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.
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MLB owners meetings end Thursday in Arlington, Texas. The Oakland Athletics need 75 percent of the 3o owners to vote in favor of their move to Las Vegas.
Schools Over Stadiums, a PAC backed by a teachers union, claims the Oakland Athletics’ stadium funding bill violates the state constitution.
Las Vegas will host the inaugural All-MLB weekend celebrating the year’s best in the sport. The All-MLB Team Show will air Dec. 16 on MLB Network.
The Oakland Athletics have a new design of their proposed Las Vegas ballpark, according to MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle.
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.
The company that owns the land where the Tropicana sits may invest more than the $175 million it has committed to a ballpark for the Oakland Athletics.
Construction on the Oakland Athletics’ Las Vegas ballpark is scheduled to begin in April 2025 and be completed in January 2028.
Former A’s slugger Jose Canseco says the region has already shown it will support professional sports, and baseball will be no different.
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 youth movement left the Athletics with the most losses since moving to Oakland in 1968, and things aren’t likely to change for the foreseeable future.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed a Las Vegas Review-Journal report the Oakland Athletics’ Southern Nevada relocation vote is expected to occur at the November owners meetings.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in an interview that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao should shoulder some of the blame for her city losing yet another sports franchise.
The soon-to-be-Las Vegas Athletics are a public relations nightmare off the field, most recently with a problematic retirement gift to a future Hall of Famer.
Although steps remain before both projects are finalized, it appears both teams are on their way to having ballparks ready for the start of the 2028 season.
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