Although the Oakland Athletics have every intention to leave for Las Vegas, there remains the possibility that a new MLB expansion team could come to town.
Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle relayed that news.
"Although the Athletics intend to leave town forever, the Oakland Mayor's Office and the baseball Commissioner's Office have had preliminary talks about the possibility of Oakland being guaranteed an expansion team, in return for the city giving the A's a lease extension at the Coliseum.
"Also, Oakland is very interested in persuading A's owner John Fisher to sell his 50% interest in the Coliseum site to an Oakland group that has plans for a major development.