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A's reach agreement to develop site of the Tropicana on Vegas strip.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 11:57 am
Posted on 5/15/23 at 11:57 am
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The Oakland Athletics have reached agreement to put their new ballpark on part of the site of the current Tropicana property along the Las Vegas Strip.
Bally's Corp. announced Monday that, in conjunction with Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., it has reached a binding agreement with the A's for the site.
Plans call for a 30,000-seat ballpark projected to draw more than 2.5 million people per year, per Bally's. Previous reports estimated the cost of the stadium at $1.5 billion, with $395 million in public financing.
Under the agreement, Bally's and GLPI will set aside about nine acres of the 35-acre parcel at Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue for the A's or a related stadium authority. Before ground can be broken on a stadium, legislation must be approved for public financing, and Major League Baseball must grant approval for the A's to leave Oakland.
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:25 pm to Pedro
Only 30,000?
They are going to spend all of that money and the park is only going to hold 30,000?
They are going to spend all of that money and the park is only going to hold 30,000?
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:25 pm to geauxpurple
yes?
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:26 pm to geauxpurple
How many people do you want it to hold? Most MLB ballparks hold around that number.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:33 pm to Spelt it rong
quote:Current smallest is >35k (Cleveland), median’s >40k
Most MLB ballparks hold around that number.
It’s small
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:38 pm to Pedro
No baseball field should ever be built going forward without a retractable roof. Period.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:45 pm to bamameister
They won’t have a choice in Vegas given the >100 and occasional >110 degree summer months
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:54 pm to bamameister
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No baseball field should ever be built going forward without a retractable roof. Period.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 12:58 pm to RemouladeSawce
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They won’t have a choice in Vegas given the >100 and occasional >110 degree summer months
Looking at the price tag and only 30,000 seats I would assume Vegas knows better.
Think about all the new stadiums however that have gone up and MLB could have prevented any rainouts with all of them simply demanding a retractable roof.
Minnesota Twins needs its head examined.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:22 pm to Pedro
Was the Rangers stadium that expensive?
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:25 pm to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
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Was the Rangers stadium that expensive?
COVID post-recession. Going to Home Depot and the grocery store is enough to start medicating.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:35 pm to Spelt it rong
I don't know about that. It appears that this would be the smallest park in the majors by about 5,000 seats.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:47 pm to bamameister
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No baseball field should ever be built going forward without a retractable roof. Period.
If the teams or league pays for it, then sure.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:54 pm to RemouladeSawce
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Current smallest is >35k (Cleveland), median’s >40k
It’s small
Maybe most current MLB parks are too big.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:54 pm to Spelt it rong
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How many people do you want it to hold? Most MLB ballparks hold around that number.
Who upvoted this?
It’s demonstrably false and most people should know that without even having to look anything up.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 1:56 pm to geauxpurple
I was ballparking it.
I guess I was thinking average attendance across MLB (~30k per game for this season)
That stadium will hold 3x the average attendance for an As game this season
I guess I was thinking average attendance across MLB (~30k per game for this season)
That stadium will hold 3x the average attendance for an As game this season
Posted on 5/15/23 at 2:00 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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Who upvoted this?
Lighten up, Francis. I never said it was a fact that most stadiums held that number, but that it was around that number. I was wrong. The average capacity is closer to 40k. I'll throw myself off the building the next time it happens to protect your fragility.
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most people should know that without even having to look anything up
Go watch the Titans schedule release video, then come talk to me about "most people"
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:56 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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It’s demonstrably false
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most people should know that without even having to look anything up
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:15 pm to Pedro
Should change their name from A's to Aces
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:28 pm to Sao
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Should change their name from A's to Aces
That is actually a great idea.
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