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

[Nevada Convert]

On 4/25/2023 at 3:08 PM, Aztec619 said:

I feel for any city that losses their team.  As a former charger fan I can tell you how much it sucks.  The Pads and now we have seen that our Aztecs can bring together the city but nothing compares to when the bolts were here and winning.  The most absolute nuts I have ever seen SD was our superbowl year of 95.

F*** spanos

Yeah it’s heart breaking that the Chargers left. I won’t be a Chargers fan until they come back. I grew up a Rams fan, and it really broke my heart that the bitch moved them to St. Louis, and wasn’t a fan until they came back. I knew they’d someday come back, and the Chargers will too. 

[SJSUMFA2013]

On 4/25/2023 at 7:11 PM, Nevada Convert said:

Yeah it’s heart breaking that the Chargers left. I won’t be a Chargers fan until they come back. I grew up a Rams fan, and it really broke my heart that the bitch moved them to St. Louis, and wasn’t a fan until they came back. I knew they’d someday come back, and the Chargers will too. 

Chargers are more likely to leave for another city than go back to San Diego. I tell their fans all the time that St. Louis wants a team. 

The rams are like my deadbeat dad. Bolted when I was 9, started another family in Missouri, did way more for his new step kids than he ever did for me, but eventually, his true colors shined through, he started drinking again, and then abandoned them too. He showed up on my doorstep when I was 31 and successful, and as much as I hated him for leaving, I couldn’t turn him away. I let him sleep on my couch for a year, bought him a fifth of vodka every other day, and hoped he’d turn it around. Against all odds, he met a young life coach, got a job, got off my couch, eventually moved into a brand new house, and reached the pinnacle of his profession. He backslid a little last year - but he says it was a temporary lapse. I’m suspicious, but I’m just so glad he’s back. 

[Nevada Convert]

On 4/25/2023 at 7:24 PM, SJSUMFA2013 said:

Chargers are more likely to leave for another city than go back to San Diego. I tell their fans all the time that St. Louis wants a team. 

The rams are like my deadbeat dad. Bolted when I was 9, started another family in Missouri, did way more for his new step kids than he ever did for me, but eventually, his true colors shined through, he started drinking again, and then abandoned them too. He showed up on my doorstep when I was 31 and successful, and as much as I hated him for leaving, I couldn’t turn him away. I let him sleep on my couch for a year, bought him a fifth of vodka every other day, and hoped he’d turn it around. Against all odds, he met a young life coach, got a job, got off my couch, eventually moved into a brand new house, and reached the pinnacle of his profession. He backslid a little last year - but he says it was a temporary lapse. I’m suspicious, but I’m just so glad he’s back. 

I used to go to Ram games all the time back in the 80’s at the Big A. I used to go the Angels games at the Big A in the 70’s when there was nothing behind the outfield fence but the Big A and the freeway. Got to see Thurman Munson catch for the Yankees at the Big A before he got killed taking flying lessons. 

I went to see the Phillies @ Candlestick again the Giants in 1975 and saw Mike Schmidt hit the longest home run I’ve ever seen. Those were the days when the Giants were so bad, you could walk up before the game and get seats right behind the dugout. There was often only 3,000 in attendance. 

[RSF]

On 4/25/2023 at 9:11 PM, Nevada Convert said:

Yeah it’s heart breaking that the Chargers left. I won’t be a Chargers fan until they come back. I grew up a Rams fan, and it really broke my heart that the bitch moved them to St. Louis, and wasn’t a fan until they came back. I knew they’d someday come back, and the Chargers will too. 

Chargers have a 20 yr lease plus 2 10 yr options.  Stay healthy.

[Nevada Convert]

On 4/25/2023 at 8:34 PM, RSF said:

Chargers have a 20 yr lease plus 2 10 yr options.  Stay healthy.

No shit. The Rams came back after 20 years. I never said the Chargers would be back soon. Stay safe smoking your butt hairs. 

[Aztec619]

On 4/25/2023 at 7:11 PM, Nevada Convert said:

Yeah it’s heart breaking that the Chargers left. I won’t be a Chargers fan until they come back. I grew up a Rams fan, and it really broke my heart that the bitch moved them to St. Louis, and wasn’t a fan until they came back. I knew they’d someday come back, and the Chargers will too. 

I'm glad that LA got the Rams back but also feel bad for the St Louis Rams fans that they built for 20 plus years.  Let's hope the Chargers come back too but without spanos as the owner.  

Sucks for any city that looses a team as we develop ties to a sports team in our city and when they leave it just rips your heart out.  

F*** spanos

[RebelRobert]

A’s will be on the Las Vegas Strip at the absolute best location! Tropicana and LV Blvd.

Cant wait to watch the Yankees, Cubs, Red Sox, and Dodgers headline the World Famous Las Vegas Strip!

[UNLV2001]

 

[UNLV2001]

[Did I hear a WOOSH?]

On 5/9/2023 at 5:40 PM, RebelRobert said:

A’s will be on the Las Vegas Strip at the absolute best location! Tropicana and LV Blvd.

Cant wait to watch the Yankees, Cubs, Red Sox, and Dodgers headline the World Famous Las Vegas Strip!

Too bad they’re losing out on the development around it, that’s what makes the new parks special.  Love visiting the Battery in Atlanta. 

[Nevada Convert]

This is the best place for it, by far. It’ll be interesting to see how much they excavate to get to the field level per the design. 

[RebelRobert]

On 5/10/2023 at 12:32 AM, Did I hear a WOOSH? said:

Too bad they’re losing out on the development around it, that’s what makes the new parks special.  Love visiting the Battery in Atlanta. 

I am sure Ballys will make a spectacular development around it. I expect to see MGM announce they are making major changes across the street at Excalibur/Luxor also. It will be a great stadium with the best location.

UNLV needs to plan a big time development behind MGM Grand on the land the university owns. Should team up with Mark Davis to build a new basketball arena there.

National Finals Rodeo likely moves to this new baseball stadium on the strip with 30,000 seats. Will be really fun for NFR.

 

[Gator 82]

The best part of this is the Tropicana will have to be torn down. That place has been a dump and eyesore for decades now.

[Los_Aztecas]

On 4/26/2023 at 3:27 PM, Aztec619 said:

I'm glad that LA got the Rams back but also feel bad for the St Louis Rams fans that they built for 20 plus years.  Let's hope the Chargers come back too but without spanos as the owner.  

Sucks for any city that looses a team as we develop ties to a sports team in our city and when they leave it just rips your heart out.  

F*** spanos

Sports teams are there to make money. I wasn't about to give welfare to the Spanos family so they could cash in on the work of regular San Diegans while they offer very little to the city. If they can get a better deal somewhere else good for them.

[SalinasSpartan]

Well, RIP Excalibur. I imagine it will get the Imperial Palace treatment and be remodeled and rebranded with much higher prices.

[Rosegreen]

How many locations are the Athletic ownership entering binding deals with? Jesus. They leak so many of their plans and it always falls apart. 
 

This ownership is different than Foley and Davis, they just operate differently and I don’t think it’s a particularly good ownership group. They’ve handled this move pretty bad, imo and it’s a clear cash grab. People should call their reps and tell them NO public funding. 

[NVGiant]

On 5/10/2023 at 11:08 AM, Rosegreen said:

How many locations are the Athletic ownership entering binding deals with? Jesus. They leak so many of their plans and it always falls apart. 
 

This ownership is different than Foley and Davis, they just operate differently and I don’t think it’s a particularly good ownership group. They’ve handled this move pretty bad, imo and it’s a clear cash grab. People should call their reps and tell them NO public funding. 

Yep. Foley, incidentally, is exactly the kind of owner every fan should hope for.

[Nevada Convert]

On 5/10/2023 at 11:08 AM, Rosegreen said:

How many locations are the Athletic ownership entering binding deals with? Jesus. They leak so many of their plans and it always falls apart. 
 

This ownership is different than Foley and Davis, they just operate differently and I don’t think it’s a particularly good ownership group. They’ve handled this move pretty bad, imo and it’s a clear cash grab. People should call their reps and tell them NO public funding. 

Well at least they haven’t pulled a Trump yet and guaranteed that Oakland will pay for everything. 

[UNLV2001]

 

[Did I hear a WOOSH?]

On 5/10/2023 at 8:09 AM, RebelRobert said:

I am sure Ballys will make a spectacular development around it. I expect to see MGM announce they are making major changes across the street at Excalibur/Luxor also. It will be a great stadium with the best location.

UNLV needs to plan a big time development behind MGM Grand on the land the university owns. Should team up with Mark Davis to build a new basketball arena there.

National Finals Rodeo likely moves to this new baseball stadium on the strip with 30,000 seats. Will be really fun for NFR.

 

Fingers crossed! Bally’s corp is in financial trouble.  Their rating was downgraded to Negative over the winter due to significant debt and posted nearly 500m in losses in the previous announcement. Obviously their media arm isn’t doing well either and they’re encountering major issues on their new corp deals in NJ and their Chicago development is dead in the water.  IDK.