![]() ![]() “For a while we were on parallel paths (with Oakland), but we have turned our attention to Las Vegas to get a deal here for the A’s and find a long-term home,” A’s President Dave Kaval told the Review-Journal on Wednesday. The team is throwing out T-Mobile Arena and Allegiant Stadium as models and parters in a sports district, but there’s a huge difference: both facilities are on the east side of I-15 and easily accessible from plenty of resorts and casinos. Kaval says the team is looking at a pedestrian bridge across the freeway to bring in traffic, but success will rely on making the ballpark a destination and developing direct access from the freeway. That makes it a challenging site, to be sure, as there’s basically no foot traffic from the Strip. It’s a location that’s not on the Strip–I-15 (at its widest) as well as Dean Martin Drive represent barriers of sorts from the Strip, which is why the area is populated with the likes of Motel 6 hotels, low-slung warehouses and the Wild Wild West Truck Plaza. ![]() The land is being purchased from Red Rock Resorts, which will also look at development opportunities in association with the ballpark. The plan, according to A’s president Dave Kaval, is to construct a $1.5-billion, 30,000-capacity retractable roof ballpark and use the rest of the 49 acres for associated development, potentially including an amphitheater in the mix. The land is located at Dean Martin Drive (the west freeway frontage road) and Tropicana Avenue, west of T-Mobile Arena and north of Allegiant Stadium. The Oakland A’s have entered an agreement to buy 49 acres at the former Wild Wild West property off the Strip, with team officials saying their priority now is developing a new Vegas ballpark and additional offerings. By Kevin Reichard on Apin Major-League Baseball ![]()
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