Las Vegas: A’s pivot to new site for baseball stadium, lowering public funding request

Las Vegas: A’s pivot to new site for baseball stadium, lowering public funding request

Article brief provided by Nevada Independent
  • Howard Stutz, Nevada Independent
May 9, 2023 6:32 PM
  • Howard Stutz, Nevada Independent

The Oakland A’s and Bally’s Corp. have an agreement in place for the team to build a $1.5 billion stadium on a portion of the Tropicana Las Vegas site, a move expected to reduce the amount of public financing sought for the project to $395 million.

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Sources with knowledge of the negotiations told The Nevada Independent on Tuesday that under the scope of the deal, Bally’s plans to demolish the Tropicana and allow the A’s to construct a 35,000-seat retractable roof stadium on 9 acres of the 34-acre site on Tropicana Avenue near the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip.

The A’s were initially looking to secure legislative support for a $500 million public funding package involving tax credits and the creation of a special taxation district to help fund stadium construction.