A’s Fisher and Kaval to meet with Las Vegas casino owner regarding ball park site on strip

One of the proposed locations on the Las Vegas Strip for a new Oakland A’s ballpark. One location at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds and the other is at Resorts World as the photo indicates here (photo by google maps)

A’s Fisher and Kaval to meet with Las Vegas casino owner regarding ball park site on strip

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

The top brass of the Oakland A’s is back in Las Vegas today to continue discussions on a potential relocation to Las Vegas, Nevada. It has been reported that A’s owner John Fisher and team president Dave Kaval met with resort operators on the Strip.

There are two potential sites. One that went silent in recent months is the Las Vegas Festival Grounds owner and casino magnate Phil Ruffin. Now it is said that this site is back and still in play for the A’s. It is a 39-acre site for a potential retractable dome stadium. Perspective: How big are 39 acres for a baseball stadium? The San Francisco Giants Oracle Park is just 14 acres.

The other location for A’s interest is in the Strip (as the photo here indicates) as the executives meet on the 66th Floor of Resorts World, to get a good bird’s eye view. Meanwhile, there is total silence from the Oakland A’s and the City of Oakland regarding the projected Howard Terminal, which has suffered more setbacks recently.

Oakland failed to secure more than $180 million in federal funds that would have benefited the A’s proposed waterfront ballpark and surrounding development, raising the question of whether the city will be able to get the project done. The A’s also lost a lawsuit over regulating the steel company that’s next to a proposed site for building a new waterfront stadium.

This is what’s going on today in the A’s Saga.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead Oakland A’s Spanish radio play by play voice with Manolo Hernandez Douen at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: Las Vegas magnate throws enticing benefits at A’s to come to Vegas

Oakland A’s team president David Kaval and team officials have met with the owner of Circus Circus and Treasure Island in Las Vegas Phil Ruffin in Oakland and in Las Vegas regarding land space for a new ballpark for the A’s if the City of Oakland does not elect by the end of this year to have the A’s move into Howard Terminal near Jack London Square in downtown Oakland (San Francisco Chronicle file photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Las Vegas Magnate Phil Ruffin has approached the Oakland A’s with serious sites to lure the team to near or on the Las Vegas Strip. Ruffin had flown out to Oakland to meet with A’s team president and team officials to discuss moving the team to Vegas this month.

#2 Ruffin is the owner Treasure Island and Circus Circus in Vegas. Ruffin has land near Circus Circus that is currently a 10 acre RV park which is near the strip and a 37 acre space that is currently used for the Las Vegas Festival Grounds that is in the back of Circus Circus that the A’s could use for retail, casino and other commercial development along with a brand new ballpark.

#3 The other location is the Tropicana Casino currently owned by Bally’s. Bally’s is considering using the Tropicana location right on the Vegas Strip for an A’s stadium.

#4 MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has given the City of Oakland until the end of this year to decide if they will approve the Howard Terminal location at Jack London Square for the A’s to start building their new ballpark project or if voted down the team will move to Vegas.

#5 A design for the new stadium in Las Vegas has not been rendered yet but it might be safe to say ballpark, retail, condo, office, and entertainment space much like the Howard Terminal idea is on the drawing board.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s Spanish play by play voice on flagship station LeGrande 1010 KIQI San Francisco and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com