Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
John Fisher appears determined to move the A’s to Las Vegas, but details on how the a new ballpark may be funded—and where it could be built—continue to shift. Last month, the A’s entered into an agreement to buy 49 acres near the strip in what was seen by many as a portent of the end of the Oakland era of A’s baseball. Mere weeks later, Bally’s Corp announced that they were in agreement on a plan for a 30,000 seat stadium where the Tropicana hotel currently resides.
There’s been a lot of chatter over the past week about a pending agreement in the Nevada Legislature that would grant the A’s request of nearly $400 million in tax credits to help cover an estimated $1.