Athletics Officially Break Ground on New $1.75 Billion Ballpark

Until then, the Athletics will play their home games at Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park, which hosts the Sacramento River Cats, a minor-league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, and can accommodate around 14,000 fans.

In contrast, the new Las Vegas stadium is expected to have a seating capacity of approximately 33,000 and is estimated to cost around $1.75 billion.

However, the team’s move has sparked some controversy. Following challenges in finding a stadium site near Oakland, Fisher secured the necessary approvals from MLB and Manfred for the relocation in 2021.

Two years later, the team acquired land in Las Vegas, aiming to make the city their new home. The relocation received unanimous backing from MLB owners during the recent 2023-24 offseason.

The new stadium will span nine acres of Bally’s 35-acre site at Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard, on land where the Tropicana’s resort towers were demolished in October.

A’s uniform patches

As the Athletics prepare for their temporary home, players wear patches featuring Sacramento’s Tower Bridge on one arm and a Las Vegas logo on the other, part of a three-year sponsorship with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

In December, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved key documents, paving the way for the A’s to officially become Las Vegas’ team.

Renderings show a stadium resembling Australia’s Sydney Opera House, with five overlapping layers and a large glass window providing views of the Las Vegas Strip. Air conditioning will be distributed through the seats instead of a centralized system.

This stadium will be MLB’s smallest at 33,000; for context, Tropicana Field typically seats 25,000 when the upper levels are closed, and nearly 40,000 when fully open.