A’s Planning To Survey Fans On New Stadium On Strip; Survey Will Include An Array Of Ballpark Topics
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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
LAS VEGAS. Nevada — The MLB Athletics are planning to survey fans about an array of stadium topics at the new Las Vegas venue on the Strip, and one of those subjects that will be asked about will be personal seat licenses (PSLs) where fans pay a charge to buy season tickets.
Two A’s ticket representatives at a team display table at Wednesday’s Las Vegas Aviators game said the team was planning to have PSLs for premium seats, but an A’s spokesman Thursday clarified that by saying no decision on PSLs have been made and that the team is working on a fan survey to get feedback on aspects and amenities in the $2 billion stadium slated to open on the Strip in 2028.
The Las Vegas Raiders charged PSLs for season tickets and they proved to be a giant source of revenue, generating $549.2 million to help the Raiders pay for their share of the publicly-subsidized NFL stadium that hosts a Raiders-Bears game Sunday afternoon.
The Raiders informed the Las Vegas Stadium Board on how much money they were raising through personal seat licenses. The A’s have not discussed PSLs before the current stadium board because no official decision on PSLs have been made. Interestingly enough, the Raiders team president at the time of the Raiders stadium construction was Marc Badain, who is the current current A’s team president.
PSLs could potentially be a good source of income for the A’s, which are building the domed stadium with $380 million in public assistance earmarked in a state A’s stadium bill approved by Nevada lawmakers in 2023. The A’s say they will use $350 million of the $380 in government aid, including $120 million from Clark County and another $25 million from the county for infrastructure. Other public money being spent in Las Vegas on the A’s is the $8.25 million sponsorship deal that the LVCVA tourism board spent on a three-year partnership with the team.
About 20 percent of the stadium seats will be premium, the highest percentage for a stadium in Major League Baseball. The A’s are planning a stadium of 30,000 fixed seats and another 3,000 for standing for a capacity of 33,000 fans.
Expect high price points for A’s tickets, like at the Raiders stadium. Also, expect local Las Vegas people to buy A’s season tickets with plans to try and make money by re-selling them on the secondary ticket market just like many locals did at the Raiders stadium.
The A’s have been pitching Las Vegas locals on spending $19.01 to get a chance to buy season tickets. The A’s began the $19.01 pitch in March. The $19.01 is based on the year 1901, when the historic American League franchise was born in Philadelphia before it moved to Kansas City (1955-67) and then Oakland. The A’s played their last game at the Oakland Coliseum in Sept. 2024 after 57 years in the Bay area.
The A’s aim to open their Las Vegas venue for the 2028 MLB season and are playing in a Triple-A ballpark in West Sacramento in 2025, 2026 and 2027 while the stadium on the Strip is built. The A’s stadium is being built at the site of the old Tropicana hotel-casino at the southeast corner of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard. The Tropicana site’s buildings were blown up in October and the stadium groundbreaking was in June.
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