UPDATE: Nevada Gov. signs A's stadium bill into law. 'Las Vegas' position as a global sports destination is only growing, and Major League Baseball is another tremendous asset for the city.'
"I'm excited to officially sign SB1 this afternoon. This is an incredible opportunity to bring the A's to Nevada, and this legislation reflects months of negotiations between the team, the state, the county, and the league. Las Vegas' position as a global sports destination is only growing, and Major League Baseball is another tremendous asset for the city," Lombardo said.
"The owners as a whole understand that there has been a multiyear, approaching a decade effort, where for a vast majority of the time the sole focus was Oakland," he said."What is it that Oakland was prepared to do? There is no Oakland offer.""This is just totally false.
Las Vegas would become the fourth home for a franchise that started in Philadelphia from 1901-54, moved to Kansas City for 13 seasons and arrived in Oakland for 1968.
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