A's pledge for Las Vegas ballpark would be largest in MLB history

[LVfan]

Article in the Review-Journal May 19, 2023 - 8:29 pm, should dismiss any calls for the MLB Commissioner to pressure Fisher to sell the team. It also supports the view that the A's will improve once they move to Las Vegas.

Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher is set to contribute more than $1 billion to build a Las Vegas ballpark, an amount that would be the largest stadium investment by a Major League Baseball owner in league history.

"John Fisher has made an unprecedented commitment of personal resources to get the As in a major league facility and to make the team more competitive," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told the Review-Journal via email Friday about Fisher's promised investment in a Las Vegas ballpark.

 

[florioderio]

And Fisher's commitment has only increased since this was written. But his critics would have us believe that this was all part of some long con by him. To what possible end or upside for Fisher, I have no idea (and neither do the S.I.O. loudmouths who say this stuff).

Candidly, I'm no expert on John Fisher, so I can't say with certainty how this will all turn out. However, it wouldn't surprise me if Fisher ends up being a figure like Art Modell: hated in his old community, and beloved in his new community.