Vegas Journalists share questions about A's relocation

[@brodiebrazil]

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[@smokey5100]

The A's need to be taken off of revenue sharing ASAP!

[@5basically]

I work at the Tropicana hotel and we still have not been told when we will shut down. We do have people going around and checking gas lines etc, but other then that we have no clue what is going on and when.

[@brodiebrazil]

that's interesting. would have to think it would need to be coming down well before the holidays of 2024. that's a lot of demo work to be done.

[@ec1628]

Looks like MLB is headed for a huge train wreck regarding the A’s. I will gladly be a spectator for this circus.

[@cheeseoh]

The A's were already a Trainwreck anyway. Just adds to it 😂

[@ec1628]

@@cheeseohGreat point.

[@TheDieselmonkey11]

😂😂 Fisher made the A’s into a train wreck and now MLB owners are just trying to play the game with Fisher as the relocation team to help Fisher get his train wreck out to LV because he thinks there’s a golden ticket at the end of the rainbow.

[@eddmac42]

Really good segment. I’m surprised they didn’t touch on the teachers union efforts to stop the funding. Thanks as always, Brodie!

[@CRAIGCORNER70]

There's going to be problems with this this is far from over

[@oakathletics0304]

I still feel like this is going to fall through, just like everything else John Fisher has tried. Dude just needs to admit to himself he's either too broke to be an MLB owner or he's too cheap.

[@bullwinkle2380]

What if the dome disintegrates??????????

[@mrdpdjr]

I sure hope so bro 🖕🏼fisher STAY HOME HOME IS OAKLAND

[@christopherking9338]

Joe Lacob To The Rescue!!!!

[@mrdpdjr]

@@christopherking9338 I wish

[@mrdpdjr]

@@desertdogguy lol 🤫

[@MattWilkie171]

Not only was it heard on a holiday, the last hearing of the bill. They do not allow phone comments during that time so if you were not there in Carson City, you cannot make public comment I was literally the only person in the room that made public comment that was not being paid to be there. It was packed full of lobbyists.

[@rainbowmade1880]

The conflict of interest with both Aguero and Hill is shocking.

[@elisemariecollinsyoga5905]

It’s crazy pants!

[@elisemariecollinsyoga5905]

And MLB just straight unanimously approving the move. This could get really bad.

[@oiler62]

Corrupt X1000

[@flight4twenty3]

Thanks for the coverage Brodie. Go A’s!!

[@monica93304]

You better believe that the con man that is Kaval watches this channel.

[@riddiffy]

I have a buddy who played on the Independent Golden League back in 2006-07 when Kaval was president. Let's just say a tiger never changes its stripes.

[@markwakefield6440]

When political and corporate collaboration smells bad, and looks bad, and the stink is being reported on multiple media platforms, you come to a simple conclusion. The fact that these groups are conspiring together is bad.

[@bartphlegar8212]

Brodie, you seem surprised that the R-J wasn't represented on that panel. This was a panel of journalists. The R-J doesn't have journalists. They have writers who do cheerleader and hit pieces for the partisan editors of that rag for whichever political entity they are backing - usually right-wing. The legacy of the aforementioned Sheldon Adelson. The Sun would be more credible, but I doubt they even have the staffing to cover this thing...Okay, so...As Howard brought up, they have to have the Trop lot scraped to the ground by the end of the year. Before they can even do that, they have to get the demolition and hazardous waste permits done. The towers were built in the late 1970s and early 80s. Asbestos wasn't outlawed until 1989. Along with those abatement laws came some really stringent (probably more draconian) guidelines and requirements in removing asbestos. Every single fiber of asbestos has to be bagged and tagged. To me, that would seem like a three-year job, minimum. Now I know the bellicose foamer friends of John Fisher would say, "We blow up nukes out here! We don't care 'bout no damn asbestos!" And that's true. Nevada has really lax environmental laws. But those laws (it's called CERCLA, folks - look it up) are Federal. Just like the FAA clearances they will have to get for the new casino and ballpark that no one even has any renderings on yet - let alone actual blueprints...Now let's put an umbrella on top of this nasty cocktail, shall we? The Tropicana was always one of the more, uh, 'colorful" properties on The Strip. It was pretty much operated and fleeced by the Kansas City Mob until it was sold to Ramada in 1979. To wit, who the hell knows what other kind of BS they'll dig up, blow up, or set on fire during the demolition? The FAA will have to approve and schedule any kind of demolition...Just like F1 proved to be, I thnk this casino-wrapped stadium project - intended to stroke John Fisher's inflated ego - will be the symbolic pachyderm that tramples his little empire to bits, and gives MLB a black eye that may ruin them in the mid-term. This ungodly Rube Goldberg mess would've been problematic even with a ten year design-build window. Look at the Fontianebleu. (Which interestingly enough was named after the original Miami Beach hotel, built by one Ben Jaffe, the Miami mobster that built the original FB, and, this same Tropicana.) And you mean to boast, For The Record Jeremy Aguerro, that you didn't even have a site for the Raiders when you"got yoir funding"? That was pretty much a Greenfield site. This is The Strip, baby! It's going to eat your lunch and spit it at you!...Good luck, you morons!...

[@brodiebrazil]

to clarify... i wasn't surprised by their absence... i was just pointing that part out, as an intentional factor

[@bartphlegar8212]

@@brodiebrazil I get it. Conspicuous by their absence. Can't see them defiling themselves at a PBS event... 🤣

[@bartphlegar8212]

@@Vegas-Strong I wasn't saying asbestos remediation can't be done. It's done all the time. But it is a slow, tedious process with reams of paperwork. No pencilwhip it and bring in the wrecking balls...I don't really care what the unions think. The problem is that state money is being used for the benefit of an extreme corner of the state. I think the more accurate question would be, "What does Nevada - outside of Clark County - think?...

[@Mr.Ed_Wayner]

Doesn’t seem like there’s any excitement in Las Vegas about the A’s moving there. Alan Snel provides great insight. MLB must really want the A’s out of Oakland.

[@MarkDouglass-dt9ky]

I just visited Las Vegas (from Boston) and while there I went to a Golden Knights game at T Mobile Arena and I also took a tour of Allegiant stadium where the Raiders play. Both beautiful facilities, Allegiant is extraordinary. Taxi drivers are all concerned about the A’s building a baseball park on the Tropicana site: very concerned about increased traffic for what would be 81 home games. Traffic is already a problem on the strip. Of course if you’re already staying at a strip hotel it will be nice having the park on the strip, though the tram will be ridiculously overcrowded to get there. Sounds wonderful though if they can supply enough trams and walkways. There will likely be more fans from the visitors teams than the home team Las Vegas fans (especially New York , Boston, Las Angeles, Chicago etc fans) but maybe people don’t care, strange though.

[@taunton613]

It is planned for a congested area but we have conventions with more than 25,000 attendees every other week. Some go over 100,000. I think Las Vegas can handle it. And your right some fans will be staying right at the Tropicana or very nearby.

[@tigertank06]

But the SF Giants stadium, Oracle Park, is built downtown and that’s busy asf do what’s your point?

[@xCaLLMeGHeTTo]

@@tigertank06 Thanks to MUNI and the traffic control officers that parse the traffic on gamedays, the streets outside of Oracle aren't really all that bad. Vegas doesn't have a good public transportation system which is why traffic is always brought up as a problem point.

[@nosebleedseatsman9119]

Man this just reeks more and more with every new piece of info. Sounds like MLB just aided a move lacking any valid plan for what to even do in Vegas let alone getting it all snuck through their legislature.

[@martinarden9705]

Admittedly, I don't know how things work in Nevada, but I'd imagine they're not all that different from the way they are here in Ontario. The public comment part at 3:33 reminds me a lot of the public "consultation" processes that happen for things here; by the time we're asked for our feedback, decisions have already been made and the consultation process is designed to check off a box and say that "we asked the public for their input" and isn't intended to guide said policy. Then they can't seem to figure out why people get upset over the implementation of the policy. "WE ASKED YOU! REALLY!"

[@brucekaplon7465]

Just to let you know Amber Dixion was a sports reporter for channel 3 here in Las Vegas for many years. She was layoff with 4 other reporter when Sinclair Broadcast Group became the new owners of the station

[@brodiebrazil]

good to know, and sorry to hear anyone talented getting laid off like that. especially in our business. i just hadn't seen her coverage of this story anywhere before -- impressed with the questions & follow ups she presented here.

[@jeffadventures1]

one thing you guys do not realize is that they will absolutely not need to sell out every game because they are going to make 10x money on the suites and ticket sales than they are letting on. there will not be $20 tickets available for many years

[@jaimegalindo172]

😂😂😂😂😂 Yeah cause pipes are going to buy suites . Don’t @me with the casinos will buy it all.

[@jeffadventures1]

@@jaimegalindo172 idiot, casinos will have 1 each. dont be bitter for not knowing anything about vegas

[@BoulderCityBlues]

Even if they sold out every game they would still be 17th in revenue .

[@ryanm9687]

Thanks for this video, it's nice to see some grounded reporting from the Vegas side instead of that Mick Akers vomit. I am in the camp that the A's are as good as gone, but man there are a thousand reasons this thing is going to be a sh*tshow

[@bullwinkle2380]

This thing is going to be a shitshow!!! You're being too kind!!!

[@TheDieselmonkey11]

@@bullwinkle2380it’s going to be a dumpster fire and shit show all wadded up into a single pile of donkey shit.

[@Hogtownboy1]

It's Chinatown, Jake

[@georgehand]

I'm focusing on the tone of the voices of the panel members and they sound like drones, they're not giving me passion or authenticity that you have given every step of the way

[@mickeydirt]

I smell another movie.

[@elisemariecollinsyoga5905]

😂 I have been saying that too. Can’t wait to live through the twists and turns of this plot.

[@asstcommish]

Amber Smith previous to this was the sports reporter at kVBC Ch. 3

[@brodiebrazil]

I just learned that. Did a great job in this chat.

[@paulmezzetta6905]

Delay in renderings? Vegas doesn’t need renderings. Smoke and mirrors. Good luck Vegas!

[@davidhalcon5594]

Talk about a shell game being played with tax payer money! That’s the definition of corruption.

[@JackWebb713]

I think this whole deal is so bad in so many ways. But I also think it will happen.

[@Travelinran]

Fisher is in over his head

[@boobsax]

Wow

[@Dommy11]

All things considered, if these bozos used the deaths of police officers to cover for their inability to meet a deadline that THEY set/wasn't even a big deal, it would be a new low. I truly hope that's not the case but this lot hasn't necessarily earned the benefit of the doubt.

[@oiler62]

Sadly, an Oakland police officer was killed last week. Will they use that to delay it even more?

[@Dommy11]

@@oiler62 yeah, that was sad to hear. The A's have been silent altogether. Locked on A's suggested that they're even considering other sites, again. This whole thing is getting less believable by the day.

[@paulmezzetta6905]

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[@bullwinkle2380]

What if the dome disintegrates??????????

[@christopherking9338]

Surrealism....... Las Vegas style.

[@markbennett1210]

Wow. So much BS was called out in this meeting. I love to see this deal being revealed as the dumpster fire it really is. It really is the plot of a movie where you come out shaking your head saying “how do things like this happen ?”

[@edlavoie7307]

A's were Las Vegas dreaming The baseball site will probably go to the old wild west station casino at Tropicana & Dean Martin make a entertaining site of restaurants and stores casino & hotel

[@angusmackaskill3035]

they lost the seals (nhl), the raiders twice, the warriors and now the A's

[@stefanbrown5872]

you google much, but know little....

[@oiler62]

Finley was a horrible A's and Seals. Didn't want to spend a dime on his players or marketing. Haas ownership tripled A's attendance over night.

[@harukuhitoki2991]

I cant tell who is more incompetent, FARThan or POS Fisher......

[@TheBarber1974]

I wonder how many people actually watch Vegas PBS? I’m guessing the retirement home audience.

[@brodiebrazil]

which is why i'm sharing it to a different demographic

[@Savi80]

Spring training in Las Vegas should be dodgers vs A’s just to see them die hard Las Vegas A’s fans out draw them dodgers fans

[@hal9000ai]

Oh, I didn't realize this was /s at first. 😂

[@GravityFalloutPines]

What are you hoping for Brodie? To keep it 100 - even if teachers petition revokes part of the 380MM, A's to Vegas is now a foregone conclusion. Plus things will be different in 2028 when the team is competitive and the ballpark is built

[@monica93304]

They're not going to be competitive under Fisher/Kaval rule. They're going to play with a AA roster for as long as they can.

[@brodiebrazil]

"things will be different in 2028" is a dangerous proposition

[@elisemariecollinsyoga5905]

I hoping for the truth and an end to nonsense in the name of MLB. My pain, as a fan I can deal with, but to malign something that means so much to families, and not just A’s fan families makes my Stomach turn.

[@GravityFalloutPines]

​​@brodiebrazil That's a fair point I just meant the product on the field will be better by 2028.

[@GravityFalloutPines]

​@@monica93304they've been extremely competitive during Fisher's ownership - essentially making the playoffs every other year. I feel there is this weird narrative the team will be perpetual 100-loss losers moving forward

[@danabrown4647]

Hater...

[@user-my1gg5yz3l]

all this idiots will regret making a 30k mlb stadium in vegas 2-3 seasons into it…. Vegas needs minimum of 43k - 45 k mlb seat stadium 🏟️