MLB commish confirms Oakland A’s will be moving to Las Vegas (Update: $1.5B park on Vegas strip on the way)

[dora_da_destroyer]

Raiders wanted to build a stadium at the Coliseum site, but the A's re-upped their lease killing that idea.

Raiders needed money to rebuild in Oakland tho. The city was not giving them money and helmet head didn't like the funding deals he was being offered from local investors

 

[MikelArteta]

Just crazy how a city lost 3 professional teams in like 4 years

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

Hate to see the A's leave Oakland. They deserve so much more respect.

 

[LezJepzin]

Letting bob melvin go was a mistake

John Fisher is a horrible owner

And my goodness, the As are pitiful all around

rather have John Fisher sell and move the As somewhere like Sacramento..especially if u only having a 30,000 seat stadium

We tried already



Plus Sacramento (unfortunately) has always been a Giants town. Even when our AAA baseball team was affiliated with the A's

 

[Harry B]

Inflation in stadium/arena costs is crazy

 

[LezJepzin]

Joe Lacob has had a bid in place to buy the A's (1.5 billion) for sometime now.

 

[tremonthustler1]

$1.5B for a 30K seat stadium? fukk are they building the stadium out of? Pure gold?

 

[Spidey Man]

What stands out as bad about the location

The big white building next to MGM is Tropicana. T-Mobile arena is right next to the New York New York sign, and the Raiders play in the area as well. Game day traffic is going to be miserable especially if the golden knights, raiders or of there's a concert going. Lv Blvd will be a parking lot and public transportation is a joke.

Edit: it would be like having the Jets, Mets and rangers playing in Times Square without a subway system

 

[WhatsGoodTy]

They still gonna have racists do play by play?

 

[Rev]

$1.5B for a 30K seat stadium? fukk are they building the stadium out of? Pure gold?

retractable roof better be first of its kind

 

[FaTaL]

This gotta be the dumbest idea ever, ain’t no tourists watching baseball in Vegas

 

[MushroomX]

They are going from a 56k to 30k stadium. This is some backward ass logic. I hope dumbass from the Vegas team gambles on some games.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

retractable roof better be first of its kind

This retractable roof phase of stadium building needs to be phased out. I don't believe they've ever had the roof open at AT&T for a Cowboys game or at MB for a Falcons game. And why would you want a roof open in hot ass Vegas? They better pray HAGS never has to go down

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

They are going from a 56k to 30k stadium. This is some backward ass logic. I hope dumbass from the Vegas team gambles on some games.

The reduction in capacity is actually a smart thing. Fewer fans are going to sporting events, particularly in locales w/ suffocating heat conditions. It's why if the Miami (of Florida) Hurricanes ever get a stadium, it won't be more than 50-55k. Hard Rock seats 65k and it looks desolate

 

[Regular_P]

30K capacity is outrageous for a brand new MLB stadium.