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Despite chatter from fans and some media about the possibility that the A’s may end up staying in Sacramento permanently, Fisher maintains that he plans to keep ownership of the team and to build a new ballpark in Las Vegas.
Fisher remains confident that construction of the $1.75 billion Strip ballpark will begin sometime before the end of June, to keep the project on track for a 2028 debut.
“For us it’s a perfect lead-in to the beginning of construction for our ballpark in Las Vegas,” Fisher told the Review-Journal, referring to Monday’s game. “The excitement is going to build over the next three years and when we have Opening Day on the Strip in 2028, it is going to be a momentous occasion for the history of our franchise.”
“The community in Vegas has been incredibly supportive and “The county… has been moving at a really tremendous pace to try and get this all accomplished so that we can start construction and get all of this moving along,” Fisher said.
Some of the recent personnel transactions the A’s have made, including signing players Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker and manager Mark Kotsay to contract extensions, were made with continuity to Las Vegas in mind, he said.
“All of those moves were meant to show Vegas that these are the kinds of things that we intend to do to become a great pennant-winning team when we hit the Strip starting in 2028,” Fisher said. “All of those contracts were signed with the idea that these players will be able to play their careers with the Athletics and in Vegas itself. “
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sport...-sacramento-stay-as-las-vegas-awaits-3345680/
