250 million sale of the Oakland Coliseum is being held up by East Bay elected officials, who seem to want to do more due diligence on deals they’ve already agreed to. But the City of Oakland is getting stiffed on payments because of it.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Oakland Arena Concert Inexplicably Delayed Over Safety Concerns A Hans Zimmer concert at Oakland Arena had an inexplicable two-hour delay that frustrated fans Thursday; the US added 254,000 jobs last month; and a new report confirms that Trump withheld disaster aid to California because it's a blue state.
Bay Area Sports A’s Sell Their Share of the Oakland Coliseum to Black-Owned Development Group for $125 Million The African American Sports & Entertainment Group will soon become the full owner of the Oakland Coliseum, as they bought the City of Oakland's ownership share of the Coliseum earlier this year, and they just bought the other half from the departing Oakland A’s.
Arts & Entertainment Missy Elliot Announces Summer Tour With Busta Rhymes and Ciara, Coming to Oakland in July Get your freak on when Missy Elliott comes to the Oakland Arena in July with Busta Rhymes, Ciara, and Timbaland, as tickets go on sale this week for Misdemeanor’s first tour in 20 years.
Arts & Entertainment Watch: Adorable Teen From Mill Valley Gets to Play Drums For Pearl Jam in Oakland A Tamalpais High senior got to jam with Pearl Jam at Saturday night’s Oakland Arena show, and even flowed right in after the band's drummer tested positive for COVID-19.
Arts & Entertainment Win a Pair of Tickets to Gorillaz's 10/30 Show at Oakland Arena On October 30th, Gorillaz will hit the stage at Oakland Arena for one magnificent concert. To celebrate, SFist is giving away one pair of tickets to the show. On this post, enter for
Arts & Entertainment Congratulations Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Winners In honor of Van Halen being nominated to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, we give you this, a video of prime Van Halen in 1981 playing "Unchained" at the Oakland Arena.
SF News The Warriors: Oracle Sez . . . On Friday, the Warriors announced their biggest signing of the year so far, agreeing to a 10-year, $30 million naming rights agreement with free agent multinational software corporation Oracle. The new name of
SF News Tourney Update Despite the dearth of local men's teams in the tourney, the Bay Area is still part of the tournament, hosting some pretty sweet regional games for both the Sweet 16 and the Elite
misc Where's Our Butterstick? We want a panda! We want a panda! Our cries to Gavin to pick us up one when he was in China went unheeded -- and now we've been stymied again! Oakland City
