The Oakland Athletics filed a motion to intervene in a teachers union-backed lawsuit aimed at halting the team’s public stadium financing.
Baseball
The Oakland A’s need a place to play for the 2025-27 MLB seasons. A stadium under construction in a Utah suburb has their attention.
Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher is set to contribute over $1 billion to build a Las Vegas ballpark.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said she would be open to restarting talks with the A’s about the Howard Terminal project that was planned in the Bay Area.
“For a while we were on parallel paths (with Oakland), but we have turned our attention to Las Vegas to get a deal here for the A’s and find a long-term home,” A’s President Dave Kaval told the Review-Journal on Wednesday.
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.”
The Oakland Athletics have put in an offer on a plot of land in the Las Vegas Valley where they could be interested in building a $1 billion ballpark, team president Dave Kaval said.
Despite ongoing talks, there’s still big gaps in off site infrastructure and community benefits aspects between the A’s and city of Oakland’s proposals.
The focus of this week’s trip to Las Vegas, led by Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher and team president Dave Kaval, is stadium location.