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.
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A group of Las Vegas business owners who say they lost millions from last year’s Formula 1 launched an online petition hoping to get a public meeting on the 2024 race.
Tropicana owner Bally’s Corp. filed for a commercial demolition permit with Clark County as preparations continue to build a ballpark for the Oakland Athletics.
“The hospitality here, you outdid it,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “I think it’s safe to say the NFL looks forward to coming back.”
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.
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 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.
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.
“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.