Don Knauss, the chairman and chief executive officer of The
Clorox Company, recently held a press conference to express his desire to keep
the Oakland A’s “where they belong” – in Oakland.
“Clorox strongly and
enthusiastically endorses the efforts of the East Bay business community and
city of Oakland to keep the Oakland A’s here in a new, world-class stadium,” he
said.
Knauss continued that, “The
business community is committed to helping drive an effort to support the
current ownership group in their quest for a new stadium so long as they are
committed to staying in Oakland. However, if the current ownership group is not
committed to Oakland, we want to make clear that Oakland and the East Bay
business community are ready to step up to the plate to help ensure the A’s
stay home where they belong – in Oakland.”
Knauss, in fact, said that a new
potential ownership group has been identified should the current ownership wish
to sell.
Knauss is the former president and
CEO of the Minute Maid Company, where he was actively involved in the design of
the new Houston Astros downtown ballpark and subsequently secured naming rights
to change the name to Minute Maid Park.
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