The Oakland Athletics released four renderings of the Major League Baseball club’s planned $1.5 billion stadium Tuesday, and it appears the team is replacing the 67-year-old Rat Pack-era Tropicana Las Vegas with something akin to Australia’s Sydney Opera House.
The architect whose firm designed the 33,000-seat ballpark described its non-retractable roof as a “spherical armadillo.” In a statement, the designers said the stadium “provides an outdoor feel with views of the Strip.”
The renderings, which come after the team said drawings made public last year were no longer valid and three months after new plans were originally set to be unveiled, were released ahead of this weekend’s spring training games with the Milwaukee Brewers at the Triple-A Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin.
