SABOTAGE? A Message for Las Vegas A's Fans 

MLB needs to stop the bleeding before more people leave this wonderful game. You cannot have an owner show so much disrespect to its fanbase and hope things get better with a new ball park. This situation not only alienates the fans but also the players. Who would want to play for these clowns?

There’s an big event supporting Veterans Day of gratitude at Allegiant Stadium .. The Raiders are all in and showing great support and that’s what will endear them to the community..The A’s are nowhere to be found showing how much they look forward to their new community…Fk the A’s stay in Sacramento, go to Salt Lake City ..Or best yet sell the team and stay in Oakland

This is unfolding in a way that shows that the intention has been to plant The A's in Sacramento as the Giants, Ranadivé and Manfred want to get out of Oakland in any way they can. That will reward Fisher's friend Ranadivé while getting the A's out of direct competition with the Giants. This is especially egregious since the A's helped keep the Giants in SF in the early 90s. The A's belong in Oakland, period! Sell the team!

From the Nevada Independent: "In the three most recent non-relocation agreements covering new ballparks in Miami (2009), Atlanta (2014), and Arlington, Texas, (2017) the teams agreed to no more than three “home” games in neutral sites per season." Did the A's ever bring this possibility up during any of the financing presentations?

Reverse boycott tonight! Go Athletics!

It's 110 degrees today in LV

Vegas is getting punked by the worst owner in MLB. Sad to see the A’s go but so glad that we don’t have to deal with that loser John Fisher ever again. Do you think that it will always be ‘eight games’ away from Vegas? Come on, Man! Good luck, Vegas. He’s your problem now. BTW, don’t shop at the Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic.

Oakland wants the A’s but the A’s don’t want Oakland. This is so sad

Sorry but Las Vegas is the 42 largest TV market in the country, how can they realistically support NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA etc as you described? To put this in perspective Portland with one major sports franchise is 22nd.

Fisher, Kaval & Co. really make me sick. Wonder if they are related to Dewey, Cheatem, & How?

A's will end up staying in Sacramento and Fisher will take on Vivek as a partner and they will build the stadium...

🎶 Listen, all y'all, it's a sabotage! 🎶

As someone who lived in Las Vegas for nearly 16 years and has lived in the Bay Area for over 12 years now and let me say that Casey’s right very few locals really like going to the Strip because it’s a nightmare to get to and get around. Also if the A’s cannot repay the bond then the taxpayers of Nevada and Clark County will be on the hook for what is left. That is a rotten deal for everyone who lives in Nevada. Plus if the A’s have to play at least 10% of there home games outside of the Las Vegas Area in order to rebuild their brand than that’s not a good sign. If Las Vegas doesn’t work for whatever reason then what? Oakland is all but done, Sacramento is 50/50 at best and Salt Lake City and Portland, Oregon would probably prefer an expansion franchise with local ownership. Especially with the way the current A’s ownership acts.

Fisher doesn't have the money to build a stadium.

The MLB needs to cut off revenue sharing to Fisher until he actually has a shovel in the ground. That's all any of this BS is all about.

One of my favorite empty 21st Century buzz phrases is "Building my brand" Never has that BS been more meaningless than right here. Nobody outside of whatever fanbase is left gives a F"" about the Athletics "brand", Dave. What's the ultimate goal? To be mentioned in the same breath as the Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers? Yeah, good luck with all that.

Thanks to you and others we have been getting the real deal here in Vegas. At this point I don’t even blame the A’s, I blame our politicians for letting it happen.

Casey Pratt favorite mayor home just got raided 😂😂 by the FBI

We want the new park on the strip, obviously.

Vegas wants its own expansion team not the worst managed team in baseball.

The A's brand is permanently trashed. I hope they never win in Vegas. That goes the same with the Raiders.

Let’s hope they permanently stay in Sacramento. I’d live with that over Las Vegas

Whats funny is mlb just recently gave a lifetime ban to a player for betting on games. Imagine howsl its going to go once the a's are there l😅

I've been shaking my head since the news came out about the Ballers not being able to play a home game at the Coliseum. Why the hell did it matter to the A's? Are they serious? They're so busy wanting to high tail their path to Vegas, and didn't even bother putting in any effort to getting Howard Terminal ballpark built, which they had breached. Why even ask them? Are they kidding me? It should have been up to the City of Oakland, or Alameda County for the Ballers to ask. Not the stupid ownership of the A's. I can only imagine how the A's ownership tenure in Vegas will play out from here on out.

It is a con.

Good luck, Las Vegas

The people of Las Vegas don’t want the As. The Politicians want the A’s, worst team in MLB from an organizational standpoint.

Stay in Sacramento. We don’t need anymore of Oaklands trash sports teams

The A''s have a great history and usually have had great players in every decade that I've been alive(almost 5). Oakland fans would support the team if they had reasonable chances of winning. This is common in a lot of markets, St.Louis, Kansas City, Pittsburg, and Vegas. 5 or 7 years of a team that doesn't win shit and trades their best players, it won't matter how nice the stadium is. There's plenty of shit to do in LV other than go see a team lose.

After everything that has happened…. Tropicana demolished, agreement with Sac , the renderings being provided by an architect… people are still whining and crying. Plain and simple Oakland and only Oakland is responsible for all the pro teams leaving

I live in Vegas and this makes zero sense where are they going to get these fans from ? Other then Vegas. So they want to play 10% of home games where ? If they want fans discount 10% or more of home games for locals

70% of the As fans are going to be locals!? I’ve lived in Vegas for over 10 years and I can tell you the As have zero fan base here. Dodgers padres giants cubs Mets and Yankees have a bigger fan base than the As here. As belong in Oakland and I’m sorry that the As fans have to deal with such bad ownership. I grew up going to As games all my life (I’m a dodgers fan) and the As fans are super passionate about THEIR team. You all deserve WAY better. #selltheteam

Seattle feels your pain. Some Cali dbag tried to hijack the Seahawks too.

Does Fisher & Kavel want 10% of their games to be somewhere other than Sacramento too? I really feel for the A's players. You know, the ones that Fisher couldn't even remember even one of his current players. I'm sure Aaron Judge will love playing in 100 degree heat and on artificial turf in July or August.

I'm in Vegas now and I think this owner is just looking for a new shinny object in there collection then they will want to sell the team. but I don't think there will be very many buyers for the team.

The fastest, easiest, cheapest way to get a ball park done would be to sell to another group.

But I totally agree with the A’s Ownership is a moocher and moocher and looking for the best welfare deal.

Dude lost me when he put the WNBA in front of the NHL or even Little League Baseball for that matter. All I’ve heard since then is static.

Things are getting financially difficult for most people and from what I hear the admission to all sports and the food and drink there is very expensive. I have no interest in watching men play games with a ball. I would rather be outside doing something.

the stadium authority scheduled meetings every month but realized using the contracts and experience they gained from the Raiders they didn't have a need for a monthly meeting. The "away from home - home games" clause is in the relocation agreement in Baltimore and Seattle... 30% of the teams don't put a cap of any kind on in stadium games..... the result ... absolutely nothing. Thanks for saying the development agreement is the final hurdle... I am sure we will get "defective bolts", "FAA concerns", "Indian burial ground", etc, etc conspiracy theories from others!! ha ha ha

Wait til the day the Yankees play in Las Vegas... that will embarass the league

I am a MLB fan and wonder where these Vegas A's fans are. I have see NONE!

Wouldn’t going to Utah who has approved $900M for a stadium be a better option that Las Vegas?

Of course I want the A’s to come to Vegas, ultimately for many reasons. However if the A’s wind up in Sacramento or Utah instead, that’s sort of a win win, the main goal was to leave Oakland permanently, that’s what I got.

Baseball played indoors is sacrilege

Oakland fans had a chance to support the A’s for decades and didn’t! Yes, they have a small number of loyal fans, but that’s it. No one wants to go to Oakland to see a game….

See you on Opening Day 2028!

A’s won’t exist by 2027 🔥🥃

I live over on the Peninsula and used to go to 1-3 A's games a year. Oakland isn't totally blameless here. There's a reason all three of its major league sports teams have left. City leadership is incompetent. The city (and county) dragging their feet on the approval process. Lawsuits by locals against every A's stadium proposal. The last two mayors thinking that insults directed towards A's ownership would get them to stay. I'm more angry at the Giants for not letting the A's move to San Jose, remembering that the A's ceded their San Jose territory to allow the Giants to stay in the Bay Area. The Giants refused to return the favor.

I am an Eastbay guy, 62 years old, been here 55 years. Been an A's, Raiders, Warriors guy the whole time. I really and truly think the A's will end up in Salt Lake City. Sad

Dude, Casey, wouldn't these games (like every other home game played remotely) be compensated by MLB???? I'm guessing they request 8 games and MLB approves 4

lol the a’s can kick rocks in Sacramento

Huge mistake being a nomad team 10% of their home games, their best place to land is 12th and Broadway in downtown Oakland, Sacramento small market #20 not going to work, Las Vegas small market #40 a disaster. The Commissioner being on board with this is misdirected as well. Worst no one is listening.

1-666 CARS 4 FISH

SELL

Let’s go Oakland Ballers! If you haven’t been to an Oakland Ballers game yet you are missing out big time!

Las Vegas taxpayers need to watch their wallets. The A’s ownership has been intentionally destroying their fan base for 20+ years. Even when they were successful with young players, they would immediately trade them when they hit their arbitration years or they wouldn’t re-sign them when they became free agents. Maybe the A’s might spend a little money on players so Las Vegas builds the stadium, but it’s almost a 100% guarantee that those “high dollar” players will be gone soon after the construction is completed. The A’s ownership is solely about making money and not winning. The Marlins did the exact same thing to their fans just a few years ago.

I predict the As will actually play in Sacramento for many years, and never move to Vegas. I don’t think they can permanently play there but it will work in the short-term. And that can grow to a much longer period than the original plan.

After Bally’s is having there issues I actually think the deal is more likely not to go through now. I am curious if they will be allowed to stay in Sac without another vote and does the relocation fee and clause about selling the team still apply.

Is the 10% of games outside of Vegas a standard thing for all teams home stadiums? Is this done for the agreements to play in series in korea, australia, london, mexico city???

Nope, I don't see them moving to Vegas, they will either be forced to sell the team, or they will force the current ownership to move to Charles Schwab stadium in Omaha Nebraska and if they can turn it into an ugly multiplex bowl like stadium in order to get 35,000 spectators. And here is the kicker they will have to stay there at least 10 years or get hit with the flip tax

Casey is always spot on. As a die hard lifelong A's fan. Vegas deserves a team if they want one. But not this steaming dumpster fire of an organization. Love you Casey!

Carpet baggers

There is rumors floating around that Vivek and Fisher already have a deal worked out for them to stay in Sac and the new stadium will be at the Rail yards in downtown.

$500 million from Vegas investors? Nope.

How about Oaklanders stay outa Las Vegas business it’s not there team anymore 😂😂

No way 70 percent are going to locals maybe 40

Casey, considering that this whole A’s move to Vegas has been plagued at every step by epic incompetence, I don’t understand how you still think the move will happen.

it would be funny if they stay in Sac after all this

Thanks Casey. Great stuff as always

Wouldn’t be surprised if Fisher is eyeing that $900M stadium offer from Salt Lake City to MLB for expansion and wondering how he can get his greedy hands on it.

Nice job, Casey !

Fisher will sell the team because the Value of the team is at a all time high. Trust me, Fisher and Kaval are liars.. And you heard it here

It’s a reason why Teams keep leaving Oakland! Oakland has zero Accountability! Vivek Las Vegas!

Coming from someone on X

AAAteam is in Vegas

Appreciate your concern. Although a few were loud and concerned about 8 games, as more realized 8 was a max, a cap, and that similar agreements were made with the Mariners in 2018 and Orioles last year, more spoke up in favor of the agreement. 8 may be negotiated down, and there might even be a cap lower the first few years. The games, likely international, will boost international tourism. The Stadium Authority CEO also said any losses from these games will be off-set by much higher non-baseball event projections than the conservative estimates provided last year. Also, many locals do go to the Strip regularly. T-Mobile, very close to the Strip, hosts Knight games with many locals attending. Some of us are extremely familiar with the events involving the team the past several years and are very confident about their success in Las Vegas.

Hi Casey, but wouldnt you objectively say that the Raiders are better off in Vegas? Why didn't Mark Davis get this same intense hatred? Serious question im not trying to be snarky

6/7/2024, Fireworks Night at the coliseum......

It's still a done deal!!! It's still the Las Vegas Athletics!!! YUCK! YUCK! YUCK! YUCK! YUCK!

This is in continuation of the previous comment, of me criticizing Casey. I love all these odd comments of his. Casey said “ the A’s don’t really want to be in Vegas.” Of course I find that comment absolutely absurd! Newsflash Casey: no one held a gun to Fisher’s head and told him, he must build in Vegas, or else. John Fisher for whatever reason, chose Vegas, he wasn’t under no obligation. Another issue with Casey’s comments. Casey is making such a huge deal of the A’s looking to play 8 home games out of Vegas. Now I understand, Casey isn’t the only one crying about this, but truthfully the only ones I hear crying about this is reporters and journalists, especially ones from Oakland. Frankly, I have yet to hear someone of importance complain about this issue. I have yet to hear Steve Hill from the Vegas complain, he is someone of importance on that. I have yet to hear Nev. Gov. Joe Lombardo complain about that. If it were such a big deal, perhaps Lombardo would be against it. I have yet to hear MLB or the Commissioner’s office complain on this. I have yet to hear Bally’s complain about the A’s playing fewer games here. Certainly if that was a tremendous issue, Bally’s wouldn’t be happy with the reduced revenue on their property. My point I’m waiting to hear anyone other than Oakland bandwagoners complain about this.

Every team has this clause in their stadium agreement, required by MLB. Quit getting your bowels in an uproar

Yes Fisher sucks, yes he's shady but they're leaving dude. Let the bitterness go and move on.

Baseball is a dying sport anyway. Nobody wants to set around and watch a bunch of roided, pajama wearing dudes stand around and wait all game for the ball to come to them.

that 8 games is just standard MLB language. It's in the new Rays stadium in St Pete. All MLB teams have to be open to 8 games outside of their own stadium, but highly likely 8 won't happen.

Could be worse you could have the Cleveland INDIANS ownership.