Alameda Planning Board approves temporary stadium proposal for Oakland Roots and Soul

And tonight, the Oakland Roots and Soul are one step closer to being able to move ahead with plans for a temporary stadium in Alameda next year. This as they continue searching for a permanent home. The Alameda Planning Board voting in favor of the team's proposal to build the facility at their current practice complex. KTVU's Zach Sauce, live with what happens next. Zach. And, Claudine, tonight the board voting unanimously in favor of that plan, that plan paving the way for the team to build an 8,000-seat temporary stadium in Alameda at the former Oakland Raiders training complex. That complex, of course, now serves as the training complex for both the Oakland Roots and Oakland Soul. The Roots have been playing their home matches at the Oakland Coliseum for the past two years, but this was their... Final season there as they search for a permanent new home. They now plan to build a modular stadium in Alameda, complete with seating for thousands of fans, stadium lighting, and of course other amenities. The facility is expected to host up to 27 professional soccer matches a year for the next... Three to five seasons. The plans have drawn both support and opposition from nearby residents. Some have raised concerns about parking as well as increased traffic and noise. But the vast majority of people at tonight's meeting behind the stadium expecting it to bring more business and entertainment to the island. Here's some of what they had to say earlier along with the Oakland Roots president. Take a listen. We have explored every patch of grass and every underutilized parking lot in the entire East Bay to find a home base for our games, and it has not been easy. It has been a very rocky road, and we have had a nomadic existence, playing at multiple venues over the past few years. But we want to be in the East Bay. I am a Bay Farm resident of 18 years and a soccer mom. I am fully in support of the Oakland Roots having their facility in Harbor Bay. I am not worried about the traffic. I am not worried about the noise. I think this will be a positive for Harbor Bay. I think this will be a positive for Alameda. It's a great use of a facility and a great use of an area that doesn't have a lot of use on the weekends. And there's now a 10-day window for members of the public or the board to file an appeal. If none are filed, that then allows this project to finally move forward. Claudine?