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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
LAS VEGAS. Nevada — A’s officials led by team executive Sandy Dean and team president Marc Badain told Las Vegas stadium board members Thursday their stadium construction project on the Strip is moving along on time. Some updates:
^ The stadium construction bill will be about $2 billion and the A’s say owner John Fisher has the money to pay for the domed stadium project, with the public contributing $380 million. Dean has said the A’s will use $350 million of the $380 million in public assistance earmarked in an approved state legislative bill in 2023.
^ Clark County government departments like public works and building have been very helpful in handling the permit process, Dean said.
^ He said there is no update on investors who want to help finance the 33,000-fan stadium at the former Tropicana hotel-casino site at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue.
^ Tyler Van Eeckhaut, the Mortsenson-McCarthy project director, said the project is on schedule to open for the 2028 MLB season and showed a video showing how stadium construction will move ahead.
^ It’s tough to figure out an exact cost because of tariffs. “It matters the day you buy something,” is the way Dean put it.
^ Steel for the roof structure should be installed by early summer, while foundation work is mostly complete and concrete is being poured for the lower concourse, said Dean, noting work actually started in April even if the groundbreaking was in June.
^ A’s President Marc Badain to sign up founding corporate partners and has chatted with domestic and international companies about a naming rights deal for the venue.
^ Stadium Board Chairman/LVCVA CEO Steve Hill said tax money is already being collected at the stadium’s nine-acre tax district approved by Clark County commissioners. Those tax revenues come from services and items bought in that tax district, which is the footprint of the stadium. The A’s say they can build their venue on only nine acres on the 35-acre site owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. GLPI is also renting the land to Bally’s Corp., which says it plans to build a hotel tower next to the A’s stadium.
The A’s are playing in West Sacramento in a minor league Triple-A ballpark (Sutter Health Park) while the stadium gets built on the Strip. By having the A’s stay in the Sacramento area, Fisher can still collect local TV broadcast money. He’s also getting use of the Sacramento River Cats stadium for free thanks to his friendship with stadium/River Cats owner Vivek Ranadive, who owns the NBA Sacramento Kings.
In Las Vegas, the A’s have opened an Experience Center in the UnCommons development off the 215 beltway across from the Durango hotel-casino in the southwest valley. Workers selling ticket deals said fans can make appointments to start talking about seats and suites.
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