. >> jeremy goodrich has bled green and gold since he was a child. typically at this time of year, the chatter would be about players reporting to spring training and how well the team may do. instead, the team is skipping town becomes top of mind. >> i think if the a's are serious about the relocation to las vegas, they need to get out of oakland after this season. >> the a's confirm they met with oakland and alameda county officials thursday to talk about extending the lease at the coliseum. their new home is not expected to be ready to go in las vegas until 2028 at the earliest. city leaders are demanding more rent by asking for a share of the roughly $67 million tv contract money . on top of that, they want john fisher to give up the team name and colors and for mlb to guarantee oakland an expansion team. goodrich says obviously, the easiest solution is for the a's to stay. >> there is really a good situation here for the a's to realize what is at stake here and that they should really come back to the table and get the stadium done in oakland. f

. >> reporter: jeremy goodrich has bled green and gold since he was a child. typically at this time of year, the chatter would be about players reporting to spring training and how well the team may do this year. instead, the team skipping town is top of mind. >> i personally think if the a's are serious about the relocation to las vegas, they need to get out of oakland after this season. >> reporter: the a's confirm they met with oakland and alameda county officials thursday to talk about extending the lease at the coliseum. their new home is not expected to be readily to go in las vegas until 2028 at the earliest. but city leaders are demanding more rent by asking for a share of the roughly $67 million tv contract money. on top of that, they want john fisher to give up the the team name and colors, and for mlb to guarantee oakland an expansion team. goodrich says obviously the easiest solution is for the a's to stay. >> obviously there's a good situation for the a's to realize what's at stake and they should really come back to the table and get the stadium

. >> reporter: jeremy goodrich has bleed green and gold since he was a child. typically at this time of year, the chatter would be about players reporting to spring training and how well the team may do this year. instead, the team skipping town is top of mind. >> i personally think that if the a's are serious about their relocation to las vegas, they need to -- get out of oakland after this season. >> reporter: the a's confirm they met with oakland and alameda county officials thursday to talk about extending the lease at the coliseum. their new home is not expected to be ready to go in las vegas until 2028 at the earliest, but city leaders are of course demanding more rent by asking for a share of the roughly $67 million tv contract money. on top of that, they want john fisher to give up the team name and colors. and for mlb to guarantee oakland an expansion team. goodrich says obviously the easiest solution is for the a's to stay. >> there's really a good situation right here for the a's to realize what's at stake here. and that they should really come back