Gov. Joe Lombardo on Tuesday evening issued a proclamation calling the Legislature into a second special session, this one to consider public funding for the Oakland A’s proposed stadium in Las Vegas.
The proclamation came just minutes after lawmakers adjourned a special session on Tuesday called to approve the two-year capital improvement program budget, which failed to pass by Monday’s midnight deadline. Lawmakers on mostly party-line votes approved the capital budget, which now heads to Lombardo.
The A’s are seeking $380 million in public financing for the stadium planned for the Tropicana hotel-casino site. Lombardo chief of staff Ben Kieckhefer introduced the bill when it was heard during the Legislature’s regular session, but the measure did not come up for a vote in either house before that session ended Monday.
