Purpose of Collaboration

The main collaborators in the development of the new baseball stadium include Initiator

and response party, the A’s Participants (The city of Oakland, the Port of Oakland, The state

legislature), the Howard Terminal proposal Community Benefits Agreement (CBA), and

Possible private sponsors. The collaboration will enhance the completion of the new baseball

stadium with affordable houses, business spaces and improve tourism in the region.

Additionally, the collaboration will help the project achieve its goal of offering affordable

housing. In particular, more than 60% of residents in Oakland, who are tenants earning an

average income of $36,000 annually, will be the primary beneficiary (Berg, 2020). Recently, the

rental increased by 14% for a one-bedroom house and 18% for a two-bedroom house, making

Oakland one of the most expensive areas to rent a house. However, the collaboration in

developing a new baseball stadium will lead to low-cost and affordable housing. More houses

will be built within the new stadium location to reduce the high demand for housing, thus

lowering the rent cost. The collaboration will be crucial in lowering the cost of rent by more than

10%, which will increase the purchasing power of the people in the region (Levin, 2019). More

than 3,000 homes will be built in the area designated as the PDAs to improve housing conditions

in the region.

The collaboration will set new locations and spaces for commercial activities. The

Priority Development Areas will be solicited to streamline business activities in the new baseball

stadium. In this case, the Priority Development Areas will have new homes, commercial

locations, and community amenities (Levin, 2019). Thus, the collaboration will promote business

activities in the region, create job opportunities, and improve existing infrastructures.