In 2020 no fans were permitted and in 2021 limited attendance was still in effect. In 2022, coming off a lockout, the A’s traded Olson, Chapman, Bassitt and Manaea before the season and went on to lose 102 games. 2023 they announced the move to Vegas after the first homestand.
I'm sympathetic to the fans, don't get me wrong, but the A's haven't averaged more than 11,000 a home game since before the 2020 pandemic season. I covered it for all of my 51 seasons as a baseball writer. It's so sad on so many different fronts.