What Happens in Vegas: A’s in Vegas

[Edgy MD]

There are plenty of towns that need to bend over backwards with public financing to draw a team. Vegas isn't one of those.

[bmfc1]

Salt Lake City--you're on deck!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've seen references to Salt Lake City, but find it hard to believe that it would be ahead of Nashville, not to mention Charlotte, Portland, Vancouver, and Montreal. I suppose it might be easier for the A's to get approval to move to a city in the West, so that divisions don't have to be realigned, but I would be surprised if they were strictly required to stay out West.

[bmfc1]

I mentioned SLC because of where it is as a place for the A's. IMO, Nashville is a front-runner for an expansion team.

[ashie62]

There has been talk of the A's to Sacramento



Sutter Health Field 10-14k capacity



Home of the Triple A River Dogs of the SF Giants brand



If this was 20 years ago they could play at Randall's Island

[Frayed Knot]

Sacramento, about 80 miles east and 40 degrees hotter (in the summer) than Oakland.

You'd want a domed stadium if a move there were to be permanent.

[Edgy MD]

If there's anythin' more ridiculous than proposed stadium mockups, it just might be mockups of proposed stadiums in Las Vegas. And the A's do not disappoint!!



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It would be nice if somebody in contemporary America did something that wasn't entirely derivative.

[metirish]

Someone saw the Sydney Opera House and thought yeah that'll do

[metsmarathon]

i dunno, but i [bIGPURPLE]LOVE[/bIGPURPLE] that scoreboard concept.



Pretty good skyline out the left field window. looks... familiar, like i've seen it before...

[dgwphotography]

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Pretty good skyline out the left field window. looks... familiar, like i've seen it before...

[Edgy MD]

All respect to Disney, but I imagine that Vegas is the forced perspective capital of the world.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: It would be nice if somebody in contemporary America did something that wasn't entirely derivative.

At least it doesn't look like Ebbets Field.



I'm hoping that the retro era of stadium design is over. It was f7n when the Orioles did it, but now it's gone too far.

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It was f7n when the Orioles did it, but now it's gone too far.

"f7n" is a new one on me.



I'm going to down to the roller rink and try that one out with all the cool kids. "Your car is looking totes f7n, Dude!! You know what's really f7n, though? That chick is f7n! "

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's what happens when I post from my phone. 😕

[MFS62]

Get to that roller rink fast, Edgy. Use it on the kids.

You could become an influencer.

Later

[metirish]

Howard terminal would have been cool

[A Boy Named Seo]

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i dunno, but i [bIGPURPLE]LOVE[/bIGPURPLE] that scoreboard concept.



Pretty good skyline out the left field window. looks... familiar, like i've seen it before...

[metsmarathon]

it definitely would suck especially if you're siting in right field. and maybe there's another one over the third-base dugout or something for the other half of the stadium to see. but the overall idea of it, being up on the roof there like that, is just perfect, and a wonderful use of hte otherwise blank space

[G-Fafif]

[Benjamin Grimm]

Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, the Tropicana Hotel and Casino closed this week in anticipation of its being demolished to make room for the new stadium for the A's.

[G-Fafif]

[Benjamin Grimm]

So will they be officially known as the Sacramento Athletics for three years?

[DocTee]

Here's hoping they are the California Athletics, and use the old Angels interlocking C and A cap design in green and gold.

[Edgy MD]

Crazy.

[bmfc1]

[Edgy MD]

Las Vegas Athletics of Sacramento!

[G-Fafif]

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[Benjamin Grimm]

https://twitter.com/EvanDrellich/status/1775913783510102187

This is dumb.

[DocTee]

By the way, Sacramento can get dangerously hot --expect almost exclusively night games, like they have in Arlington, for the next three years.

[metirish]

What a journey this organization has made over the years