As the Oakland Athletics’ continue moving forward on the Las Vegas relocation process, early design work has begun on uniforms.
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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 are considering hiring an investment firm to assist team owner John Fisher in securing financing for construction of their planned Strip ballpark.
The Nevada Supreme Court did not render a decision after hearing arguments regarding a challenge to the Oakland Athletics’ public funding bill.
The Oakland Athletics’ former Coliseum co-tenant laid the blueprint for how to move a pro sports team to Southern Nevada.
The A’s are in talks to include some of the Neon Museum’s vintage Las Vegas resort signs in-and-around their Strip stadium, scheduled to be built on 9 acres of the 35-acre Trop site.
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.
“Luckily we make more money with one exhibition soccer game at the Coliseum than we do throughout the entire A’s season,” Leigh Hanson, Mayor Sheng Thao’s chief of staff, said.
With design work still ongoing, Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher didn’t reveal specifics about what the planned ballpark would include.
The A’s plan to build a $1.5 billion, 33,000-seat stadium on 9 acres at the Tropicana site on the Strip, with an opening set for 2028.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board of Directors will meet with the Oakland Athletics next week regarding the MLB team’s planned Southern Nevada ballpark.
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.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s office said it would consider allowing the Athletics to extend their lease at the Coliseum beyond 2024 if MLB grants certain concessions.
The MLB franchise needs lawmakers’ approval for a $1.5 billion ballpark on the Strip, including up to $380 million in public financing.
The Oakland Athletics’ Las Vegas relocation could be approved by Major League Baseball as soon as next month, well ahead of the previous deadline of December 2023.