city council president larry reed opened the door yesterday to the east oakland sports center near the coliseum. it has an indoor swimming pool, slide, dance and fitness classes and even karate. reed says it's a dream that he has had for 30 years. it took a decade to raise more than $20 million for the facility including a couple of ballot measures and redevelopment funds. >> a place for the resident of the city to go and enjoy a quality of life that they have not been able to enjoy. >> they are not done yet. future plans include a tennis court and baseball and soccer fields. >>> 4:44 now. it is the biggest victory yesterday for a new 49ers stadium on the peninsula. the 49ers say they have already sold dozens of luxury boxes even though construction in santa clara has yet to begin. the team says it has sold a total of $138 million in luxury boxes mostly to individuals, not companies. that money more than doubles the total committed to the project thus far. the stadium is expected to open in 2015 at a cost of nearly $1 billion. of course, they have to play soon we hope. >>> a lockout fo

tonight, oakland city council president larry reed opened the doors to the east oakland sports centera dream he has had for the past 30 years has become a reality. >> the place for the residents of the city to go at, and enjoy a quality of life that they've not been able to enjoy. >> reporter: a lot of times people don't think that cities like oakland can have facilities like this. and i agree with larry. we want our kids to have what the kids in the suburbs have. >> reporter: with the help of measures bd and ww, and redevelopment funds. >> you see what it means to so many people. >> reporter: it has an indoor swimming pool, and slide, dance and fitness rooms, even karate. that's only the beginning. in phase two, they want to build new tennis courts, a new pool, soccer fields, even a new baseball field. that's going to take a whole lot more money. right now, the facility is open seven days a week, but that might not last. >> like proposed budgets, we'll see at the end of the summer we may have to cut back some of the months. >> reporter: budget talks are far from the minds of these ki

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