Former A’s top prospect began the current home stand the same way he ended the first one — by hitting a walk-off home run and receiving a Gatorade bath at home plate.
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Las Vegas resident and former Milwaukee Brewers slugger Eric Thames is trying to make it back to the majors at age 35.
A day after playing in front of their smallest home crowd in 42 years, the A’s lose to Baltimore with only 2,703 on hand at RingCentral Coliseum.
As the Athletics rang in the first home stand of the 2022 MLB season Monday in Oakland, the “home” part remains in flux for future seasons.
As the Oakland Athletics continue their quest for a new ballpark for the future of the franchise in Las Vegas or the Bay Area, some felines are making themselves right at home at RingCentral Coliseum.
Gov. Steve Sisolak refuted reports that he is blocking the Oakland Athletics from moving to Southern Nevada because of a request for millions in public subsidies for a ballpark.
Following Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s comments about Las Vegas being a “gross desert,” the mayor said in a later interview that the city has “tacky architecture.”
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has already watched the Raiders leave for Las Vegas and could be watching the Athletics head here next.
The number of potential sites the A’s are negotiating on still sits at five, and negotiations are ongoing, team President Dave Kaval said.
The Oakland Athletics’ continued search for a possible new ballpark in Las Vegas is seen as “disrespectful” by one Bay Area politician.
The future of the Oakland Athletics’ planned waterfront development and ballpark could be left up to voters — a move that could benefit efforts to lure the Major League Baseball team to Las Vegas.
All the stadium sites in Las Vegas are located in or near the Resort Corridor, with some involving joint-venture partnerships. Others would entail the A’s buying the land outright.
The Oakland Athletics have exchanged term sheets on at least four plots of land in Southern Nevada where a possible $1 billion Major League Ballpark could be built.
A plan to build a new Major League Baseball stadium in the Bay Area took another step forward Thursday, but Las Vegas hasn’t yet struck out on the chance of luring the Oakland A’s here.
Oakland’s planning commission approved an environmental impact report this week that moved the Athletics one bases-loaded double closer to staying in Northern California.