Dear @GeorgeLucasILM #Oakland has great sites that would meet your needs for a museum. – Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan pic.twitter.com/wlJT6cHQIj — Rebecca Kaplan (@Kaplan4Oakland) March 5, 2014

George Lucas should consider bringing his proposed Presidio art museum to Oakland, Councilwoman-at-large Rebecca Kaplan wrote the famous movie director.

Lucas, who has been trying to build a new museum on an 8-acre lot on San Francisco’s Crissy Field but has been rebuffed by the Presidio Trust, should consider the now-vacant Kaiser Convention Center on the western shore of Lake Merritt, Kaplan said.

“I am excited to inform you that your dream could be a reality in Oakland,” Kaplan wrote. “Our city has sites that could meet you needs for space, style and location.”

“One of these sites,” Kaplan continued, “is the attractive and available Oakland Kaiser Convention Center. Conveniently located near Lake Merritt and BART, with easy transportation access, I believe this site has enough space to accommodate your proposal.”

Built in 1914, The Kaiser Convention Center, which once hosted roller-derby matches, the Grateful Dead and Martin Luther King, Jr., has been vacant since the city closed it in 2006.

Kaplan hopes to change that and invited Lucas to come tour the center, or any other site he might like in the city.

And Kaplan isn’t the only person pushing Lucas to consider leaving San Francisco. Oakland native MC Hammer told the Presidio Trust in January that if they didn’t want Lucas’ museum, Oakland would be happy to help.

“I support George Lucas in every aspect,” Hammer said. “But if there’s any way you don’t want it, Oakland — we’ll take it. We’ll take the check, we’ll take George Lucas. We’ll put them right there at Jack London Square.”

David Perry, a spokesman for Lucas, said the director has not yet received Kaplan’s March 5 letter. But Perry said he would certainly take Kaplan up on her offer, even if Lucas had his heart set on other locations.

“I am quite sure I will go over and take a look but it is not an indication of anything other than that we are so humbled by everyone that has contacted us,” Perry said. “I would say that at the moment our plate is full with other options. … I don’t want to lead anyone on, we are looking at current options on the table.”

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