A’s announce Las Vegas stadium groundbreaking after delays. When will it happen?
After some delay, the Athletics have announced plans for the team’s groundbreaking ceremony on a new stadium in Las Vegas they hope to open in time for the 2028 season.
The team on Tuesday said it would host the ceremony at 8 a.m. June 23 at the site of the former Tropicana Hotel where the new ballpark will be constructed on the Las Vegas Strip.
A’s officials said last year they hoped to begin construction in April 2025 while playing three seasons in West Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park, which they share with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. The team’s agreement to play in West Sacramento includes an option for a fourth season in 2028 to account for delays in Nevada.
The team said “local business and civic dignitaries” will speak and participate in the ceremony. The A’s have been earmarked to receive $380 million in public funding for the stadium, which will reportedly cost some $1.75 billion. The team is currently seeking outside investors to purchase minority stakes to help fund the remainder of the project, while owner John Fisher and his family have said they plan to contribute $1 billion.
The stadium is expected to seat 33,000 fans, making it one of the smallest in Major League Baseball, and take up nine of the 35 acres on the site. The stadium will be accompanied by a new resort built by Bally’s Corp. on the remaining 26 acres.
The A’s elected to partner with the River Cats, which are owned by the Sacramento Kings and Vivek Ranadivé, to play in Sutter Health Park. The move ended the Athletics’ 57-season run at the Oakland Coliseum. In a decision fueled by soured relationships with local officials, the A’s left Oakland after their stadium lease ended in 2024 amid their decision to build a new stadium in Las Vegas after multiple attempts to build in Oakland fell through.
The A’s came to West Sacramento after alienating a significant portion of its fan base and has struggled to draw in West Sacramento, selling out just four of 35 home games while averaging 9,903 fans per game. Sutter Health Park’s capacity is roughly 13,800 and team has draw
This story was originally published June 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM.
