It’s Official: Oakland A’s Are Moving To Las Vegas

[Nevada Convert]

Today the Oakland A’s purchased 49 Acres off the strip in a binding agreement where they will build a $1.5 billion 35,000 seat stadium with a partially retractable roof. 

https://www.espn.in/mlb/story/_/id/36241520/oakland-agree-purchase-land-las-vegas-strip?platform=amp

[Jersey Rebels]

Shame. Sad day for Oakland fans. Bet the Giants are drinking from the crystal glasses tonight.

[crixus]

Athletics timeline: Philadelphia (1901-1954), Kansas City (1955-1967) and Oakland (1968-present)  dates c/o Wikipedia.

Las Vegas  

 

 

[trvitmvnz]

Oakland down 2-0 damn. 3-0 if you count GS moving across the bay 

[BacksThePack]

3 to 0 in 5 years. Death of an American city.

[Nickp1991]

We definitely need a 30 for 30 on the downfall of professional sports in Oakland

[thedude15]

And now Las Vegas just needs a NBA team and they will be 4 for 4.

I don't really thinks this helps UNLV but obviously helps Las Vegas. 

[RSF]

Eh....they're just working their way back East.  30 or 40 years from now they'll be in Nashville...

[LoFasZz]

Not surprising. I cannot believe how ghetto Oakland is. I have never seen a bigger shithole in my entire life

[East Coast Aztec]

I was surprised they were able to keep those teams as long as they did.  Maybe it is just because I am not super old, but Oakland hasn't felt like its own city in a long time.  It has always just seemed like San Francisco, and then the Bay Area.  And the stadiums were not in a great area, and the city has deteriorated and I can't think of a really major economic engine to create a rebound.  

[bigd]

On 4/20/2023 at 7:52 AM, East Coast Aztec said:

I was surprised they were able to keep those teams as long as they did.  Maybe it is just because I am not super old, but Oakland hasn't felt like its own city in a long time.  It has always just seemed like San Francisco, and then the Bay Area.  And the stadiums were not in a great area, and the city has deteriorated and I can't think of a really major economic engine to create a rebound.  

Exactly, not really sure why Oakland had teams in the first place. Likely just due to the lack of markets out west in general. 
 

San Jose makes a lot more sense if the Bay Area is going to have multiple teams.

[crixus]

On 4/20/2023 at 8:28 AM, bigd said:

Exactly, not really sure why Oakland had teams in the first place. Likely just due to the lack of markets out west in general. 
 

San Jose makes a lot more sense if the Bay Area is going to have multiple teams.

The A's proposed a move to San Jose but the Giants claimed Santa Clara county as their designated territory.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Court-says-MLB-can-t-be-forced-to-let-A-s-6018122.php

And the Giants have a minor league team in San Jose. 

[MissionTrails]

On 4/20/2023 at 6:41 AM, LoFasZz said:

Not surprising. I cannot believe how ghetto Oakland is. I have never seen a bigger shithole in my entire life

The ghetto in Oakland is ghetto. The rest is pretty nice, especially closer to Piedmont and the Oakland Hills. I have a brother who has lived there for a couple decades and go there often. You just need to know the areas to avoid, much like any big city.

[OrediggerPoke]

On 4/20/2023 at 7:41 AM, LoFasZz said:

Not surprising. I cannot believe how ghetto Oakland is. I have never seen a bigger shithole in my entire life

I thought you resided in Fort Collins?

[BacksThePack]

Wonder if Fresno fanangles their AAA team back out of this

[dudleyDgroot]

On 4/20/2023 at 6:36 AM, thedude15 said:

And now Las Vegas just needs a NBA team and they will be 4 for 4.

I don't really thinks this helps UNLV but obviously helps Las Vegas. 

Yeah.....Just need an NBA Team and 5 D-1 schools to move in and UNLV will be in the same position as SJSU.......

[RSF]

On 4/20/2023 at 11:20 AM, Bob said:

Do they know it's 9,000 degrees there in the summer?

Kaval told the Las Vegas Review-Journal a $1.5 billion, 35,000-seat stadium with a partially retractable roof would be built on the site, adding that other developments, including restaurants and an amphitheater, are being discussed.

[misplacedcowboy]

On 4/20/2023 at 9:20 AM, Bob said:

Do they know it's 9,000 degrees there in the summer?

Diamondbacks are surviving (barely)

[Rosegreen]

On 4/20/2023 at 8:57 AM, BacksThePack said:

Wonder if Fresno fanangles their AAA team back out of this

Doubt it. Las Vegas ballpark is a state of the art AAA venue. 

[East Coast Aztec]

On 4/20/2023 at 9:37 AM, Bob said:

Ick. Baseball in a dome is just wrong.

Retractable roofs aren't really that bad though.  Seattle has a good one

 

Texas Rangers just put one in

 

I could see Vegas having a need, especially for the fans.  Fully open it for the night games and the spring and fall games.