Sorry, I missed the brilliance of your observation that 4 World Series championships are better than 0.
A’s have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a future ballpark in Las Vegas.
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Not to defend Mt. Davis by any means but it’s easy to see why the original football configuration wasn’t optimal for the Raiders.
Passan was on the Pardon My Take pod this week (before today's news) and his main point was that this franchise hasn't been able to get any kind of agreement with the City of Oakland over any sort of deal - short or long-term - so how can anyone reasonably expect the A's to pull off moving to a whole new place? This development is right in line with that view imo.
I'll believe the A's move when it actually happens. I work in Oakland and that City and the surrounding area would show up for a relevant A's team. My guess is that Manfred and the owners are going to have to make some unsavory choices sooner rather than later.
I'll believe the A's move when it actually happens. I work in Oakland and that City and the surrounding area would show up for a relevant A's team. My guess is that Manfred and the owners are going to have to make some unsavory choices sooner rather than later.
https://theathletic.com/5392522/2024/04/04/oakland-as-sacramento-ballpark-move/
In 2022, Vivek Ranadivé, the owner of the Sacramento Kings basketball team, bought the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats and their stadium for about $90 million. In a phone interview Thursday, Ranadivé sounded overjoyed: For at least the next three years, his stadium, the 14,000-capacity Sutter Health Park, will host a big-league team.
“Believe it or not, this is going to be the best ticket in Major League Baseball,” Ranadivé said. “Because it’s a small, intimate stadium. It’s like being in the lower bowl in a basketball game. And so imagine that, (Shohei) Ohtani is there and it’s a small, intimate stadium. So it’s going to be the most sought-after ticket in America."
Lol people are still going to have to watch the The Sacramento Athletics formerly of Oakland at these games. This is delusional.
Later on in the article Vivek says
“I came to my team, and I asked them, ‘Hey, guys, do you think that while they’re doing the move, we could actually have a Major League Baseball team here?’ And my team, no matter what I ask them, the answer is always, ‘Yes.’ And they said, ‘Yeah, we could do that.’
That is a bad thing, no?
In 2022, Vivek Ranadivé, the owner of the Sacramento Kings basketball team, bought the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats and their stadium for about $90 million. In a phone interview Thursday, Ranadivé sounded overjoyed: For at least the next three years, his stadium, the 14,000-capacity Sutter Health Park, will host a big-league team.
“Believe it or not, this is going to be the best ticket in Major League Baseball,” Ranadivé said. “Because it’s a small, intimate stadium. It’s like being in the lower bowl in a basketball game. And so imagine that, (Shohei) Ohtani is there and it’s a small, intimate stadium. So it’s going to be the most sought-after ticket in America."
Lol people are still going to have to watch the The Sacramento Athletics formerly of Oakland at these games. This is delusional.
Later on in the article Vivek says
“I came to my team, and I asked them, ‘Hey, guys, do you think that while they’re doing the move, we could actually have a Major League Baseball team here?’ And my team, no matter what I ask them, the answer is always, ‘Yes.’ And they said, ‘Yeah, we could do that.’
That is a bad thing, no?
I suspect they’ll draw very well in Sacramento. Who wouldn’t want to watch major league ball in a small venue like that?
Sicks Stadium in Seattle had twice the capacity. Maybe the people of Pawtucket could offer the A's more than they're getting from Sacramento.
They won't be scrimmaging themselves. Great chane to see MLB players from visiting teams closer than at the cavernous colluseum. I wonder how ticket prices will stack up vs what they are in Oakland.
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Rivercats used to draw about average 8k per game in the decade pre-Covid, but have struggled after the PCL resumed operations in 2021; averaging a little less than 5k a game. But the team has also finished 4th, 5th and 5th in their division in those years.
That would be The Sac Vegas A's City Disconnect unis.
Edit... Someone's not waiting long.
https://techteesusa.com/product/sacramento-athletics-of-las-vegas-oakland-athletics-logo-shirt/
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