One fan wrote in to say he had a friend who owned 180 acres of dairy land in the South Bay area. Other locations in Southern California that were suggested to the Dodgers were the city of Maywood on the site of a former United States Air Force supply depot. Fans mentioned other areas as locations for a baseball stadium were Exposition Park, Artesia, North Hollywood, Manhattan Beach, Studio City, Quartz Hill, and El Monte. All these fans promised available land for a stadium, room for parking lots, easy access by freeways, great weather, and citizens favorable to having the Dodgers in their city.

A member of the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce wrote boldly “the potential here, from our point of view, is much greater than your original thinking of Chavez Ravine.” The city even completed a resolution dated January 21, 1958 that “the City Council of the City of Manhattan Beach that previous and future activity and efforts of its Chamber of Commerce to make major league baseball a reality in our community is endorsed.”

Municipal interest in the Dodgers playing games with a baseball stadium in their city extended southward to Orange County. Buena Park Mayor Dennis Murphy called to say there was available land in his city for a stadium. City Clerk James Black of Westminster wrote O’Malley that “Our small community can and will provide the area necessary for the location of the Los Angeles Dodgers.” The City Clerk added the advantages of Westminster were available land, central geographical location for Southern California and sufficient freeways that ran through and by Westminster. In addition, the City Clerk said, “The attitude of the community is very cooperative. Furthermore, you could still use the same name.”

How close would any of these cities have been able to host the Dodgers? Actually, the chances were not as high as the cities would have liked. In a letter written by National League President Warren Giles on December 19, 1957, Giles warned O’Malley that the National League permission for the Dodgers to play in Los Angeles extended only so far as Los Angeles and that playing in another city might keep the Los Angeles territory open.