Following long wait, Oakland Coliseum sale ready for Alameda County board’s vote

OAKLAND — Alameda County leaders are expected to vote Tuesday on whether to transfer a sale of one of the East Bay’s most significant properties, the Oakland Coliseum, to a group of private developers looking to build a new megaplex there.

If approved, the county’s original deal in 2019 to sell its Coliseum ownership stake to the Oakland A’s will instead be re-assigned to a business entity formed by the African American Sports and Entertainment Group, or AASEG.

The A’s had agreed to transfer their still-pending acquisition of the site to AASEG for $125 million nearly a year ago, but long negotiations with county officials have dragged on this stage of the development deal, months past when the buyers promised it would wrap up…

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