A provision in the A’s relocation approval noted that if owner John Fisher sold the team before moving to Las Vegas that he would have to pay MLB 20 percent of the sale price.
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After visiting various sites across the Las Vegas Valley, the allure of the Strip was too great to turn down, Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher said Thursday.
With the relocation vote finalized, the Oakland Athletics would make Las Vegas one of 20 American cities with at least three of the big four major sports teams.
Many guests weren’t aware of Major League Baseball’s Thursday morning vote to relocate the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas. But fans are excited about a stadium at the Tropicana.
The Oakland A’s appear headed for Las Vegas after MLB team owners approved the sport’s first relocation since 2005. Here’s a look at franchises that have moved since 1953.
The Oakland Athletics were unanimously approved to move to Las Vegas by MLB owners Thursday, generating a strong reaction online and across social media.
A timeline of the Athletics’ move from Oakland, California, to Las Vegas, beginning in May 2021 when they received permission from MLB to explore relocation.
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.
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.
Bally’s Corp., which operates the Tropicana, sees short-term pain, but long-term gain with its stadium project with the relocated Oakland A’s baseball team.
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.
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