Las Vegas A's?

[Jayjami]

Best part of the twitter fight is Oakland residents telling the As cant move to Salt Lake because its a shit location.

The levity of such statements are not lost on most of the rebuttals.

What are they claiming is wrong with SLC?

Actually it's pretty nice there from April to October. Yeah, it's not that big of a market, and it's isolated, so it won't get much attendance or fandom from outlying areas (same problem Vegas has). However, the Jazz have done pretty well there, and while the entire state of Utah has only 3.3m people, they might get some fandom from northern Nevada, Idaho, and Montana.

I lived in SLC for 6 months in 2022. It’s a nice, affordable town. If the state wasn’t run by a religious cult, I’d could happily live there full time. The Mormons are very family oriented and actually spend time with their children. I think the A’s would do better there than Vegas, but the beer sales would be the lowest in the league!

[Tellafriend]

What are they claiming is wrong with SLC?

Actually it's pretty nice there from April to October. Yeah, it's not that big of a market, and it's isolated, so it won't get much attendance or fandom from outlying areas (same problem Vegas has). However, the Jazz have done pretty well there, and while the entire state of Utah has only 3.3m people, they might get some fandom from northern Nevada, Idaho, and Montana.

I lived in SLC for 6 months in 2022. It’s a nice, affordable town. If the state wasn’t run by a religious cult, I’d could happily live there full time. The Mormons are very family oriented and actually spend time with their children. I think the A’s would do better there than Vegas, but the beer sales would be the lowest in the league!

why did you live there for 6 months?

[Daly]

What are they claiming is wrong with SLC?

Actually it's pretty nice there from April to October. Yeah, it's not that big of a market, and it's isolated, so it won't get much attendance or fandom from outlying areas (same problem Vegas has). However, the Jazz have done pretty well there, and while the entire state of Utah has only 3.3m people, they might get some fandom from northern Nevada, Idaho, and Montana.

I lived in SLC for 6 months in 2022. It’s a nice, affordable town. If the state wasn’t run by a religious cult, I’d could happily live there full time. The Mormons are very family oriented and actually spend time with their children. I think the A’s would do better there than Vegas, but the beer sales would be the lowest in the league!

Yeah I could see it as “boring” but still a nice place to live.

Oakland saying another place to live/work is trash that isn't Detroit or Gary Indiana is rich.

[Jayjami]

I lived in SLC for 6 months in 2022. It’s a nice, affordable town. If the state wasn’t run by a religious cult, I’d could happily live there full time. The Mormons are very family oriented and actually spend time with their children. I think the A’s would do better there than Vegas, but the beer sales would be the lowest in the league!

why did you live there for 6 months?

I worked at a ski resort, Solitude Mountain.

[Dan Druff]

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Starting to look questionable whether this LV A's thing will happen at all.

[FRANKRIZZO]

I liked the movie money ball. Funny scene when David Justice tried to get a soda and was told needs to pay for it from vending machine.

[desertrunner]

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[lol wow]

MORE LIKE THE OAKLAND GAYS has someone done that one already

[lol wow]

cheeeeeeckkkkkkkkkking nope im the first person on earth to ever come up with that nailed it

[desertrunner]

An update-

https://www.ktnv.com/news/as-looking...ibextid=Zxz2cZ

[Dan Druff]

Final game at the Oakland Coliseum.

The ended up winning, and of course had a sellout crowd. They could have had even more people if they didn't have the upper outfield deck pre-covered the entire season.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...m/75399359007/



I'm glad I went to Oakland this August to see the Dodgers play there. Wanted to see a game before that stadium closed and the A's left. Was worth all the hassle. Made a small road trip out of it, too.

[tigerpiper]

The idea that a city pays for a building for a corporation is ridiculous. Good riddance, A's. The dude starves the franchise and makes David Justice pay for his own cokes and will make 25%/year. Fuck him, and fuck the rest of them. Billionaires getting richer do not deserve welfare.

[desertrunner]

https://news3lv.com/news/local/new-d...ibextid=Zxz2cZ

[Dan Druff]

It started to look like the A's would be schlepping to Montreal, Salt Lake City, Portland, or Nashville. Or staying in Sac. However, Las Vegas is now again looking like the ultimate destination.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...-heavy-25-plan


Fisher is going to kick in $1b for the new stadium, US Bank / Goldman Sachs are going to throw in $300m, and the taxpayers will kick the final $380m. That should be enough. Probably.

The A's will definitely be in Sacramento from 2025-2027, at a minor league ballpark. They will play only 10 day games between June and September, in order to avoid the heat issue that can plague Sacramento in the summer.

[desertrunner]

Another article with stadium pictures-



https://news3lv.com/news/local/as-ow...vky9fCxhgBDCVA