*DANGER* A's move to Las Vegas in trouble because of money?

Discussing the Oakland A's move to Las Vegas

[@curtisharvey5579]

Dude gets free land, $300M from tax payers, a waived relocation fee and he still can't fund a ballpark

[@cg5968]

$380m from taxpayers*

[@ohmygonzalez]

Don’t forget the collective bargaining money he gets from all the other owners at the end of each season

[@tommyfu9271]

@@ohmygonzalez don't forget the national tv money he gets no matter what

[@widk2]

Because it's 380 million just for land that's to much money

[@Kevin-yn7ju]

Don't forget the near free rent he got from vivek in Sacramento

[@lukeziolkowski9327]

If the MLB had a real commissioner this would have been resolved ages ago.

[@ultraman.ultraseven]

To put it bluntly, Rob Manfred is a commissioner who can't do his job ⚾👎🤷!

[@widk2]

The athletics should go back to kc

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. /

[@TJR93]

@@widk2 Should go back to Philadelphia. ;)

[@retrowarehouse2554]

@@widk2 KC can't even afford the Royals anymore.

[@william7286]

MLB needs a new commissioner. Stadium renovation and club expansion and relocation mismanagement is out of control.

[@ultraman.ultraseven]

To put it bluntly, Rob Manfred is a commissioner who can't do his job ⚾👎🤷!

[@msn64man1]

@@ultraman.ultraseven it’s a John fisher scam guaranteed

[@tommyfu9271]

@@ultraman.ultraseven Rob Manfred hates baseball more than I hate soccer.

[@scotttild]

They don’t need expansion until the A’s and Rays are figured out The A”s were granted redaction as part of the settlement with the City of San Jose when they were blocked from moving there. Can’t blame the A’s for moving. Oakland has no place to build and no real money Fisher is a horrible owner but not entirely his fault.

[@kingarthurj]

The universe has been telling them not to move to Vegas the entire time.

[@theyhaterooe7488]

They're moving deal with it

[@hoapres]

You live in an alternate universe departed from the real universe.

[@Dr.Craneqt]

@@theyhaterooe7488not at this rate mlb has a higher chance of putting a relocation team in las Vegas and a’s stay in California

[@BlazeOfGlory742]

When the A’s moved its radio broadcast off of regular radio to Tune in you know the owners were a joke.

[@user-ps5ux2sp6w]

anpanman!

[@Captain_Solo]

Anything to save a buck

[@mikemcd]

Wow i didn’t realize they left 95.7 the game

[@adanalyst6925]

They aren’t on traditional radio anymore?

[@Drew914]

They’re on 960 AM in the Bay Area

[@zch7491]

Fisher has become the antagonist of all of baseball

[@ericradford2142]

Rob Manfred has entered the chat

[@jamesbyrnes1208]

His team of youngster are doing pretty dam good right now,,,They will be a better team in Vegas,,

[@GizmoBeach]

@@jamesbyrnes1208 They need a new owner not a new city…same as the Rockies and any professional team ran by an incompetent, greedy-yet-cheap owner.

[@97NikeSb]

@@ericradford2142 Manfred works for the owners. We could harp on him all day but he works and defends this cheap scumbag Fisher

[@BakoSooner]

As a Vegas resident, I don't know of anyone that wants this team. We would rather get an expansion team we can root for. Just as we did for the Knights.

[@scott658]

It is a shame that they have started work on removing the Trop. It was nice having a free place to park for Knights games and concerts at MGM or Mandalay Bay.

[@misguidedangel6550]

We don't need anymore expansion IN MLB though. There is enough teams already, adding more teams just lowers the talent pool. Even the NHL was the best when they had 22-24 teams. Every team had several really good players, nowadays every NHL team has several players that shouldn't be in the NHL

[@misguidedangel6550]

Vegas was very lucky to get the Raiders though. Getting a team that has so much history and mystique was a blessing for Vegas. Not to mention getting a team with such an Iconic logo and name and the Iconic silver and black colors really suit the city of Las Vegas.

[@user-ly1zz2le2d]

THANK YOU. As a Vegas local, I would love a baseball team, just not the A’s or John Fisher. And maybe not put the ballpark on the strip too. Have it be off strip for local fans

[@togoandmoss]

As a Las Vegas local I will love the A’s and love the location of the stadium… I went to T-Mobile twice in the last week… I saw a lot of locals there!

[@user-ly1zz2le2d]

@@togoandmoss I’d rather not have Fisher’s cheapass here. Maybe if it’s under new ownership and different branding, I’d be open to supporting the team.

[@b3ncampbell]

I'm a die hard A's fan. I believe Vegas deserves better than Fisher. Vegas either needs an expansion team to emulate the GK's or get a "Nation" team like the Raiders. By that, I mean a team with followers all over the country that would go to Vegas and watch them.

[@ramonflores7665]

Mlb in Vegas would be better off with an expansion franchise , This A's move is very shady and forced...

[@williamerazo3921]

No shit. You thought taxpayers will get towed over

[@dogcowrph]

The Oakland ballpark was beautiful. They were only $100 million apart. MLB should contract the A’s and sell the rights to a new owner who would put resources into the club.

[@BlazeOfGlory742]

Agreed.

[@sawyertuide7636]

Don’t contract, take away the franchise from Fisher The history would be separated between the 2 Oakland A’s franchises and even if it isn’t, contracting a franchise is a disgrace

[@bullwinkle2380]

Do we really want to contract the Oakland A's??????????

[@TheNotoriousJP]

Definitely no contracting the A's. Force this fool owner to sell.

[@kibitznec700]

The Oakland Athletics eventually will return to Oakland, will never go ti sxxxty las vegas.

[@kanakafarian]

We don’t need the A’s in Vegas stay in freaking Oakland!!!!!

[@masp809]

How’s this any different from the Raiders??

[@deco983]

This whole A's to Vegas saga is really a huge mess!!!

[@b3ncampbell]

I firmly believe that's on purpose.

[@Captain_Solo]

Everyone forgot how terrible the Giants attendance was while they were at Candlestick

[@bigredmachine510]

Here’s a novel idea: STAY IN OAKLAND and actually work with us. Also, SELL THE TEAM!!!! #Goas

[@-SkyCat-]

Oakland is dead.. hell they even trying to change the airport name to look more appealing.. San Fancisco Bay Oakland Airport? REALLY?? they don't even like themselfs....

[@Mr.Ed_Wayner]

IMO A’s only makes sense for MLB in the CA Bay Area if they can get a stadium in the South Bay. Maybe Mandraud and the other owners can force the Giants to spot the South Bay and then force Fisher to sell.

[@tyandbrand]

I don't see new ownership in Oskland bringing the fans out. Or a new stadium for that matter. Oakland is just not economically what it once was.

[@scotttild]

NO place to built the HT site is dust, the Port of Oakland is expanding the port which is what they wanted to do in the first place.

[@bigredmachine510]

@@scotttild there’s plenty of space in Oakland. Hell, there’s room RIGHT NEXT to the current stadium. HT wouldn’t work anyway because it’s off public transit routes. The coliseum has convenience on its side, and there’s lots of space there.

[@Wizardsleave69]

Keep up the pressure As fans... Keep that boycott going!

[@SacTownLions0]

I'm not sure where the A's will be playing in 5 years. But I'm 100% sure that it won't be a John Fisher team playing in Las Vegas! In Vegas, you can build whatever you can dream of...if you have brains and money. John Fisher, an embarrassment to his family, has neither.

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. / nah. Not have brains and money. Not “have brains and money”

[@justinfowich6662]

The easy and obvious solution to this situation is to force John Fisher to sell the team, but they won't do it because it sets a precedent.

[@scotttild]

You can't force him to sell because he is a bad owner. There are bylaws they have to follow. He has not done anything to force him to sell.

[@xl-in1sb]

I hope they do and then force Arte Moreno to sell the Halos too, but the owners and the league will just protect their owners and do nothing most likely

[@Captain_Solo]

Fisher, Moreno, Reinsdorf and nutting need to be out of the league. I envy Orioles fans finally getting rid of Angelos.

[@bryangonzalez4604]

I could say the same thing to Bruce Sherman too

[@denniscarver7681]

Citizens here in KC Mo. are fed up with taxes. Property tax up 238% in some areas of voters. Insurance follows County to break it off even further. $500. to $750 a month increase. Not mansions while Co. Exec. asseor, mayor taxes stay down while neighbors either side raised to high heaven. Now we voted down the new stadiums. Mo law states after vote cannot be brought again 1yr. Unscruplos Rep. trying to bring it back in 5mos. Not legal and Jackson Co. going to See Mo. AG in court June to find how and why they broke law. KS. wants 6.5% tax to pay for Chiefs things will not be voted on by citizens STAR Bond. Go for it there is never enough $$ for the millonaires.

[@scotttild]

Well said... Glad they voted no, don't let them get away with the phony STAR BOND.

[@davealmer3803]

The economy isn t gonna do this dream much good. I also think the peeps of LV don t wanna be on the hook for this monster as everybody knows this will go over budget.

[@jesusm2159]

A'S. situation was/is suspicious mlb being sneaky

[@Captain_Solo]

No oversight and the antitrust exemption

[@jhathaway8026]

"The interior looks a little clownish." John Fisher: "perfect!"

[@Scott-vk4jv]

MLB needs to Frank McCourt him.

[@msn64man1]

Both John fisher and rob Manfred out

[@GravityFalloutPines]

In terms of the locals being on board, the Las Vegas Aviators are VERY popular, and those Aviators players will be Las Vegas A's players in 2028

[@reesejabs1895]

Expansion of baseball.is a ridiculous pipe dream.

[@86byrdman]

Baseball already is kind of watered down as is. Not sure what expansion would do for the MLB. If anything, some teams may need to be contracted or teams you know will never win.

[@joemendonca8537]

I could be wrong but with Fisher and Kaval I don’t even see them moving to Sacramento Rumors here now is that the team could be up for sale before season’s end

[@mobbinkorrectly]

Any source for this info?

[@joemendonca8537]

@@mobbinkorrectly LA Times wrote a piece last week

[@Captain_Solo]

Probably don’t have to money to upgrade Sutter Park.

[@rainbowmade1880]

Probably has the money but can’t part with his previous penny’s.

[@Captain_Solo]

@@rainbowmade1880 you mean he has to spend his own money??? He actually said in the LVRJ article that his family was gonna cover the final shortages. Maybe they told him your on your own.

[@sirchi8731]

Looks like it might be Sacramento

[@sirswerdna]

Does anyone actually think Fisher is going to change his stripes once he gets to LV? I don't see him all of the sudden spending money on FA's or even investing in the team for that matter.

[@thechurchoflogic1670]

City of Oakland is particularly the problem as well. No reason Howard Terminal could not become a reality.

[@Savi80]

Going from one bad owner to another like Vivek 😵‍💫 just sell to Lacob

[@TheViewTube4U]

Put the A’s up for sell leave them in Sacramento or move to Salt Lake City and expand to Las Vegas, San Antonio or Salt Lake City. Also move either Miami or Tampa to Nashville

[@iplayfhorn]

There's not a "ton" of support in Vegas? I doubt there's even a few pounds of support.

[@tommyfu9271]

we've had one team move in the last 50 years. what's the point of a relocation fee if it's going to waived when a team finally moves?

[@bullwinkle2380]

It's a done deal!!! The A's are moving to Vegas!!! It sucks!!! John Greedy Fisher, get lost!!!

[@joedimaggio3687]

The A's are the Coyotes of baseball.

[@splashnskillz37]

Nah they are way worse

[@SkwidToast]

​​@@splashnskillz37 Fr. At least there's a certainty for the Yotes. Peeled off the bandaid fast for yotes fans. This has been grueling for everyone involved in NorCal and Vegas.

[@milkman4eva]

If the A’s go for sale, Ranadive of the Kings won’t outbid Bay Area investors. Joe Lacob of the Warriors is ready to buy, and said he would build at Howard Terminal in Oakland with only private money. I commented here months ago that this was gonna play out. Another issue, Sacramento has a deficit of over $60 million in this fiscal year. If the city faces deficits in the coming years, they won’t be able to provide funding to the A’s. Buckle up folks.

[@togoandmoss]

The A’s are not for sale.

[@Captain_Solo]

If they put them for sell nobody is outbidding uncle Joe, plus other Bay Area investors that are interested in keeping the team in the east bay. Lacob would have an ownership group ready and have a shovel in the ground by next summer.

[@joeylawn36111]

Six straight for the A's....But the Twins have won 12 straight! And the AL Central was supposed to be bad, 4 of 5 teams over .500 - it's the AL West that kinda sux so far....And I agree with you, Vega$ and "cheap" don't work there....

[@neneshubby]

John Fisher broke off negotiations with Oakland when they were close to a deal because they said it would take too long for the process to finish. Now he’s in darn near the exact same situation. Even if they try to stay in Sacramento now you have to get the funding all over again and figure all that out, and it’s a lot harder to get free tax money in California that it is in Nevada.

[@mackenzieblair8135]

Couldn’t happen to a better owner.

[@bd5av8r1]

The Tropicana Hotel has been sacrificed for nothing.

[@thechurchoflogic1670]

That shit was going regardless they were bankrupt like most casinos become

[@Sportsfan25892]

If A's do actually relocate, I say relocate to Salt lake City. They actually want the Athletics. I know it's not that easy or simple but just move there and call it a day

[@RaiderFan24]

A’S TAKE #2 IN THE AL WEST QUALIFY FOR PLAYOFFS FISHER DIES OF SHOCK HOWARD TERMINAL BUILT

[@scottstewart537]

Let’s go A’s, Salt Lake City will build you a new stadium with the Rocky Mountains in the outfield!

[@GravityFalloutPines]

In terms of the team being at .500 right now, as a lifelong A's fan, this is the normal cycle, the past 20 or 30 years. Every time they've had a competitive team, it's always been this big shock to the world. A new ballpark means we can finally stop doing a rebuild every decade.

[@user-ih7hq3es1s]

Viva Las Vegas...

[@Captain_Solo]

That’s what the twins,marlins and pirates ownership said. Ownership is the most important part of it.

[@bryangonzalez4604]

@@Captain_Soloyep and why I stopped being a marlins fan and go Phillies

[@stefanbrown5872]

As a an A’s fan you would know it makes takes fisher spending money. We don’t need a baseball stadium. That doesn’t put wins up.

[@stefanbrown5872]

@@user-ih7hq3es1sVegas still lame AF lol.

[@smokey5100]

This is what happens when one man turns his back on his fans and community for financial gain. It's a gamble period. Such a horrible thing to do to encourage the relocation of a team that's so woven into the community of Oakland and the East Bay, putting people's jobs and livelihood at risk for greed and uncertainty especially when they we're only $97 million apart from making the waterfront ballpark in Oakland a reality. Fisher wasn't open to investors then but suddenly in Vegas he is?? Manfred and the owners have their fair share of blame in all of this too.

[@bluntedvegas7028]

NHL gave Vegas an expansion team and they have been a contender ever since. Now MLB wants to send the worthless A's to Vegas?!?!? We CAN ALL see how bad they're treating their fans. No thank you! I can watch the Avaiators( minor league baseball team) in Summerlin ( beautiful Vegas Suburb) and not deal with any of that traffic to watch a team that alienated their fan base and won't invest in players. HELL NO!!! Stay in Oakland!!!

[@AKT0B0S]

They just need to leave Oakland. Get a new owner and pick a new city.

[@dannythunder3180]

The elevation in SLC is almost as high as in Denver and mich higher than Phoenix. That will be an issue. MLB probably wouldn't work

[@oaklandish-metalboy1194]

Well if this truly fails and they get new ownership but if MLB still wants the A’s out of Oakland, they should look into the Golden Gate Fields Horse Track since they’ll be out of business this year and Albany and Berkeley do not know what to do with this land.

[@philmccracken179]

Too much traffic there. They should move to mare island

[@R.D.Prospecting]

They should move out straight out into the middle of the bay. Right in the middle of shipping lanes. 🚢

[@Ponyo3816]

The Sofi Model. As a San Francisco fan. We would like to have something to say about that. We were the first privately funded stadium. Especially for baseball.

[@Thunderpudge_]

Being from Vegas, I love that we are finally getting professional teams. We just hate getting Oakland's leftovers. The Knights are the only vegas team. the Raiders aren't ours, the A's won't be ours, and a relocated NBA team won't be ours either.

[@ec1628]

A’s fans have been warning us of J Fisher’s shortcomings. This will be a fiasco for MLB.

[@ArJayDM]

I wonder if theres a possibility they end up staying in sac.. sacramento famously has the best fanbase in NBA who saved the Kings from leaving 10 years ago

[@pauljoseph2400]

Yeah, wait for an expansion team. Vegas already has to contend with the Raiders and the various criminal pathologies afflicting their "fans" visiting from California

[@lowgearman9731]

The roof of the proposed Vegas stadium looks to be about only 47 meters high which would mean the balls would hit the roof, the A's would move to Vegas, based on history they will tell Fisher either move to Charles Schwab stadium in Omaha Nebraska which is already holds 24,000 seats and can be expanded to 35,000 seats or sell the team and depending on who the new owner is would build a new stadium in Oakland or move to Portland which would make perfect sense.

[@jeffthewhiff]

I would keep this whole situation simple and just move the A's permanently to Sacramento and if Las Vegas would still like a team, then maybe they could get an expansion team in the future.

[@vagrante13]

Fisher will sell a portion to one of the local oligarchs here and everything will be fine.

[@Savethepeople2004]

Many Athletics fans in or around the SF Bay Area actually live closer to Sacramento than San Jose. I see Sacramento as a lifeline that could keep lifelong A's fans able to go to games.

[@philmccracken179]

I live in Vallejo and hope somehow they stay in Sacramento

[@Savethepeople2004]

@@philmccracken179 no doubt. I consider the sf bay area the best pro baseball market in the world when you take into account the success of BOTH teams along with the excellent weather. Losing the A's to Nevada would be a disaster for everybody.

[@andrewkline5577]

Why is John Fisher still an owner?

[@Captain_Solo]

Bud Selig/Manfred

[@andrewkline5577]

@@Captain_Solo I mean of course I know why. It’s ridiculous that Manfred hasn’t made for a better vetting process to be an owner. Especially in the Bay Area where I’m sure they could’ve gotten wealthy investors. Bad business on top of the lack of ethics.

[@Captain_Solo]

@@andrewkline5577 Bud Selig held a grudge against Oakland because he wanted the team to move to Milwaukee instead. When Finley decided to move out west, Selig resented that decision. Selig despised Wally Haas for buying them in the 80’s and revitalizing the franchise in Oakland. After the team was sold to Schott/Hoffman in 95 Selig was all to happy for the sell. Schott/Hoffman wanted to sell the team to a local ownership group headed by Andy Dolich and Bob Puccini in 99 that were committed to keeping the A’s in Oakland. Selig tabled the vote due to concerns about “financial backing”Selig held off the vote long enough for the exclusive negotiation rights to expire then a few years later when Puccini/Dolich, Lacob and Reggie Jackson led groups wanted to buy the team Selig made sure his Frat buddy Lew Wolff and his partner John Fisher ended up with the team in 2005. What did they do? Tear down the team, raise prices, tarp up the upper deck and tried to move to San Jose before the ink on the contract even dried. If you look up A’s attendance you can see the clear decline in attendance after Wolff and Fisher took over.

[@mikekeeler6362]

Just disband the team put the players in a draft and let other teams draft them

[@franciscocolin2008]

The Angels should be moving to Vegas, Arty spends, obviously bad contracts, but at least he tries

[@TheeCommish]

I would totally support the A’s here in Sacramento

[@97NikeSb]

Nothing I would love better than if fisher sold the A’s and they moved to San Jose as a big fuck you to the giants who blocked the A’s from moving there years ago saying it’s territorial rights

[@philipdolan426]

Sacramento, the capital city of California. Their population is around 530,000 people. That's not enough population to sustain 82 games for a baseball season. Plus the TV revenue is going to shrink and stink. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Sacramento is a smaller TV market then Las Vegas. Nobody from the bay area is going to want to drive up to Sacramento to watch a game when they can just go to san francisco. Oh, and did you forget about the heat in sacramento. It's going to be very difficult for the A's. To play in sacramento. It's like the texas rangers ballpark The heat is unbearable in the summertime. They're going to have to build a dome. If the A's were to build a ballpark in Sacramento.

[@saeleam]

Sac metro population is around 2.4 mil and rising. Sac tv market rank 20th and Vegas rank 40th. Sac heat is dry during the summer and cool during the night (delta breeze).

[@ousamaabdu794]

Sacramento has great weather in the summer smh

[@LIFEWITHTHEJONESES1]

If they're going to leave the Bay, just build a legit ball park in Sacramento.

[@pringlized]

Ding ding. Fisher has been a steaming pile of a dumpster fire since day one wanting to relocate. Vegas take notice!

[@mitchlee123]

It's pretty obvious at this point that he negotiated in bad faith with the city of Oakland. Even though we would have been given more "free money" with the Howard Terminal deal, there's no way we could have covered his portion of the larger project. That's why he cut off negations all of the sudden. To make sure that Oakland could make a final proposal that he couldn't afford, but was too good for the league to let him leave.

[@HHSGDFootballJPD]

Fisher showed one more time he was in trouble when with two weeks to go before he has to submit his financing plan to the LV Stadium Authority for review, he hired an outside firm to obtain $500 million. Why he 'waited' until a week ago is beyond me...

[@zch7491]

How does fisher plan to survive this ballot measure in November? I'd like to hear DG weigh in on that! Is defeating it in court the only option, I think so

[@richmartin1427]

They want to defeat it in court, but if they don’t expect a lot of money from Unions and special interests to flood the airwaves against the ballot measure, and they will make the argument that this is people from California meddling in Nevada affairs. To me that’s a red herring, and it should be passed, but California meddling is an effective argument in Nevada politics.

[@DMalltheway]

@@richmartin1427They won’t win, the teachers union have a solid case and Nevada citizens are going to shoot it down and have the money go towards education since the Vegas schools are amongst the worse in the US.

[@bullwinkle2380]

Oh wow, are the taxpayers going to decide???

[@DMalltheway]

@@richmartin1427 The citizens of Nevada will decide in a ballot and it will be shot down and that tax money going towards education.

[@zch7491]

Apparently the nv Supreme Court is deciding if it goes on the ballot​@@bullwinkle2380

[@Tank4Life]

I think those renderings of the Vegas ballpark are awesome.

[@Metalmanz3]

please dont come to vegas, taxpayers should not pay for a billionares stadiums.

[@mikekeeler6362]

All I need is about 20 to 25,000 seats should be able to afford that

[@luisleal2940]

Just sale the damn team to an owner that really care and have the money to put a good product on the field , this is getting embarrassing for MLB.

[@zcorpalpha2462]

“ This is when the Fun Begins 🔥🤣 ⚾️ “

[@retrowarehouse2554]

I agree with others if MLB had a better Commissioner, the new Commissioner would've gotten the owner out of there, and they could've just gotten the A's to stay in Oakland with a cheaper new ballpark.

[@Canada1994]

As a Canadian I hope and pray the Rays move to Montreal and revive the Expos especially with how the owners have flirted with Montreal for the past decade BUT they must be the opposite of Fisher and realize we'd welcome them BUT Quebec is unable to pay the lion's share of a new stadium and need the team to pitch in and have the money I know it's privately funded but Vegas DOESN'T need to spend ten billion on an NBA arena when they can use T-Mobile Arena where the Golden Knights play as well as the Las Vegas Aces. If that happens I'll roll my eyes as it seems a waste like Intuit Dome in LA for the Clippers Also it's not the So-Fi model it's the California model as Chase Arena in San Francisco was fully privately funded as well as maybe the Intuit Dome

[@philmccracken179]

I’m a lifelong a’s fan and I miss the Expos

[@JJ-ws5us]

Sacramento is a baseball town and will prove it in the next 3-4 years with the attendance at A’s games. There are so many MLB players from this area like Steve Sax, Dusty Baker, Greg Vaughn, Rhys Hoskins, and Logan Webb, just to name a few. Sacramento is the highest market with only 1 major sports league and deserves another one. Especially baseball.

[@apollovi]

I don't think the ship has completely sailed on an Oakland deal in the scenario that Fisher sells. 1. Yes attendance has been bad for a while, but then again the ownership has been bad for a while too. It's really a chicken or the egg question at this point, but it's hard to blame fans when ownership literally never tries to retain talent, the team rebuilds every 4 years, and meanwhile the stadium has been outdated for decades and is in an underdeveloped part of town. 2. Yes it got ugly between Fisher/MLB and Oakland, but Oakland has already said they will embrace a new ownership group. Fisher was unsurprisingly difficult to work with and did everything he could to burn that relationship to the ground. It wouldn't be the same with a new owner. 3. It's not completely about attendance, market size is a big reason to look at keeping the team in the Bay Area. Pretty much the only reason why there were those late lease extension talks at the Coliseum despite ALL the bad blood was because of the lucrative TV contract. There aren't many markets that bring in as much as the Bay Area does, certainly not in the case of expansion markets. Sac is only happening in fact because they are keeping most of the value of that contract. 4. Oakland does have a leg up on most other prospective cities in terms of willpower to get a deal done as well as having plans in place. If MLB wants to get a new stadium built fast, building at Howard Terminal with a new owner could be one of the simplest and fastest ways. Every other city needs time to pick a site, work on the EIP, fight lawsuits, figure out infrastructure, etc. Oakland already has all that figured out. 5. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. They could either try building a fanbase from scratch and risk another Marlins or Rays situation in a new city, or they can re-commit to a fanbase that has shown to have a lot of diehards but have been punished and worn down by cheap owners for decades. I honestly think there's wisdom in re-committing to Oakland rather than abandoning that fanbase forever.

[@hoapres]

Oakland is DONE. Get over it.

[@VoxVeritas1776]

The Mayor of Oakland keeps saying that she’s open to the A’s staying and using the Howard Terminal site if and when the A’s are under new ownership.

[@Db_traveler]

Must be up for re-election soon.

[@mjwbulich]

Joe Lacob, the owner of the Warriors, tried to purchase the team. If someone were to buy the team now the smart move would be to go back to Oakland, or at least somewhere in the East Bay. The problem isn't the town, the fans, or the local leadership. The problem is that ownership doesn't have deep enough pockets to make it work there. Mark Davis was the poorest owner in the NFL. If Fisher has money he's not willing to invest it in the team. The Bay Area is a very large, and more importantly, very wealthy market. If someone were to build the A's a new stadium in Oakland they could be a very successful franchise.

[@GravityFalloutPines]

Fix MLB: A's >> Sacramento/San Jose Marlins >> Nashville Rays >> Orlando Vegas >> Expansion SLC >> Expansion White Sox, Angels, DBacks, Cardinals can figure it out

[@stefanbrown5872]

A’s can’t move to sj. The giants already blocked that.

[@calcrappie8507]

Oakland is a headache. Vegas is a headache. Sacramento has a bigger TV market and is still NorCal with built in A's fans.

[@tristancummings7693]

Nothing is surprising about this, he dnt have the money in Oakland which by the way is a bigger tv market, why would anyone think he would have the money in Vegas

[@ivandragomiloff2356]

Been saying this on this KZbin channel since the saga started. The A’s are staying in Sacramento and Las Vegas is getting an expansion team. MLB wanted out of Oakland in order to please the Giants, that didn’t want to share the market with the A’s. Sacramento is far enough away to be a separate fan base ( The Valley’s Team) while close enough to still keep the NorCal Tv contract and keep what’s left of the current fan base. Plus Sacramento is growing, while Oakland and the East Bay is in free fall.

[@super8bitvideos]

that giant screen is insane. It would look like complete garbage anywhere up close

[@dollarflixfilms5232]

Born in Raised in Oakland California The As Suck and The City of Oakland sucks even harder

[@ericradford2142]

This is going to get interesting

[@ec1628]

Already is.

[@shaindaman13]

With the lift they’ve gotten from Mason Miller I do not see them tailing off. The team itself is for real. Ruiz, Stripling,Langaliers, Rooker…they have some Dudes.

[@eymannreport4177]

if the a's were sold to randadive in sacramento, there would be a shovel ready stadium site in the railyards

[@JAMorgan2002]

Remember the MLB unanimously voted to approve the relocation. I'm sure the Athletics must have a fully detailed, bulletproof plan to relocate the team that somehow must have included using a MiLB stadium in West Sacramento temporarily. This whole thing has been a $#!* show, almost like a low-speed train wreck.

[@scotttild]

They voted because they told the A's they would get the relcation vote after the City of San Jose sued MLB. It was part of the settlement with the A's that they would be allowed to move to another location just not in the Giants area and they also waived the relocation fees.

[@togoandmoss]

Two many inaccurate statements in the video to counter them all … May 16th the Private financing of the stadium will most likely be explained in the Stadium authority meeting. People in the know of the situation are not concerned about anything.

[@hoapres]

It never ceases to amaze me how many sports writers who have NO clue about stadium financing are saying that the Vegas ballpark is running into funding problems.

[@profwaynewsmith]

The Golden Knights do so well, what makes thek do so well with the locals?

[@user-ly1zz2le2d]

They were designed to be part of Vegas. They have a slogan “Vegas born” is popular to the locals for a reason.

[@charlesleeray3098]

Can’t wait for the A’s to leave Oakland and see the B’s

[@user-ih7hq3es1s]

Must not be a real A's fan!

[@ckstaff]

Problem is, new potential owners really want their own expansion team but nobody knows when that happens. From what I can guess is that is what the Salt Lake group prefers also. But how long is expansion going to be and at what stage does that push or desire get to a stage of dwindling interest as things going nowhere? The iron in Salt Lake is hot right now, stadium is at shovel ready stage and funding in place ready, but I could see a point when time could derail the entire thing. Question then becomes do you gamble taking a team that has proven to pull up roots and move? In a way I have to say I am kind of glad Salt Lake has seemed to drop out of the A's drama. Good luck to Vegas if the A's 15 yrs from now decide the stadium is old and demand upgrades and bail on a whim.

[@jm1984mp]

If Vegas doesn't want them send them to Portland. They have been trying to get a team for years. Then figure out the rays and if relocation is happening. After that the league can expand and add a team in Vegas and either Nashville or Charlotte. Id say the rays move to one of those as well.

[@scotttild]

It will get done. They are already starting to demo the Trop. It is just taking longer. My guess is it will end up at another location though. Most likely the plot of land across from the Panorama towers the current site has a lot of issues, it might be they are just having issues with the design of the hotel and ball park at the current site. NO funding has been approved yet but there is enough that it could get done with a smaller amount.

[@elsongs]

Womp Womp. "Now taking the field...YOUR Northern California A's!" I noticed the A's are playing pretty good right now. I wonder if the endgame is to win the World Series just to have John Fisher be in the most awkward trophy-handing ceremony of all time.

[@chicagodude8888]

Surprised he’s strapped for $ with that $62 million payroll, the equivalent of what the Yankees are paying Soto and Stanton, Which would have ranked 17th 20 years ago.

[@Mr.Ed_Wayner]

They certainly aren’t making much of any money from fan stadium attendance.

[@Captain_Solo]

@@Mr.Ed_WaynerA’s still get revenue sharing money and 70 million in tv rights. Ownership just pockets it then cries poor

[@mikekeeler6362]

Move the Oakland A's to Paducah Kentucky build a 20,000 seat stadium and that'll be good enough