Fremont officials on Tuesday night will present a conceptual proposal for a 36,000-seat baseball stadium for the Oakland A's on land owned by New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.
Major League Baseball has asked Fremont to submit stadium plans while it determines whether a suitable stadium site exists to keep the struggling baseball team in the East Bay.
Last month, Oakland officials proposed three potential ballpark sites in the Jack London Square area in an effort to keep the A's in that city, where they have played for 41 years.
A's owner Lew Wolff has said he's interested in moving the team to San Jose. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has formed a committee to study the team's future.
In a staff report, Fremont City Manager Fred Diaz said the city is looking at putting a new stadium on 120 acres at the southeast corner of Fremont and South Grimmer boulevards.
The vacant parcel is at the northernmost edge of NUMMI's property and would not include any of the land occupied by the vehicle manufacturing plant, which is scheduled to close April 1.
The conceptual plan will be discussed by the Fremont City Council at a work session at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Diaz said that if agreements are reached with the A's and Major League Baseball, city staff would recommend a citywide vote on the project as early as November.
