The A’s latest milestone in Sacramento-to-Vegas move? A construction live stream
The Athletics on Thursday launched a live camera stream above the construction site of their new ballpark on the Las Vegas strip, where the team plans to play after leaving California’s capital region.
The team in a news release said the 33,000-seat stadium to be located at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard on Tropicana Avenue, the site of the now-demolished Tropicana Las Vegas hotel, is “set to redefine the MLB experience with cutting-edge design, fan-focused features, and a deep commitment to community investment.”
Views of the live construction site are streaming on the team’s new ballpark experience website.
The live stream as of early Thursday afternoon showed a little more than a dozen heavy construction vehicles at the site, which is currently comprised mainly of mounds of dirt.
The team held a ground-breaking ceremony for their new stadium June 23, but have not made their finalized construction or financing plans public. The team is hoping to open the stadium in 2028 after playing in West Sacramento in 2025, 2026 and 2027. The A’s this season began playing at Sutter Health Park, sharing the ballpark with the San Francisco Giants’ Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats.
The cost for the new stadium has steadily risen since the team decided to relocate to Las Vegas in a move that unanimously approved by MLB owners in November 2023. A’s owner John Fisher recently said the project, which was initially projected to cost $1.5 billion, might exceed $2 billion, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
According to Thursday’s news release, the ballpark will feature a “dragon scale metal-clad rainscreen, massive free-standing steel trusses that span nearly 700 (feet), and a one-of-a-kind 36,000 (square foot) cable net glass curtain wall.” The team also said more than 50% of the workforce will come from local workers in Las Vegas.
