Athletics get approval from MLB owners to move from Oakland to Las Vegas

[Mike Honcho 5,281]

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Article from The Athletic, so no link, but this caught my eye.

The A’s plan to build a 33,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas for an estimated $1.5 billion, with the team expected to arrange for about $1 billion of that amount. The approval of baseball’s owners was long expected and moves the A’s a step closer to realizing the move, which is ultimately likely to happen. But the team’s exodus from Oakland isn’t finalized yet.

Las Vegas would be baseball’s smallest media market. Prior to the owners’ meeting, MLB put together a report reviewing the economics around the move. A person briefed on the report who was not authorized to speak publicly this week called the viability of Las Vegas “iffy,” in large part because success for the A’s would be highly dependent on tourists visiting. But what if the tourists aren’t as interested in baseball games as hoped?

 

So the plan is they are depending on people  going on vacation to Vegas and then do something they can do at home most likely. Man if they thought they had revenue problems in Oakland!!!

[posty 2,700]

Been better if Oakland's franchise was eliminated, along with a National League team, and then get rid of interleague play...

[Tree of Knowledge 1,859]

Is the plan to use the site where the Tropicana currently stands?

I think it will work as long as they give the new stadium a Vegas vibe and it is an escape from the summer heat. Ultimately, it will come down to the A’s holding up their side and putting a decent product on the field.