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By Dave Toplikar (contact) 
Published Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 | 12:02 p.m.
Updated Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 | 1:32 p.m.
Oscar Goodman
Reader poll
Sun archives
- Mayor hints at plans for professional team moving to Las Vegas (8-12-2010)
- Mayor: Without public funding for arena, Las Vegas won't get NBA team (7-22-2010)
- Mayor skeptical about NBA ‘contract’ for proposed Strip arena (7-15-2010)
- NBA team ‘under contract’ if Las Vegas builds an arena (7-14-2010)
- Detroit Pistons moving to Las Vegas? Don't bet on it (7-15-2010)
- Mayor: Downtown Las Vegas sports arena ‘very viable’ (6-24-2010)
- Strip sports arena has very little support (6-10-2010)
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman was a little more forthcoming today about talks he's been having with a professional team about building a sports facility in downtown Las Vegas.
Yes, it's Major League Baseball. Yes, Las Vegas is an American League city. Yes, they'd be looking at a domed stadium.
But no, he's not saying which team is talking to him. And no, he's not saying exactly where such a 45,000-seat stadium would be built — except that it would be on existing city-owned property.
"We've had two meetings," Goodman told reporters after his weekly press conference at city hall, flashing a smile and holding up two fingers.
What's the next step for baseball?
"I'm waiting to hear from a gentleman as to what team I'm supposed to be speaking with," Goodman said.
The mayor first gave hints last week that a MLB franchise was looking at the city. However, at that time, he said he wasn't at liberty to say which sport, which team and what kind of a facility would be built.
But this week he wasn't playing his cards as close to the vest, or perhaps chest protector would be the better analogy.
Earlier in his press conference, the mayor for the first time said he had met this week with a representative of a major league baseball team.
"On Monday we had a meeting regarding the potential, as I indicated before, of building a baseball stadium," he said. "And those discussions are now ongoing and I'm not going to tell you that it's imminent, but I'm going to tell you that the people who are participating in the discussions are very serious about seeing that happen."
Later, during a question-response session, Goodman opened up with a few more details.
He said he couldn't say much "other than the fact that we're talking about communications with a major league team to see whether or not we can get an assurance from a major league team that they will come here if, in fact, a stadium is built.
"And we're also exploring the potential of funding for the stadium. And those are the two areas that we're engaged in right now."
Asked if he could say what MLB league the team is from, Goodman said "Absolutely not."
"I can tell you this. I can tell you I've been advised that we are designated as an American League city," he said. "So, folks, if we get ourselves a team here, if it's not the Yankees or White Sox or the Red Sox, all of those folks will be able to visit us from those cities and fill the stadium."
Although the mayor didn't mention teams, one possibility could be the Oakland A's. The Washington Post reported more than a year ago that the A's wanted to leave Oakland and ESPN has reported the A's have been wanting a new stadium.
Summertime temperatures in Las Vegas often top 110 degrees. So the mayor indicated that any new stadium built in Las Vegas would need to be a climate-controlled enclosed facility.
"It has to be domed," Goodman said. "They tell us that, the modern stadium, they'd rather have a 45,000-seat facility rather than a 60,000-seat facility and fill the 45,000 rather than have 45,000 people come there and have 15,000 extra seats."
Asked about possible locations, the mayor said "Not telling."
Asked if Cashman Stadium, the home of the Las Vegas 51s, was one of them, Goodman said "Not telling," getting laughs.
However, he did acknowledge that the location was on city-owned property.
"That's what we're discussing right now," he said.
Asked if it might be a land swap, he said "No, not necessarily."
Goodman indicated he was hoping to bring a professional sports team to Las Vegas before term limits require him to leave his mayoral post next year.
"I make no bones about it. As I said, there are three things I wanted to accomplish as the mayor," he said.
One was to bring academic medicine, which is being accomplished now at the Cleveland Clinic's Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. A second goal was to bring culture, which is being accomplished with the Smith Center for Performing Arts being built in Symphony Park, he said.
The third has been to bring a professional sports team to Las Vegas.
"We'll never be a major league city unless we have a major league team," Goodman said. "I'm hoping I'm successful at least in getting the discussions in place so whoever my successor is will be able to follow through and get it done.
"I was hoping I could have thrown out the first pitch, but I said that 11 and a half years ago," he said.
It has to be Oakland, which as an A's fan could not make me happier.
My guess is either the A's or Tampa Bay
Who will pay for the enclosed stadium? You'll need something like that here in the heat and sun.
We got enough people here in the city already, the tourists are interested in buffets and gambling and transplanted residents could care less about a major league sports team that represents Las Vegas. They'll be no local support, most of residents here are transient, here a few years and out again, back home after they lose all their money
The Las Vegas Strippers.
You heard it here first.
Good thing the mayor refuses to be specific, because it's not like Oakland is actively trying to get a stadium built and being denied by the Giants. Nope, no one would ever be able to guess that with every other team basically in a new stadium or locked into their lease for at least five more years. No speculation on the team with the second worst attendance and the worst stadium deal in the AL.
Build it and they will come. You got two season tickets sold right here. Now start digging.
No public funds should be used to build a house for multi millionaire owners and players. No city that has ever built a stadium has seen a return on their investment. If it's such a great deal, let the owners pay for it. If we are dumb enough to use public funds, we should institute a cap on how much residents, whose taxes paid for the stadium, will pay for a ticket.
Hasnt he been saying this for the last 5 years? Lets see some action.
Oscar's looking for a stadium with his name on it.
What a putz.
They will pay for it with another tax on the tourists.
Now MLB is something to get excited about. Forget that basketball nonsense. :)
Great name - Goodman stadium.
First of all, this is never going to happen. There is no way the citizens of this area will let a domed and air conditioned stadium (which is what will be required) be built with public money. They will revolt first. Second, there is no way that a pro team will settle here, with our relatively small transient population base.
The pro team is just fishing to see what they can get for free.
If nothing else, maybe we'd finally have sane MLB blackout rules - one team instead of 6 teams claiming Vegas as their territory.
Or is this just a scam being done by a team to get a new stadium where they already are?
I know we have had our hopes up before so I'm skeptical but I would love a MLB team to be here. You get 81 games at home and we would get people to travel to Vegas to watch their team play here. I think MLB has the best synergy of the major sports.
Most likely the Oakland Athletics
Easy move, no divisional realignment required.
Perhaps Tampa, but that would require a tweak to divisional alignments in the AL: Texas from AL West to Central, Cleveland or Detroit to the AL East, and the fromer AL East Tampa to the AL West as Las Vegas.
Again, this could be the MLB (Major League Beer) team coming to town. Let's just wait and see.
Never gonna happen. Bet the house.
Would have to be a retractable dome stadium. The last thing you want is to play baseball on concrete...er, I mean astro turf.
Come on people, and boob with a 2nd grade mind would know the stadium would be like the one in Phoenix, with a retractable roof.
Think of the added space this stadium could give for trade shows, conventions and even bowl games, NFL exhibitions games, etc.
It's a win win for LV and sothern Nevada.
For.
TheKash...
What you said.
Never..Going..To..Happen.
The MN Vikings are looking for a new stadium!
How about a 25 to 50 year guarantee of occupancy. I bet the "team" won't even promise 5 years. No one is going to go to a stadium to watch a game when they can already see it on giant screens with reasonably priced beer and food and the bookies at arms' length. Tourists aren't going to come here to see a last-place team. And, locals aren't going to all-of-a-sudden start descending onto the Strip. Look at all the traffic problems that the NASCAR events cause and that is only once a year!!! Weeks of planning [more planning I might add than we did in going to Iraq], just to prevent grid-lock and the stadium is 20 miles north of North Las Vegas. Just a pipe dream and ultimately a white elephant.
How about "The Las Vgeas Homeless "...
Innovative architechtural design could allow the stadium to be reconfigured for basketball and boxing. This could be a big deal if it happens.
Vegas can have the Cubs. What difference would it make if they were in Chicago or Vegas - they still would be 20 games out of first place. AND if ANY MLB team could bring in the crowds, it's the Cubs. Only time Cashman Field was sold out is when the Cubs played preseason ball there.
Would someone please get this butthead out of office, I'm sick of him
If an innovative design is used, one dashed with Vegas standards but still reasonably priced, crowds would flock to the games. The design is key - look at the Giant's stadium in downtown SF. It's a fun place just to hang-out . . .
The name of the team is the "Yeah Rights."
Maybe it's the Detroit Tigers. There have been rumblings of people saying it's time to get out of Detroit. It would definitely be a smart move.
"AND if ANY MLB team could bring in the crowds, it's the Cubs."
Sorry, Munch; it's Wrigley Field that brings in the crowds, not the Cubs. Take them out of Wrigley and you've got just another overpaid AAA team struggling to win in the Majors. "Can't beat fun at the old ball park"; you got that right. Now go get me a Drewry's, kid.
If they move from Oakland, instead of the A's they could be the DD's.
This kind of downtown stadium baseball works okay back east. It keeps people downtown after work and brings them into town on the weekends. Camden Yards is a terrific place to watch a ball game. I just don't see it working in Vegas. Too many distractions.
The weekend junkets work okay for the farmers from Missouri driving into St. Louis for a weekend of baseball--good stuff. I can't see anyone including the casinos encouraging people to fly in to watch a game at the stadium when they can watch it at the casino.
It's all smoke and mirrors. It's just another team trying to use Vegas as a bargaining chip to get a stadium out of their home town.
Either way, dome baseball blows. There was a reason why your mother didn't let you play baseball inside.
Goodman needs to check his ego and do what is best for the city of Las Vegas by focusing on what we HAVE and figuring out a way to get it working again.
I am completely in favor of using public funds for a professional sports arena. This city desperately needs a pro team of some kind. Las Vegas is the largest metro area without a pro team, it's humiliating.
Perinni will build it and it wil lturn into another CC...hundreds of lawsuits cause of poor construction, etc..and the union will pull workers from other states and the average unemployed Las Vegan will be out of the loop and the illegals will be first in line and hired...god for bid it be built non-union..
Lol, the mayor should gather all you experts here and put it in the planning committee. It's a good way to put all your excellent ideas to work for the good of the city.
+1
Baseball in Las Vegas would be a good thing.. not that it's likely (according to MLB itself who has always been averse to locating here). Having a pro team would have an immediate positive impact on the ecconomy.
Let the city finance part of it through bonds and cheap loans.. it's worked well in many other cities and would pay for itself in tax revenue on food, beer, tickets and soveneirs many times over.
If Las Vegas doesn't snag the Athletics (who have moved previously from Phily to KC and then on to Oakland) some other city will.. I'd bet on Portland or Sacramento.
Give it a rest, Goodman, no team is gonna come to Las Vegas. The market is too small to support a team. The population needs to be twice what it is today. Most people here are from somewhere else, have allegiance to their hometown teams, and that will not change. Only way to get locals to a game is $1 beer night. Then they come for the beer and leave after "last call."
Given the history of Las Vegas with professional teams, who would wanna come here? Nobody.
Let's get some diversity in the business world of LV. It is obvious gambling can't carry this city anymore.
Based on the many suggestions that I have read on here to generate funds, I would envision the ball park as follows:
Luxury suites that include legalized prostitution on game night, with a 25% discount after the game if the home team wins.
Two or three smoking areas, next to the game-time legal pot kiosks.
Hand held devices from Harrah's so fans could bet on not only the outcome of the game, but balls, strikes, runs and so on.
The seventh inning stretch...still thinking about that, it has endless possibilities.
Just kiddin. If it goes, I wish you well. If you build it, they will come.
No one thought Phx would get a team and a bunch of private investors then used eminate domain, bull dozed some homes, and made their stadium. LV will get a team for a lot of reasons no one on these posts are aware of yet. And as far as people coming to games, are you kidding me? People in Phx sure did it! And we also get to see all those other players from around the country not to mention inter-league games. The corporate sponsorships are in the billions. I'm ready to buy a season ticket now! (And I'm still in AZ until October.)
Ever notice the White Elephant on the sleeve of the A's jersey? That dates back to 1901, when New York Giants manager John McGraw (2nd in all time wins as a manager) called the upstart American League a "white elephant". Philadelphia Athletics owner and manager Connie Mack put the elephant on the sleeve where it has remained for 110 seasons. John McGraw so despised the American League he refused to play them in the World Series one year. Connie Mack managed the A's from 1901 to 1954? At the end he was blind that he had to tell a coach where to position the fielders. The team was sold after Mack's death and it was moved to Kansas City and then Oakland. The funny thing is that the 1950 Phillies became the talk of the town with the Wiz Kids (Robin Roberts and Richie Ashburn). They were the poor stepchild of Philly baseball (10,000+ losses as a franchise since 1883).
Connie Mack won over 3900 games. The 1929 Philadelphia featuring Micky Corchran, Mule Haas and Jimmy Foxx may have been one of the best teams of all time. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/a...
The teams of the mid-70's compare were great.
As much as I would love to have the A's in Nevada, I just don't see this as a baseball town. 110 Years of history is too much for this city.
The mayor is blind and the stadium will be a white elephant that will not be worn proudly in our jersey sleeves.
Can anyone answer these questions for me?
1.) Will there be a buffet?
2.) How about Pete Rose for Manager?
So much negativity! If it is partially Taxpayer funded, I wonder what it would cost each taxpayer? That should be the question. $10 dollars a year? $100 Dollars a year? anyone know?
The Minnesota Twins just recently built Target Field, which was partially funded by taxpayers. To fund it, a .15% sales tax was levied, costing $15 on every $1000 spent.
when Safco field was built in Seattle, they used bonds and hotel-motel excise taxes to fund the public portion of the field. nobody was directley taxed.
"Philadelphia Athletics owner and manager Connie Mack put the elephant on the sleeve where it has remained for 110 seasons."
That would be incredible, to have a baseball team that's been around longer than the city they play in.
Here's a thought...what if the stadium was built with existing buildings as a framework, a la Camden Yards? One of those buildings could be a casino with a large viewing window in the sportsbook overlooking left field. You could offer in-game wagering with Cantor's pocket casino.
I think people absolutely would follow their teams to Vegas. A 3 or 4 game series is a perfect excuse to come to Las Vegas...some casino will sponsor the team and put together ticket/hotel packages...luxury boxes filled with high-rollers, paid for by the casinos...this would be a boon to the local economy.
With all-time hits leader Pete Rose still suspended from baseball for gambling in the 70s, do you really think major league baseball would allow a team here?
I think we would be able to draw 40,000 or so to a game, especially if the team will commit so that they can win..i.e. spend money to get some quality players. While we are at it, let's hound the state legislature for a state lottery to fund our education system instead of giving our money to the California Lottery...were missing out! I'd be a season ticket holder! Let's talk financing details and stop the "smack talking"!
Elephant did not last 110 years..."The elephant was retired as team mascot in 1963 by then-owner Charles O. Finley in favor of a Missouri mule (it was also rumored to have been done by Finley in order to attract fans from the then heavily Democratic constituents of Missouri by replacing the traditional Republican mascot to one associated with Democrats). In 1988, the elephant was restored as the symbol of the Athletics and currently adorns the left sleeve of home and road uniforms."
As a Phillies fan, I would love to see my second team the A's here. Consider me a season ticket holder for life and please take my cash donation to build the best (All Star Game-Caliber) retractable-roof park in baseball. Screw Arizona, let's do this!
Pete Rose Manager, and I guess the team name will be the Las Vegas Black Sox.
Oh yeah, on our team name, we can call them the "Las Vegas Stressors". Picture our mascot being a chain-smoking hag with an oxygen tank cart in one hand and a cocktail glass in the other...sans the coin bucket of course.
Try to have a little faith,
The rest of the country sees Las Vegas as an amusement park and not a real city. A pro-team would put us on the map.
Oh yea let an organization like Major League Baseball come to the fine Gambling town of Las Vegas... What a wash this is as this is the same organization that blackballed the great Pete Rose from baseball... Say its not so...
It has to be Oakland. I'm a diehard A's fan and I would be happy about a move to Vegas. The fans who do show up for the games are awesome, but that stadium is dead. I've been to games where there's only 7K in attendance. The A's deserve better.
what IS it with this guy and his pro sports team obsession?
he must stand to make a pretty penny off the construction of that stadium.
if vegas didn't need a sports team 5 years ago, it surely doesn't need one now.
let it go. grow up.
we need companies with JOBS. that should be his focus.
and while i'm at it, there is a huge problem that nobody that supports this idea seems to understand...or want to address.
shift workers. there is no other major league sports city with a true 24 hour cycle like vegas. MAYBE new york, mayyyyyybe los angeles, but none of them have the same percent of their working population working shifts.
there are A LOT of people in vegas that work second and third shift.
let's say a game starts at 7:00pm. all the second shift workers in las vegas will never make it to that game because they go to work at 4:00/5:00/6:00.
the third shifters that get home at 8:00am are NOT going to get up at 6:00, go down to watch baseball from 7:00 - 10:00 and then wait around for 2 hours and then pull an 8 hour shift.
now, add the fact that not only is vegas a 24 hour cycle, it's also a 7 DAY schedule.
so even if it's a daytime saturday game, there are still many people in vegas that have to work on saturday.
the simple, basic math shows pro sports will not work here.
I say take the A's, but it would be better if the stadium is 60,000 or more seats for PBR & NFR seasons rolls in. With all the Suite Boxes belonging to the casinos to dole out like candy to high rollers. You got to think of UFL wanting space in there too. Lets starts with the new league with a new stadium to make their Championship Game.
You can't compare a team like the 51's to a real major league team. Over 10 years the 51's drew an average of about 5,500 fans per game, at that was including outside games in the heat for a Triple A team.
Now if we had a domed facility and a major league team paid for by hotel visitors, I bet you could count on attendance numbers being at least tripled. Especially if the team was playing a major opponent, was competing for a playoff spot or even had a marquee pitcher. What does this city really have to lose? Not everyone works 7 days a week, and in a domed facility you could plan games at any time during the week. It would create jobs and most importantly give this city a little more culture.
...And if UNLV basketball can draw a 20,000 attendance, i don't see why baseball couldn't.
Every professional team be it either MLB, NHL, NBA, or NFL are going to use Oscar as their stooge.
@FearnloathingNV
Thank you for the correction on the elephant on the sleeve. My history is questionable. I was not aware of the mule story--the only mule I knew of was Mule Haas--centerfielder for the '29 A's.
If the team were the A's, they should do more to recognize the players from the Philly years.
Since it will be a public building at least partially funded with taxpayer dollars, it will have to be a totally non-smoking facility. Good luck in enforcing that restriction.
I can appreciate that the mayor has a goal he'd like to achieve before leaving office, but baseball is the least feasible of the major sports for a small to mid-sized city. It's one thing to have an NFL team and get 60,000 fans for eight Sundays a year, or to have an NHL or NBA team and get 18,000 fans to come out forty times a year. Baseball needs 45,000 fans to come out 81 days each year. That requires a large population with an obsessive interest. Las Vegas is not that city. Notice that there are ZERO MLB teams that are located in single team cities, showing that teams with small and unproven markets are a bad match for baseball. The NBA, on the other hand, has SEVEN teams that are the only game in town (San Antonio, Orlando, Memphis, Oklahoma City, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Sacramento). The NBA has a chance of succeeding. MLB is a sure bet to fail. After the Nationals tanked in DC, a number of analysts crunched the numbers and realized that the only financially viable option left for a team that wants to move is to go to New York and become the third team. No other market has the population or resources to support an MLB team, including Vegas.
<Only way to get locals to a game is $1 beer night. Then they come for the beer and leave after "last call.">
Don't forget the video poker machines in the concourse.
<Take them out of Wrigley and you've got just another overpaid AAA team struggling to win in the Majors>
Have to agree with you here. Wrigley is one of it's kind. And the last real ballpark left. I've been there so many times that when I lived in Vegas, that place was one of only a few things I missed about Chicago. I'd watch the games on TV and I could almost smell the place! (Yes, it does have a certain aroma to it that shouts "baseball" along with certain sounds). There is no place like it any where on earth. I believe, though, that in my lifetime, I will see that wonderful place be torned down. It is old and previous owners spent lots of money to fix the place up, but in another 20-30 years - the younger generation won't care about a baseball park like that; they'll want the top of the line modern stuff.
< think we would be able to draw 40,000 or so to a game>
LOLOLOLOLOL 40,000!!! Dream on! Some teams playing now that are doing well don't even get 40,000!!! Tourists MAY go see a game, but as mentioned above several times - tourists see games in their own home town, not in Vegas because that is not why they come to Vegas.
I see that hizzoner is proclaiming his legacy. Two of his three goals as mayor have been reached. The brain center and the concert hall. (That concert hall is really going to be an interesting proposition - but, some say if you build it they will come. The mayors third goal, the major league team is only being thwarted by shortsighted realists like myself who think that such a marvelous idea deserves a group of well- heeled business entrepreneurs to build a stadium/arena. Like Wynn, Boyd, Adelson, - you understand, guys who know how to make a buck when the opportunity presents itself.
< @ halibutstance: you hit it on the head; blue hairs from iowa and yuppie scum from winnetka could care less about the action on the field; they get lit up and stay on the cell phone the entire time. 22 games under .500 and they still draw over 35000 a game. wait until next year!>
"Next Year' is never going to come!!! With the trading of D Lee this week for 3 minor league pitchers, management is thinking several years down the line, obviously since they've been in teh toilet since June.
I used to be a season ticket holder and attended many many games I would be amazed that so many people never actually sat and watched the game. And this was before cell phones!! People would be drinking their beer, bs'ing with the person next to them and not paying attention - especially in those "foul ball alleys". I can't tellyou how many times I saw people get hit with a foul ball because they were too busy doing something else. Now it's worse with all the people in the stands talking on their cell phones and texting. I miss the good old days when $20 could get you a front row ticket, a few beers and you still had "bus fare" home!!!
An average 25,000 per game would get you in at 2 million tickets per year. That could sustain a team. I think that would be tough for a town like Vegas. As much as I would love to have the A's in town, I would hate to have an empty stadium like they have in Tampa or Oakland.
I have doubts about the value of the cable and TV rights.
I doubt the population base here in southern Nevada is sufficient to support a major league team, so unless taxpayer subsidies are especially generous it probably won't make much sense for any team to locate here. Vegas is a niche city, linked to SoCal whether we like it or not, and our economic & social development efforts would probably be more productive if they focused on expanding & facilitating that connection versus trying to compete for "major league status".
You believe Oscar (Mighty Mouth) Goodman? If so, I have a bridge on the corner of Trop & LVBS I'll let you have cheap! The guys an ambulance chaser. What more do you need to know about him? His brain has been marinated in gin so long he can't tell which direction North is. How can you tell when Goodman is lying? His mouth is moving!
.... I swear on my own grave, some people HAVE to find something to complain about and/or put something or someone down and feel as if their day is not complete without doing so....
If MLB comes to Vegas, I would be far more than elated especially if it's an American League team. I would buy season tickets in a heartbeat and become the "Fireman Ed" of the Las Vegas team. Then I won't need to go to L.A. just to go to an Angels or Dodgers game.
I, for one, want to see Vegas progress into something bigger while some want to maintain the status quo, meaning they would rather not come here for the right reasons while thinking where they came from is next to the promised land.
Want to talk up wherever it is you came from and how Vegas "doesn't measure up"? Do so on some other board. Because it is already clear that you don't care to be part of the solution.
I am certain that the local sports media could use more to work with other than UNLV and all the high schools here. And for those who think and say MLB won't work in Vegas, there are six teams that claim Vegas as part of their territory and would love to differ with you.
JDubs
It's not necessarily "some people HAVE to find something to complain about and/or put something or someone down and feel as if their day is not complete without doing so....", it's everyone that is what you consider "negative" is being realistic. We've been through this before with Oscar and his baseball team coming to Vegas (I believe it was about 5 years ago). He was all excited because there was a chance Vegas was going to be chosen as one of the expansion cities (I think there were 3 cities in the running) IF a stadium would be built; a location was even chosen - west of the Plaza on Fremont St. And guess what happened - they are now called the Washington Nationals. So you can't blame people for being pessimistic.
Might as well move all three Oakland Teams here and get it over with.
@JDubs:
Thanks for your endorsement of free exchange of ideas and opinions. Seems a bit self-centered to me(sorry you have to go to LA to see a game).
Providing material for the local sports media is not my problem.
If a team were to locate here on its own nickel that would be one thing. The fact is that public dollars will probably be necessary to bring a team to this city, which makes it a public matter. Look at the crappy deal Maryland made to bring the Browns to Baltimore. That was sure a solution and a poor one at that for the public (Art Modell made millions when he sold the team a few years later thanks to the value-added by a publically financed venue and subsidized rent (revenues from superboxes flow to the team and not the stadium authority). This makes it a matter of public interest and debate--the purpose of this board.
I'd be first in line for season tickets if/when this gets done. I'm all for it.
Word has it the American League Team will be the Kansas City Royals. They are for sale by their owner.
Bring The A's To Las Vegas!!! I'll buy the first two season tickets!
judging by the local population,maybe las vegas should focus on obtaining a SOCCER team
ROFL
now that would create revenue,and you could have special deals on families with over 20 members
peace out
Bring on the income that a professional sports team would create. Las Vegas could certainly use some of the benefits that a professional club would bring.