By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The A’s might be plummeting in the standings, but Las Vegas’ future MLB team is enjoying success in selling its most expensive seats behind home plate at the $2 billion domed stadium on the Strip for the inaugural 2028 season.
The Athletics have sold 92 percent of the 294 seats of the “Athletic Club,” seats that sell for $900 per ticket per game — or $72,900 for one season ticket for the 81-home schedule, A’s sales staff told LVSportsBiz.com Wednesday. The $900 seat behind home plate includes a high-end steakhouse, exclusive lounge, in-seat beverage service and grab-and-go food offerings and parking.
On top of the annual $72,900 season ticket price, there’s also a one-time $100,000 personal seat license (PSL) charge that needs to be paid. The A’s are charging a PSL fee on the stadium’s 6,000 club seats out of the 30,000 fixed sets at the ballpark. With another 3,000 standing tickets, the A’s stadium will have a total capacity of 33,000.
Let’s do the math: 294 Athletic Club seats at an annual price of $72,900 each results in annual ticket revenue of $21,432,600, while 294 seats at a personal seat license charge of $100,000 each generates a stunning $29,400,000. That’s more than $50 million in Season 1 for Athletic Club revenues.
Then, there’s the 694 seats of the “Diamond Club,” where an all-inclusive food menu and prime views behind home plate cost $550 per ticket per game — or an annual $44,550 for an 81-game full season deal. The Diamond Club seat ticket requires a one-time PSL fee of $60,000.
The math of 694 Diamond Club seats at $44,550 per season generates nearly $31 million in annual Diamond Club revenue. Plus, add the one-time PSL charge of $60,000 for each of the 694 seats and A’s have another $41,640,000 in revenue. The Diamond Club — between tickets and PSL revenue — is delivering more than $72 million in Year 1 at the A’s stadium on the Strip.
The $900/game ticket for the Athletic Club and the $550/game ticket for the Diamond Club includes all food, drinks and parking.
In June, the A’s rolled out a third club called the Dugout Club, which offers prime views from the first and third baselines, gameday food and non-alcoholic beverages, a full bar to buy alcoholic drinks and an opportunity to buy on-site parking.
The A’s are playing in a Triple-A ballpark in West Sacramento, while they build their stadium at the former Tropicana hotel-casino site at the southeast corner of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard. The A’s are here in Las Vegas because Nevada state lawmakers approved a stadium bill in 2023 that earmarked $380 million in public assistance to help the Athletics build their ballpark.