Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved the move of the Athletics from Oakland to Las Vegas, a first since the move of the Montreal Expos, two people familiar with the vote revealed.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity to speak with The Associated Press because the league has yet to officially announce the results. For the move — which had obtained the prior approval of Commissioner Rob Manfred — to be approved, 75% of the owners of the 30 major league baseball teams had to vote in favor of this option.
The A’s, who have complained for years about the dilapidation of the Oakland Coliseum and the lack of political will to build a new stadium in the San Francisco Bay area, plan to move to a stadium that will be located near the Las Vegas “Strip” and which will be financed to the tune of US$380 million by the Nevada government.
The A’s Coliseum lease will expire after the 2024 season, and it’s still unclear where the team will play before their new stadium opens, 2027 at the earliest.
Las Vegas will become the fourth home city of this franchise which was based in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, before moving to Kansas City for 13 seasons and finally settling in Oakland, starting in 1968. The new stadium will become their fifth home, after Columbia Park (1901-08), Shibe Park (1909-54), Memorial Stadium (1955-67) and the Coliseum.
Since the Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers in 1972, only one other team has moved to Major League Baseball. The Expos became the Washington Nationals in 2005.
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2023-11-16 15:30:41
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