The city of Oakland is selling its share of the Coliseum — home to the departing Oakland Athletics — to a local Black development group for at least $105 million, Mayor Sheng Thao announced Wednesday.
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The nonrelocation agreement, presented to the stadium authority board Thursday afternoon, is the third of four major agreements that must be approved by the authority.
The Nevada Supreme Court rejected a teachers union effort to put public funding for the Oakland Athletics’ planned Las Vegas ballpark on November’s ballot.
The Oakland Athletics plan to build a ballpark on the site of the Tropicana, but Bally’s says where the stadium will sit on that site is still being determined.
The Oakland Athletics are considering hiring an investment firm to assist team owner John Fisher in securing financing for construction of their planned Strip ballpark.
The Oakland Athletics filed a motion to intervene in a teachers union-backed lawsuit aimed at halting the team’s public stadium financing.
The Oakland Athletics can now focus on aspects of their planned Las Vegas relocation and the years in between with a temporary home site nailed down.
The Oakland A’s have found a temporary home to use as their Las Vegas ballpark is built. While they’re in that interim home, they will simply go by the Athletics or A’s.
Outfielder Esteury Ruiz was optioned to the Triple-A Aviators this week despite his hot start with the Oakland Athletics.
Oakland officials and the Athletics remain “far apart” on striking a lease extension for the MLB team at the Coliseum.
The Oakland Athletics’ Las Vegas move appears to be on track with the team set to begin the MLB season against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday.
Max Muncy, the Oakland Athletics’ 2021 first-round draft pick, will make his Triple-A debut when the Las Vegas Aviators open the 2024 season.
The Oakland Athletics have hired Legends to oversee premium seating and ticket sales of the team’s Las Vegas ballpark, scheduled to open for the 2028 season.
The Oakland Athletics’ community benefits plan was unanimously approved by the Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board.
The Oakland Athletics gave Las Vegas Valley youth baseball and softball players 200,000 reasons to smile.