County commissioners unanimously approved the creation of the Sports and Entertainment Improvement District.
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County Commissioners are set to vote on creating a tax district to pay for a portion of the hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding for the Athletics’ Strip ballpark.
The Athletics are now within the three-month period that they have long said that they’ll get work underway on their planned $1.75 billion Las Vegas ballpark.
The Athletics won’t be playing their games in Las Vegas for three years, but efforts are already underway to develop a fan connection to Sin City.
Clark County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved land use permits for the Athletics planned $1.75 billion Las Vegas ballpark.
Athletics owner John Fisher hopes the team’s three-year stint in Sacramento before heading to Las Vegas leads to the city landing its own Major League Baseball franchise.
The Federal Aviation Administration has made its determination on if the Athletics planned $1.75 billion Las Vegas ballpark will pose an issue to air traffic in Southern Nevada.
The A’s are kicking off their three-year stay in Sacramento on Monday and will play their first game at Sutter Health Park, home of the Triple-A River Cats.
The A’s play their first game at Sutter Health Park on Monday. It’s their temporary home before a scheduled relocation to Las Vegas in 2028.
The Athletics filed for a commercial building permit in March with Clark County as construction on their Strip ballpark is slated to get underway soon.
Nick Kurtz, the fourth overall pick by the Athletics in last year’s Major League Baseball draft, is beginning the 2025 season Friday with the Aviators.
The Athletics are in talks with potential investors as the Major League Baseball team seeks to raise up to $550 million to go toward the construction of its $1.75 billion Las Vegas ballpark.
Plans are in the works to revamp an intersection that will serve as a vital access point for fans attending games at the Athletics’ $1.75 billion Strip ballpark.
For whatever reason — the desire to compete, or to earn revenue-sharing dollars — the A’s this offseason actually spent on the baseball side of things.
The Athletics are looking to start preliminary work on their Las Vegas ballpark to keep the project on track to be completed for the 2028 MLB season.