The Oakland Athletics are contemplating a move out of California, and Las Vegas is considered a potential landing spot for the Major League Baseball franchise should it depart the Bay Area.
Oakland's Triple-A affiliate, the Aviators, is already located in Las Vegas, and Aviators president and COO Don Logan believes the A's have "a better opportunity here in the long term," he told ESPN Saturday.
"Las Vegas had always been a unique sports market, a really good sports market," Logan said. "It makes sense. My perspective: Make the best deal you can in Vegas and start to turn this community on.