The A’s signed manager Mark Kotsay to a three-year contract extension which will take him through the first season the team is slated to play in Las Vegas.
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The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thursday after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account.
The Athletics have filed for the land use permit for their planned Las Vegas ballpark a needed step before construction can begin.
MLB said the friend made 141 baseball bets between April 2, 2021 and Nov. 1, 2023 totaling almost $214,000 with an overall win of nearly $35,000.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred visited Sutter Health Park, the temporary home of the Athletics, on Wednesday. He left pleased with what he saw.
Dan “The Captain” Bickmore has resigned as the Las Vegas Aviators’ public-address announcer after working in the role for the better part of 27 seasons.
Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died.
Las Vegas tourism is thriving thanks to professional sports concepts Las Vegas Mayors Oscar and Carolyn Goodman championed when in office as they served on the LVCVA board of directors.
With key Athletics Las Vegas ballpark agreements and a funding plan approved, the burning question is what needs to take place for construction to begin.
It’s going to be 2027 before the Las Vegas room inventory gets back to where it was before the Tropicana and The Mirage closed their doors in 2024.
Dave Kaval, an instrumental figure in the Athletics’ relocation to Las Vegas and the planning of a $1.75 billion ballpark on the Strip, is resigning as team president.
While UNLV coach Barry Odom and his players don’t want to be judged by the low standard the program has maintained in the past, it’s tough to ignore history.
The Athletics’ Las Vegas relocation process took a big step forward Thursday with the approval of three major ballpark agreements.
The statement was included in a letter written by U.S. Bank Senior Vice President Stephen Vogel and submitted to the Las Vegas Stadium Authority ahead of Thursday’s meeting.
The stadium’s projected $1.5 billion price tag has risen to $1.75 billion because of inflation and the addition of 70,000 square feet of ballpark features.
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