MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said he would be disappointed if the Oakland Athletics don’t open their proposed Las Vegas ballpark at the start of the 2028 season.
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The Oakland A’s appear headed for Las Vegas after MLB team owners approved the sport’s first relocation since 2005. Here’s a look at franchises that have moved since 1953.
The CEOs of the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals will serve on MLB’s relocation committee looking at the Oakland Athletics’ possible move to Las Vegas.
Furious Oakland Athletics fans came en masse with a single message to owner John Fisher: “SELL.”
He was suspended by the network following his slur that aired during a pregame segment of an A’s game against the Kansas City Royals on May 5.
The Oakland Athletics said the language Glen Kuiper used while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was “unacceptable.”
The Oakland Athletics have spent years trying to get a new stadium while watching Bay Area neighbors successfully move into state-of-the-art venues, and now time is running short on their efforts.
The Oakland Athletics, which have been exploring a move to Las Vegas, risk losing their exemption from a revenue-sharing program if they don’t have a deal by 2024.
Rob Manfred says A’s owner John Fisher “has invested really significant dollars in trying to get baseball in Oakland on an even footing, a sustainable footing over the long haul.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics need to reach new ballpark deals soon and left open the possibility of considering relocation if agreements are not struck.