With design work still ongoing, Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher didn’t reveal specifics about what the planned ballpark would include.
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An A’s fan group, the Oakland 68s, who put together the reverse boycott on June 13, said they will keep staging such events until the A’s relocation to Las Vegas is made official.
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.
Aviators president Don Logan said the natural grass field at Las Vegas Ballpark couldn’t take the beating of more than 150 games a season if the Athletics also played there.
Individual game tickets for the remainder of the season go on sale at noon June 1 at ticketmaster.com.
Brett Phillips squatted on the field crying, and Randy Arozarena was on the ground slapping his hands on home plate. It was a crucial, wild win for the scrappy Tampa Bay Rays.