Recent photos shared by the Athletics show that construction work has gone vertical on the Major League Baseball team’s new ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Clark County commissioners approved the creation of a custodial fund to handle revenues from a special tax district set up around the Athletics ballpark site on the Strip.
The Athletics and Clark County are set to enter an agreement to cover the cost of decommissioning the Las Vegas Strip ballpark project if construction starts but is not finished.
After initial grading began last month on the Athletics ballpark site, work on the site of the future $1.75 billion ballpark is starting to show visible progress.
The Athletics announced a deal with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to sport a Las Vegas patch on their uniforms even while playing at their temporary home in California.
Rob Manfred called the Athletics’ temporary home charming but reiterated he expects the team to open its new stadium on the Las Vegas Strip in 2028.
The Athletics laid out how the team plans to finance their Las Vegas Strip ballpark, with team owner John Fisher’s family set to contribute up to $1 billion.
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.
Here are five Athletics players who could be cornerstones for the team when they begin playing in their new Las Vegas ballpark in 2028.
After 57 years, the Oakland Athletics played their final game at the Coliseum on Thursday before heading to Sacramento for three years and then to Las Vegas.
The Athletics have played their final home game in Oakland. The countdown to the baseball team’s “Welcome to Las Vegas” moment has started.