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

[trvitmvnz]

On 4/20/2023 at 3:36 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. 

Its coming. Vegas and Seattle is inevitable 

[BacksThePack]

Over under on how long Vegas keeps 4 teams? Lake Mead and the Colorado will be dry soon enough and the city will be a ghost town

[Gator 82]

On 4/20/2023 at 5:03 PM, MissionTrails said:

I always marvel at the non-Californians spewing such nonsense. Us residents in the #1 state just sit back, crack open a beer, and thank you for the continued amusement. Carry on with your silly resentment, we know what it really is.

I bet that beer is a Bud Light right?

[GoDogs22]

"“We want to make sure that we have an incredible team to watch, and we’re very competitive and winning World Series,” said Kaval"

 

Then he probably should have done something that would have actually delivered that in Oakland, ya dingus

[NVGiant]

On 4/20/2023 at 6:33 PM, Gator 82 said:

I bet that beer is a Bud Light right?

Cool.

[RSF]

On 4/20/2023 at 7:16 PM, soupslam1 said:

And pay far more taxes than the rest of us.

Nope.

 

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-burden/20494

[LoFasZz]

On 4/20/2023 at 5:03 PM, MissionTrails said:

I always marvel at the non-Californians spewing such nonsense. Us residents in the #1 state just sit back, crack open a beer, and thank you for the continued amusement. Carry on with your silly resentment, we know what it really is.

California beer is awful. Literally the only thing that exists here are IPAs and pilsners. Zero variety at all it’s embarrassing 

[Nevada Convert]

[Nevada Convert]

On 4/20/2023 at 1:57 PM, UNLV2001 said:

The Las Vegas A’s will have a temporary home in southern Nevada ahead of the construction of a billion-dollar baseball stadium west of the Las Vegas Strip, Dave Kaval, president of the Athletics organization told 8newsnow.com Thursday.

The new stadium

“So it’s a great site,” Kaval said of the future location of the A’s baseball stadium, “good for locals, easy to get in and out of in the resort corridor for tourists. We’re really excited about it and we’re excited to make this big milestone announcement to the public.”

Kaval talked about a survey that went out to thousands of Las Vegas residents, and sports fans from other markets asking what elements would be important to make a Las Vegas professional baseball team work. He said the responses were loud and clear.

 

“Have a climate-controlled environment for the games in the summer, which we’re going to have because we’re going to have a dome or partially retractable dome, and also have somewhere that’s easy to get in and out of,” said Kaval.

The A’s president told 8newsnow.com that designers were looking into extending Park Avenue near T-Mobile Arena to create a pedestrian overcrossing that would end at the new stadium and provide access from many of the popular casinos and resorts on the Strip.

Kaval expects groundbreaking to occur in 2024, with a grand opening to take place in 2027. As for how the new stadium will be paid for, the A’s have been in communication with various southern Nevada leaders.

“We’re working with Governor Lombardo, Nicole Cannizzaro in the senate, Steve Yeager with the assembly, all the leadership, Clark County, Jim Gibson, to ensure that we put together a package that’s fiscally responsible, that ensures that it’s done in a way that is accretive and beneficial to the public sector,” Kaval said. “We’re going to be contributing the land that we purchased to the public as part of a stadium district.”

Additionally, Kaval said the Athletics have spoken to the Boring Company, the organization headed by Elon Musk which has been tasked with building tunnels underneath Las Vegas.

“We spoke to Steve Davis at The Boring Company,” Kaval said. “And yes, a stop is in our future. Maybe two.”

The fans

Kaval said the importance of a local fanbase for the A’s is paramount.

“We want to make sure that we have an incredible team to watch, and we’re very competitive and winning World Series,” said Kaval. “I think that fan base is out there and tapping into that as an exciting aspect of the team coming to town.”

“It’s going to be a spectacle,” Kaval said, adding that promotions will be important to the club as they get a new start in southern Nevada. “I think that’s going to fit in perfectly in Las Vegas, it’s going to be a lot of fun and excitement.”

Fun and winning, Kaval anticipates the Las Vegas Athletics will have a much larger payroll.

“We’re going to have a lot more resources and to give that type of resources to Billy Beane and David Forrest on our baseball side — look out it’s going to be really, really compelling,” Kaval said.

Moving from Oakland

The deadline placed on the club to have an agreement for a new stadium, Kaval said, affected the decision to leave Oakland for Las Vegas.

“That was a big deal because that put out there a hard deadline that we had to achieve and I think that really accelerated our efforts in Las Vegas,” Kaval said, adding that his experience in the Las Vegas valley had been positive and encouraging.

The future of the Las Vegas Aviators

“We have an agreement with the Aviators with Don [Logan] and Howard Hughes [Corporation] to play at their stadium temporarily,” he said. “We’re really deferring to Major League Baseball to kind of help us make that decision.”

Kaval said the Las Vegas Aviators, currently the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, will be staying in the area.

“It’s going to be like the Golden Knights and the Silver Knights,” said Kaval. “Having two teams in town at the same time. It’s going to be great for player development.”

 

The interesting thing is back in 1996, due to the work done on their stadium in Oakland, the repairs didn’t get done in time to start the season, so the A’s played their first 6 regular season games at Cashman Field. So some people don’t even realize the A’s have already played real MLB games in Las Vegas. 2 games with the Toronto Blue Jays and 4 games with the Detroit Tigers. 

 

https://whitecleatbeat.com/2016/05/05/thursday-throwback-1996-oakland-athletics-las-vegas/amp/

[toonkee]

On 4/20/2023 at 6:08 PM, BacksThePack said:

Over under on how long Vegas keeps 4 teams? Lake Mead and the Colorado will be dry soon enough and the city will be a ghost town

[Nevada Convert]

On 4/20/2023 at 6:08 PM, BacksThePack said:

Over under on how long Vegas keeps 4 teams? Lake Mead and the Colorado will be dry soon enough and the city will be a ghost town

Las Vegas will not fail. Even though there’s a certain level of seniority with tribes, other farmers, etc., with water rights per the long standing agreement, that will change, if necessary. A city of $2.5 million won’t go bust because dummies want to farm in the desert. 

If things get desperate enough, they’ll pipe water to Vegas from the ocean and built desal plants. San Diego is already doing that. 

 

[HawaiiMongoose]

When I was a kid living in the Bay Area in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s (before moving to Honolulu at age 13), I became a huge fan of the Raiders and the A’s.  I’ve continued to root for them ever since.  Now that they’ll both be playing in Vegas I guess I’ll have to buy a retirement condo there, LOL.

[utenation]

On 4/20/2023 at 5:25 PM, Spot50B said:

Were the New Orleans Jazz a "storied brand?"

No. My example really was to show I’d rather my team that wasn’t an expansion club make the cheddar more so than the previous city. 

[NVGiant]

On 4/20/2023 at 8:30 PM, Nevada Convert said:

The interesting thing is back in 1996, due to the work done on their stadium in Oakland, the repairs didn’t get done in time to start the season, so the A’s played their first 6 regular season games at Cashman Field. So some people don’t even realize the A’s have already played real MLB games in Las Vegas. 2 games with the Toronto Blue Jays and 4 games with the Detroit Tigers. 

 

https://whitecleatbeat.com/2016/05/05/thursday-throwback-1996-oakland-athletics-las-vegas/amp/

I went to those games against Detroit. Saw a Major League triple play in person for the first time. Fun stuff. Interestingly enough, the A’s were in Vegas because the Coliseum was putting in Mt. Davis, ruining the stadium forever and cementing the A’s eventual move to Vegas.

[NVGiant]

On 4/20/2023 at 7:48 PM, LoFasZz said:

California beer is awful. Literally the only thing that exists here are IPAs and pilsners. Zero variety at all it’s embarrassing 

This post is embarrassing. Lol.

[BaylorGuy314]

Oakland should be ecstatic. Think of how many homeless folks the Colosseum can hold! I kid, I kid. 

The truth is, Oakland has a lot of issues at the city level. They have a ton of restrictions on construction which makes it even more expensive than it should be. Most people in that area really don't give a crap about the As as evidenced by their subpar attendance for a long time even when the club was competitive. Combine those and it's not likely they would've gotten a new ballpark unless the As paid for it all. And even then, it would've been even more expensive than it should've been. Frankly, I don't blame them for moving.

[LoFasZz]

On 4/21/2023 at 7:00 AM, NVGiant said:

This post is embarrassing. Lol.

Been to easily over 1,000 breweries across the US and Europe. Beer scene in Cali is not good

[NVGiant]

On 4/21/2023 at 7:15 AM, LoFasZz said:

Been to easily over 1,000 breweries across the US and Europe. Beer scene in Cali is not good

So have I. Part of my business. California beer is what you make of it. Like anything in that giant state, variety is not a problem.

[LoFasZz]

On 4/21/2023 at 7:17 AM, NVGiant said:

So have I. Part of my business. California beer is what you make of it. Like anything in that giant state, variety is not a problem.

I mean when literally every brewery you go in has like 12 beers and 10 of them are IPAs yeah…it’s very limited compared to everywhere I’ve been

[NVGiant]

On 4/21/2023 at 7:42 AM, LoFasZz said:

I mean when literally every brewery you go in has like 12 beers and 10 of them are IPAs yeah…it’s very limited compared to everywhere I’ve been

Then you’re not looking in the right places. The West Coast is IPA-centric, but there is excellent variety in California.