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Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The MLB Athletics had another plant-flag-in-Las-Vegas moment Tuesday by unveiling a razzle-dazzle A’s stadium experience center in the UnCommons business development off the 215 beltway in the growing southwest valley.
A’s owner John Fisher, team president Marc Badain and even former A’s great Rollie Fingers complete with his signature mustache joined A’s staffers to open the center that the team hopes will be a high-tech attraction for locals to buy tickets to fill the 33,000-fan stadium being built on the Strip.
Fisher talked to LVSportsBiz.com about the experience center and the $1.75 billion domed stadium, which he said can host everything from rodeos and concerts to graduations and Little League games when the A’s are not playing their 81 home games. Click here for our Fisher interview.
Take a look at the snazzy model in the A’s stadium experience center, which also features an immersive “Cube” area.
Badain, who also worked as the former Raiders team president when the NFL team opened their NFL stadium in Las Vegas in 2020, said 22 percent of the A’s ballpark’s 30,000 seats will be premium seating. There’s also space for another standing 3,000 fans to bring capacity to 33,000.
Badain mentioned the experience center is not open to the public so fans will need to make an appointment to enjoy the whiz-bang features.
Click here for our Badain interview.
LVSportsBiz.com also spoke with A’s broadcaster Chris Caray, the great-grandson of Harry Caray and the fourth generation broadcaster of the Caray baseball broadcasting legacy. Click here for that interview.
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels (pictured above) told LVSportsBiz.com about what he thought made the A’s stadium design unique:
We even spoke with Dustin Waltke, senior experience designer, from Nashville-based Advent, which created the stadium experience center by fusing the nostalgia of baseball with the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas. Take a listen:
The A’s left Oakland to move to Las Vegas because the state of Nevada Leagislature approved a $380 million subsidy to help the A’s build their stadium at the former site of the old Tropicana hotel-casino at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue. The A’s are playing at a Triple-A stadium in West Sacramento while their stadium on the Strip is built. They played there in 2025 and have two more MLB seasons to go in 2026 and 2027 before the A’s move to the Strip.
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