The almost-done deal turns out to have a lot of variables in play
OAKLAND — After the A’s announced they were finally preparing to leave this city, the team’s faithful reacted with despair, bitterness and a sense of inevitability.
A view shows Allegiant Stadium, home of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, behind the site that the Oakland Athletics agreed in principle to purchase from Red Rock Resorts Inc. for a potential new ballpark on April 21, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The A's President Dave Kaval said the deal for the 49-acre plot of land, formerly the home of Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel, could be used to relocate the Major League Baseball franchise from Oakland to Las Vegas.
The ballpark would be built on a 49-acre parcel at Dean Martin Drive and Tropicana Avenue on the other side of I-15 from Vegas’ most popular casinos and less than a mile north of Allegiant Stadium, the Raiders’ current home. “We did extensive analysis. There are quite a few facilities to look at,” Aguero said in an interview about how he arrived at those numbers. “We did surveys of locals in Las Vegas to see how many baseball fans there were.”
Oakland, meanwhile, had been willing to allow not just a waterfront ballpark and surrounding businesses but several thousand new housing units.
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