Oakland A's to play in Sacramento for a few years while Las Vegas stadium is built

[LadyStanley]

A's reach deal to play in Sacramento while waiting for Las Vegas stadium

The A's will head to Las Vegas by way of Sacramento.

sports.yahoo.com

Some other strings to Oakland extension including exploring sale of team, giving up name/colors.

 

[Mightygoose]

An Interim plan was long overdue. 1 lame duck season in Oakland is bad enough. Another 3 would have been worse.

The meeting with the city on their offer wasn't nothing more than political posturing IMO

 

[hangman005]

All we need now is to convince Sacramento to keep them even longer.... and then the MLB can expand to Vegas and Vegas can have a team it actually wants.

 

[MMC]

Sucks for the fans but Oakland is going to complete shit so this was inevitable. At least fans will have the Giants nearby if they still want to attend MLB games, and future generations will have a team in the region to follow. Much prefer having a team in Vegas than Oakland and I can't wait to attend some Angels games on the strip

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Sacramento has ambitions to be a permanent MLB market. Wonder if locals will view this as a test run for future expansion/relocation, a la the Oklahoma City Hornets after Katrina, or if they'll view it as an affront to be merely a temporary host for another city's team, a la the Memphis Oilers?

 

[Bizz]

Sucks for the fans but Oakland is going to complete shit so this was inevitable. At least fans will have the Giants nearby if they still want to attend MLB games, and future generations will have a team in the region to follow. Much prefer having a team in Vegas than Oakland and I can't wait to attend some Angels games on the strip

f*** that noise. I'm not gonna just go and spend money on a franchise that is single handedly responsible for driving them out of the area.

 

[MMC]

f*** that noise. I'm not gonna just go and spend money on a franchise that is single handedly responsible for driving them out of the area.

That is your prerogative

 

[Voight]

Sacramento has ambitions to be a permanent MLB market. Wonder if locals will view this as a test run for future expansion/relocation, a la the Oklahoma City Hornets after Katrina, or if they'll view it as an affront to be merely a temporary host for another city's team, a la the Memphis Oilers?

I think Ranadive is (somewhat) banking on Las Vegas falling apart and being there to absorb the team on a full time basis.

 

[Vegan Knight]

I think Ranadive is (somewhat) banking on Las Vegas falling apart and being there to absorb the team on a full time basis.

California cities don't seem to have an appetite to give over half a billion for a stadium to work and Ranadive is estimated to have a 1.5 billion net worth mostly from the NBA Kings ownership.

I don't see how he could be much help to Fisher for money or how he could afford the price to take it off his hands.

 

[Voight]

California cities don't seem to have an appetite to give over half a billion for a stadium to work and Ranadive is estimated to have a 1.5 billion net worth mostly from the NBA Kings ownership.

I don't see how he could be much help to Fisher for money or how he could afford the price to take it off his hands.

Whos to say he'd be the sole owner?

 

[willy702]

Going to be funny when it's 2028 and people are going to be taking about this like it's the Coyotes in a college stadium because the Tropicana fell through

I know tourism is something in the equation but on no level does it make sense that the Bay Area with all it's population and money has the same number of teams as Las Vegas.

 

[hangman005]

I think Ranadive is (somewhat) banking on Las Vegas falling apart and being there to absorb the team on a full time basis.

Las Vegas is also hoping for this

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Going to be funny when it's 2028 and people are going to be taking about this like it's the Coyotes in a college stadium because the Tropicana fell through

I know tourism is something in the equation but on no level does it make sense that the Bay Area with all it's population and money has the same number of teams as Las Vegas.

You can blame the bad territorial agreement the A's signed with the Giants, and the Giants refusal to tear it up.

Without that, the A's probably would've built a new park in San Jose years ago.

 

[KevFu]

You can blame the bad territorial agreement the A's signed with the Giants, and the Giants refusal to tear it up.

Without that, the A's probably would've built a new park in San Jose years ago.

It wasn't even a territorial agreement, it was totally just botched by MLB when they merged the AL & NL constitution and operating agreement into one MLB constitution in 1999.

Because they were two different leagues, what the A's signed was saying that the Giants had the right to operate an NL team in San Jose; but it was never meant to say the A's DIDN'T have the right to operate an AL team there. MLB just screwed it up.


That being said, this whole thing is a travesty/shitshow and it's ridiculous no one with common sense can say "Hey, wait a minute....this is all very stupid and bad for business."

 

[LadyStanley]

Shaikin: A's want to intervene in Nevada case. For their proposed Vegas stadium, time is money

The Athletics are asking a Nevada court for permission to intervene in a stadium public funding lawsuit in order to protect their interests in Las Vegas.

www.latimes.com

Teachers union suit has been stalled. Athletics would like to help resolve suit so things can move forward.

 

[LadyStanley]

A’s consider hiring investment firm to help secure LV ballpark financing

The Oakland Athletics are considering hiring an investment firm to assist team owner John Fisher in securing financing for construction of their planned Las Vegas ballpark.

www.reviewjournal.com

Contracting with investment firm to find (Nevada resident) investors to help finance ball park.