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.
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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.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman went viral after comments she made during an interview suggesting that she wished the A’s could work out a deal to stay in the Bay Area.
The Athletics got a legal win in District Court over a political action committee’s attempt to get the public financing for the team’s planned ballpark on next year’s ballot.
A group linked with the Nevada State Education Association has filed a referendum petition to repeal the funding for the Athletics’ baseball stadium in Las Vegas.
The governor’s signature on the legislation ends a lengthy process in which the A’s sought to move from their longtime home in the Bay Area.
The Nevada Senate Tuesday voted 13-8 to approve $380 million in public financing for a baseball stadium in Las Vegas that’s planned to house the relocated Oakland A’s.
The Legislature has adjourned until Monday, after the Senate on Thursday failed to take action on the Oakland A’s stadium proposal that is the subject of the current special session.
State senators peppered supporters of the Oakland A’s stadium project with questions during a hearing in a special session. A vote could come Thursday.
Despite the team’s lease at the Oakland Coliseum being up after next season, the Athletics would still owe the city $45 million before it could make any move.
The A’s are seeking up to $380 million in public money to go toward the construction of a $1.5 billion, 30,000-seat ballpark on the Tropicana site.
A highly anticipated bill would provide the baseball team with up to $380 million in public funding for a Strip ballpark, but critics say the state has bigger priorities.
A bill to provide up to $380 million in public financing for a $1.5 billion ballpark has not yet been introduced at the Nevada Legislature.
The MLB team is asking for $395 million for a $1.5 billion stadium, but officials are offering $320 million, a source told the Review-Journal.
Plans for the A’s $1.5 billion, 30,000-seat stadium at the Tropicana resort site call for the baseball diamond to face northwest.