The Athletics are expecting locals-heavy crowds when they arrive in Las Vegas in 2028, bucking the trend seen by Raiders games held at Allegiant Stadium.
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County commissioners unanimously approved the creation of the Sports and Entertainment Improvement District.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
The Athletics provided an updated glimpse inside their plans for a $1.75 billion ballpark with new renderings.
The process to get the A’s planned Strip ballpark project to the point where construction is scheduled to begin next year has been a collaborative effort.
The Athletics will play on natural grass when they begin their three-year residency in 2025 at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, before moving to Las Vegas.
The A’s plan to begin construction on the ballpark as early as April, but the team has some leeway if it takes longer to get work on the project started.
The Tropicana site will be rebuilt with the Athletics ballpark and Bally’s Corp. integrated resort in phases, according to plans submitted to Clark County.
Nearly final versions of three outstanding agreements between the Athletics and the Las Vegas Stadium Authority are scheduled to be presented.