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The Major League team, which plays three seasons in Sacramento while its Strip stadium is built, viewed last week as establishing its Southern Nevada presence.
Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler signs autographs before the start of the team's Big League
Weekend game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Las Vegas Ballpark on March 8, 2025.
(Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)
From Thursday through Saturday, team representatives traveled the valley with team mascot Stomper to participate in Nevada Reading Week events and area Little League season openings. John Fisher said the team’s activity last week marked another effort to establish an early foothold in the community before the team’s eventual move to Southern Nevada.
Fisher said to reporters before Saturday’s game: “We’re making progress building on the young talent with this team and we’re going to build an incredible ballpark.”
Sandy Dean, who served as interim president until Badain was hired and is a longtime confidant of the Fisher family, said last week’s efforts will grow into year-round endeavors in establishing the team’s Las Vegas presence, even with the ballclub playing in Sacramento. “There are things that matter to a community and the A’s want to be part of the community,” Dean said.
Catcher Sean Langeliers, who spent much of the 2022 season with the Aviators before joining the A’s, said Las Vegas is on the mind of the players away from the field. “We’ve discussed Vegas and everybody asks me where to live when we get here,” Langeliers said. “We’re growing as a core [group of players] and we’re growing as a team.”
https://thenevadaindependent.com/ar...-to-vegas-as-want-to-be-part-of-the-community
Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler signs autographs before the start of the team's Big League
Weekend game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Las Vegas Ballpark on March 8, 2025.
(Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)
From Thursday through Saturday, team representatives traveled the valley with team mascot Stomper to participate in Nevada Reading Week events and area Little League season openings. John Fisher said the team’s activity last week marked another effort to establish an early foothold in the community before the team’s eventual move to Southern Nevada.
Fisher said to reporters before Saturday’s game: “We’re making progress building on the young talent with this team and we’re going to build an incredible ballpark.”
Sandy Dean, who served as interim president until Badain was hired and is a longtime confidant of the Fisher family, said last week’s efforts will grow into year-round endeavors in establishing the team’s Las Vegas presence, even with the ballclub playing in Sacramento. “There are things that matter to a community and the A’s want to be part of the community,” Dean said.
Catcher Sean Langeliers, who spent much of the 2022 season with the Aviators before joining the A’s, said Las Vegas is on the mind of the players away from the field. “We’ve discussed Vegas and everybody asks me where to live when we get here,” Langeliers said. “We’re growing as a core [group of players] and we’re growing as a team.”
https://thenevadaindependent.com/ar...-to-vegas-as-want-to-be-part-of-the-community
