MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says process of whether Athletics stay in Oakland 'at the end' Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com DENVER -- Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred placed added pressure on East Bay officials on Tuesday, intentionally or not, saying the process of keeping the Oakland Athletics from relocating is "at the end" and stating that "this is the decision point for Oakland as to whether they wanna have Major League Baseball moving forward." The A's and MLB have deemed the site of the Coliseum, which has hosted the A's since 1968, a non-viable option and have prioritized building a waterfront ballpark in downtown Oakland at the Howard Terminal site. The Oakland City Council will consider a non-binding term sheet for that project, in which the A's have proposed privately funding $1 billion, on July 20. If the votes don't go in their favor, the A's may look to relocate to Las Vegas, a city visited by team officials in recent months.