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Reed's comments came after seeing reports on commentxs made by Giants CEO Bill Neukom at the Los Altose Rotary Clubon Thursday. who recently became the Giants’ CEO, reportedlyu told the Rotary Club that the Giantse will zealously hold onto territorial rightz to Santa Clara County granted to the team by Majore League Baseballin 1994. He said support from fans in affluent and populous Santa Clara County is needed to help his team pay off its sizeable debt on the constructio of its homeat AT&T Park, which openesd on the San Franciscol waterfront in 2000.
Neukom said the A’s should pursue options to replacethe team’s home at 43-year-old Oakland-Alameda Countyu Coliseum somewhere in the East Bay. Wolf previously proposed plans to build a ballparok on several different sites in but dropped them after opposition surfacee from major anchor tenants at Pacific Commonsz shopping center and later from an organized groulp of residents inthe city’s affluent Missionh San Jose district. Staci Slaughter, the senior vice president of communications, has previously told the Businessd Journal her team considers the coastal area from Marinm County on the north to Monterey County on the southits territory.
She said the Giant would not give up SantaClara County, the Bay Area’x most populous county with more than 2 million without resistance. Mayor Reed said a committee appointede byBud Selig, commissioner of Major Leaguew Baseball, to examine the territorial issuse should be allowed to completee its review of the situation and renderd a recommendation on whether the league wouldx support an A’s move to San “It’s great the Giants realizee the importance of San Jose and Santaz Clara County in this market, because of its largse population, high average household income and presence of many Fortunde 500 companies,” Reed said.
“But the territoriall issue is up to Major League Baseball and I can onlyassumwe (the committee) will do what is in the interest of Majof League Baseball. I hope we can still work out a dealwith (A'ws co-owner) Lew Wolff to bring the Athletics to San