Rob Manfred said pushing the Oakland Athletics’ stadium negotiations into next year would add increased uncertainty in the Bay Area.
Baseball
A key deadline to keep hope alive for Oakland officials and the Athletics to reach agreement on a new Bay Area ballpark by year’s end has come and gone.
The clock is ticking for the city of Oakland and the Athletics to hammer out a deal to make the team’s $12 billion waterfront ballpark development dream closer to reality.
The Oakland Athletics are trying to get a deal done in the Bay Area or Las Vegas for a new stadium.
Thursday’s vote by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission allows the A’s pursuit of a new ballpark in Oakland to move forward.
The Oakland Athletics are “cautiously optimistic” heading into Thursday’s key vote on the future use of 56 acres that could be the site of a new ballpark for the A’s.
If the Oakland Athletics end up moving to Las Vegas, Major League Baseball wouldn’t charge the team a relocation fee, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Review-Journal.
Whether the Oakland Athletics end up in Las Vegas, one thing is apparent: Major League Baseball has its eye on Southern Nevada.
The Oakland A’s Las Vegas ballpark site search is down to two sites, an A’s source indicated. A Las Vegas tourism official has mentioned possible public funding help.
The Oakland Athletics’ efforts to get a new ballpark in the Bay Area received a boost as a key group recommended approval of a change needed to keep the ball rolling there.
One Bay Area beer company is catching heat from Oaklanders as their Athletics-themed beer had a special message printed on the bottom of some cans.
Two sites in the vicinity of the Las Vegas Strip have emerged as frontrunners for where the Oakland Athletics could potentially build a ballpark in Southern Nevada.
As the Athletics rang in the first home stand of the 2022 MLB season Monday in Oakland, the “home” part remains in flux for future seasons.
Gov. Steve Sisolak refuted reports that he is blocking the Oakland Athletics from moving to Southern Nevada because of a request for millions in public subsidies for a ballpark.
The number of potential sites the A’s are negotiating on still sits at five, and negotiations are ongoing, team President Dave Kaval said.
