History of the Oakland Athletics the American League to move the A's from the "City of Brotherly Love" to Kansas City, he sold Blues Stadium to the city, which renamed it Kansas City Municipal Stadium and leased it back to Johnson. The lease gave Johnson a three-year escape clause if the team failed to draw one million or more customers per season. The subsequent lease signed in 1960 also contained an escape clause if the team failed to draw 850,000 per season. Normally, Johnson would have had to pay the Yankees an indemnity for moving to Kansas City, and also would have had to reimburse
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