The Athletics’ eventual move to the Sin City will take one other step closer to reality later this month once they break ground on the $1.75 billion stadium in Las Vegas.
The nomadic baseball team is planning on a groundbreaking ceremony on June 23 at 8 a.m., the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday night.
Construction on the Athletics’ future home began back in late April, and the ceremony later this month will function a celebration for the organization and native officials.
Amongst those expected to be on the event are team ownership, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, members of the state legislature and members of the Clark County Commission.
The development schedule for the stadium is slated to span 32 months to have the brand new ballpark ready for Opening Day 2028, in response to the report.
The Athletics are currently playing in a minor league stadium in Sacramento, Calif., until their home in Las Vegas is accomplished.
The A’s began eying Vegas as a possible landing spot for the franchise back in 2021 when MLB cleared the club to achieve this after it had attempted to — though the sincerity of the attempts has been brought into query — get a brand new stadium in Oakland.
The Athletics expect a largely local turnout for games once the team moves to Las Vegas, the team told the Review-Journal.
“We’ve all the time thought that baseball would likely have a powerful local component,” A’s vice chair Sandy Dean told the outlet in April. “It’s hard to match to Allegiant [Stadium] entirely because Allegiant has eight or nine games whereas baseball goes to have 81 games.”
The Raiders had seen, on average, 68 percent of the fans at home games come from out of town, in response to data from the Las Vegas Stadium Authority.
The Athletics’ eventual move to the Sin City will take one other step closer to reality later this month once they break ground on the $1.75 billion stadium in Las Vegas.
The nomadic baseball team is planning on a groundbreaking ceremony on June 23 at 8 a.m., the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday night.
Construction on the Athletics’ future home began back in late April, and the ceremony later this month will function a celebration for the organization and native officials.
Amongst those expected to be on the event are team ownership, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, members of the state legislature and members of the Clark County Commission.
The development schedule for the stadium is slated to span 32 months to have the brand new ballpark ready for Opening Day 2028, in response to the report.
The Athletics are currently playing in a minor league stadium in Sacramento, Calif., until their home in Las Vegas is accomplished.
The A’s began eying Vegas as a possible landing spot for the franchise back in 2021 when MLB cleared the club to achieve this after it had attempted to — though the sincerity of the attempts has been brought into query — get a brand new stadium in Oakland.
The Athletics expect a largely local turnout for games once the team moves to Las Vegas, the team told the Review-Journal.
“We’ve all the time thought that baseball would likely have a powerful local component,” A’s vice chair Sandy Dean told the outlet in April. “It’s hard to match to Allegiant [Stadium] entirely because Allegiant has eight or nine games whereas baseball goes to have 81 games.”
The Raiders had seen, on average, 68 percent of the fans at home games come from out of town, in response to data from the Las Vegas Stadium Authority.
