MLB commish confirms Oakland A’s will be moving to Las Vegas (Update: $1.5B park on Vegas strip on the way)
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Sheesh.
Mad Dog deserves a bag for this alone.
Nothing but facts being spit and for these so called A’s fans the truth. If the city of Oakland truly did everything in its power then all 3 teams would still be there. The reality is that the city and the people who run the city have allowed problems within the city to fester for decades.
Well guess what? Another city will open its arms and we saw it with the Raiders. Warriors were probably going to SF no matter what and they did anyway.
resistanze
Pro
What's with this obsession with Vegas? Who wants to watch baseball in 110 degree weather? Vegas is already a car-infested shytshow, I can't imagine how bad that's going to be with acres of asphalt near the strip.
I just don't understand why MLB wants one of their teams playing in a 30,000 seat stadium. It's so much smaller than any other venue in the league.
With this move happening, I don't understand why Tampa's owners are staying put. They have a great team and if they were in a better market with a better stadium, they'd get 2-3x the attendance.
With this move happening, I don't understand why Tampa's owners are staying put. They have a great team and if they were in a better market with a better stadium, they'd get 2-3x the attendance.
Research Highlights Lack of Benefit from Public Funding of Sports Stadiums - Tennessee Star
A recent academic paper on the economics of sports stadiums again has highlighted how publicly funding professional sports stadiums does not provide the benefits promised by politicians.
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It is what it isAnd now they have no professional sports teams and probably won’t attract any for the foreseeable future
I still think its fukking bullshyt for a City to help fund a stadium for a billionaire.
GrudgeBooty
Rookie
In my intro to communication class I made a presentation arguing it does benefit cities. Not that I believe it, or its true. It was just easier to sell that lie, and I even made up sources! A+, great work, kid!Research Highlights Lack of Benefit from Public Funding of Sports Stadiums - Tennessee Star
A recent academic paper on the economics of sports stadiums again has highlighted how publicly funding professional sports stadiums does not provide the benefits promised by politicians.
Damn Oakland might as well be Birmingham at this rate
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The team and the league wants out of East Oakland badly. Sad day. I honestly don't think Vegas is the answer for a MLB team
i feel like many thought the same about the Vegas Golden Knights, and they were poppin from day 1 six years ago.small ballpark = better potential for sell-through = more high-profile look on TV and public eye
they'll probably look to make a splash upon arrival in Vegas, too (trades, free agents) and player interest will increase because of location
franchise is going to get a ton of attention with this move because the press will continue to follow the progress, too
There wont be an expansion draft to give them a leg up and the ownership is still cheap ass fukk. I guess we'll see if they get lucky or if they will remain Orioles status.
small ballpark = better potential for sell-through = more high-profile look on TV and public eye
they'll probably look to make a splash upon arrival in Vegas, too (trades, free agents) and player interest will increase because of location
franchise is going to get a ton of attention with this move because the press will continue to follow the progress, too
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
The raiders couldn’t afford to do anything on their own, no one wanted public money spent on them
There was NO option to try to keep the warriors, Myers wanted to be in SF, the warriors weren’t pushed out, an owners simply wanted to move
The city did everything they could for the A’s and the A’s were too cheap to bridge the final $100m or so…bye
Oakland has enough problems that spending public money on private franchises making hundreds of millions in revenue is not on any lawmaker or citizen’s list of to-do’s
Dipsey Doo
Superstar
It’s hilarious to me that people expect an ownership group to spend money on talent and still play in the worst stadium in MLB by far (probably generates negative revenue at this point) and routinely ranks in the bottom half of attendance every year consistently even in good years.
The formula the A’s use to be competitive has worked better than most small and major market teams (I bet the Mets, Marlins, Rockies, Diamondbacks and White Sox would love to trade records with the A’s of the past 15 years).
The fans don’t show up and the stadium is awful. Oakland seems to not want professional sports. Vegas wants to partner up and kick in money. It’s a perfect storm for a relocation.
The formula the A’s use to be competitive has worked better than most small and major market teams (I bet the Mets, Marlins, Rockies, Diamondbacks and White Sox would love to trade records with the A’s of the past 15 years).
The fans don’t show up and the stadium is awful. Oakland seems to not want professional sports. Vegas wants to partner up and kick in money. It’s a perfect storm for a relocation.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Who cares!? This is a region, Oakland is not some city off to itself in the middle of the state like Fresno or Sacramento. We can hop on BART and be at a warriors or giants game. I’m a niner fan, so they’re still here. Sharks playing hockey right in San Jose. Life goes on, these teams, while in Oakland, pulled fans from all over the bay, this doesn’t change the day to day lives of most citizensAnd now they have no professional sports teams and probably won’t attract any for the foreseeable future
