Earlier on Monday, Oakland A's radio voice Ken Korach contacted Athletics Nation to share an old memory. He wrote about the team's Opening Day in 1996, when they played in Las Vegas due to the Raiders' ongoing construction project, and he wondered if we'd like to pass the story on to all of you. Enjoy!
By Ken Korach
The idea seems preposterous even now on the 20th anniversary and so it's still hard to believe that the Oakland A's and Toronto Blue Jays actually opened the 1996 regular season at Cashman Field in Las Vegas.
The whole experience was surreal for me.