Oakland A’s making progress on stadiums in Oakland, Las Vegas

The Oakland A’s are making sure that they have their bases covered when it comes to their future and where they will call home, whether that is in Oakland or Las Vegas.

Big news is developing on the stadium fronts in Oakland and Las Vegas surrounding the Oakland A’s

In a recent meeting, the Oakland City Council signed off on an environmental impact report for a proposed waterfront development that would also include a new stadium for the Oakland A’s. The new stadium is expected to hold around 35,000 fans and be a part of a development that includes space for both residents and businesses.

You can read more about the development and see renderings of what the stadium might look like here.

While Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf was calling the thumbs up by the City Council as “the foundation” for what’s to come, Oakland team president Dave Kaval called the move a “necessary step” and reminded those who would listen that a new ballpark still hasn’t officially been secured in Oakland and several steps remained before the privately funded ballpark became a reality.

With that in mind, Kaval mentioned to a Las Vegas television station that his team is exploring four potential sites in Las Vegas and has already made “some offers, big huge offers on some of these properties.”

Kaval promoted the locations as good for tourists and residents of the Las Vegas area, and said the offers were the first step toward seeing what the A’s could do in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas is scheduled to host two MLB spring training games on March 12 and 13 at the home of the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators. The A’s are scheduled to participate in one of the games, taking on the Cleveland Guardians. However, the games in Las Vegas are up in the air with the MLB lockout still in place and the first few spring training games already postponed because of it.

This will mark the seventh time that the A’s have played either spring training games or regular-season games in Las Vegas. Oakland played six April games at Cashman Field in Las Vegas in 1996 when construction delays at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum forced the team to find a temporary new home.