What to Know: The Oakland A's Las Vegas Ballpark Plans 

That 400 million dollars of corporate welfare isn’t going to be as easy for the A’s as the Raiders. First, there is a different governor in Nevada, that already said no to new taxes for a new team. Second the Raiders had a massively better attendance and cross country marketability than the A’s. Though that means the minor league stadium should have more than enough seats for a team that usually has between 2-4 thousand showing up for games currently.

Btw that Howard terminal rendering you used was made by a fan in 2013-2014 that wasn’t official but it kinda shows that Howard terminal could’ve been the answer all along

Brilliantly executed content.

I never agreed with the Athletics leaving Oakland but after years of Oakland and Alameda County not doing a thing about a new stadium and now it's time to go to Vegas!

Good reporting, graphics. Thanks.

Warriors would’ve been the first team to leave if not for Curry

I can’t believe 3 teams have left Oakland. Lol. Shame on the city

Great summary. Thanks for creating this.

The best location is near the strip. The first one he mentioned. On the same block of the other l.v teams.

I just moved to Oakland.. kind of sad to see the town ripping itself apart. Hope the A’s work out a deal to stay and Oakland cleans up their act.

I blame Steve Schott too back in 2002 for not showing interest in the uptown land

Oakland has many chances & years to keep their teams. Basically, Oak wanted 3 teams to play in two '66 stadiums or privately build new with ton of Red tapes. Take Oak 100 yrs or NEVER to build Allegiant Stadium.

This is BS

I question the effect of the pandemic. A's ownership IMO was never serious about staying and systematically tanked every advance. I think they never believed they would actually get as far along as they did.

Great piece of reporting. Thank you especially for the history and context.

I'm confused by part of this. How can San Jose, which is about 50 miles from San Francisco, but part of Giants territory, but Oakland, which is less than 10 miles away, isn't? Also, I will never understand why cities put up hundreds of millions to build stadiums that are then owned by the team which gets to keep all the profits. If Las Vegas puts up 400m of the 1.2b, or about 1/3 of the cost of a baseball stadium, they should have 1/3 of the ownership, get 1/3 of the naming rights income, 1/3 of the total gross income generated by the stadium, etc. Or the team should be required to pay rent. Or the team should have to share revenue with the city until the city's portion of construction costs is fully paid off. Or the city should get to levy a seat tax on tickets, or a dedicated sales tax on concessions. My point being that the city should get direct income from the building it financed, and not have to rely on unreliable indirect income that will potentially take decades to pay off. Or even better, a team that's worth billions and stands to make billions should pay for their own stadium entirely.

Your girl cheats on you but you still let her come home?

A's sharing Pac-Bell Park with the Giants: IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah yes, nobody likes John Fisher Price anymore. Because he's gonna be the worst owner in MLB Baseball history soon.

Commissioner and everyone else should care We are the fans Bay Area fans You are trying to create new fan base? Give them an expansion team John Fisher is a crook Should of negotiated in good faith and stayed at the table Snake walked away and is doing everything possible to screw the real fan base over to get his selfish ass way

IF THE AAA TEAM IS DOING WELL SO WILL THE A'S

Let's not forget the San Jose move would be beneficial for everyone and the Giants can suck it

Jerry Brown was the worst mayor in Oakland & worst governor in CA. Uptown ballpark would’ve been great for Oakland

It’s been nearly 20 years since a team relocated and got rebuilt into a new franchise.

U guys have a horrible stadium don’t blame them .

Really a baseball park on the strip. Stupid idea

I love women's basketball wnba

This guy fails to take into account the owner of the A’s and his management.

An open stadium in Las Vegas. What happens when temperatures are 120 degrees? If the billionaires want a stadium, then foot the money. It's a scam and overpriced. Las Vegas shouldn't give money and order that the stadium has a roof. No money for the stadium at all, no funding for a stadium where nobody will go to see games. Remember the sun in summer? No tax exemption. Tired of our money going to politicians' pockets. Traffic accumulation in the strip. Also, stadiums should have outside shade from the sun. If the people are going to stand for 1/2 hrs. or more.

i would prefer mls in vegas but if this happens mls should not happen and they should focus elsewhere

Good Video!

🤮 STAY HOME IN OAKLAND!! !!! The real fans Let vegASS get an expansion team

As def love to follow the Raiders

There will never be a new stadium in Oakland, a California politician always there to screw things up.

Who cares? We want a WNBA team!!!!

Some dont want them in Las Vegas. They think they will not try for a world series

Move to Sacramento, plenty of space there. The Bay Area is trash anyway.

Oakland is poverty

Good stuff. Fan bases can be rebuilt. Good luck to the As

Best way is for them to share with the San Francisco Giants.

#SayGoodbyeToOaklandAndHelloToLVBaby!

A's SUCK .

Minor Leaguers making Major League money . They get paid Millions to Lose Games , not Win them . All Sports are Rigged .

That’s not happening. The A’s will never go back to Oakland lol😂