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The first details have been revealed behind the planned integrated resort that will be part of the new $1.5bn (£1.15bn/€1.38bn) ballpark in Las Vegas housing MLB franchise the Athletics.
The 33,000-capacity stadium will be constructed on the site of the Nevada city’s iconic former casino-resort, Tropicana Las Vegas. In May 2023, the A’s reached a binding agreement with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI) to build a new ballpark on the site.
The latest plans concerning the Bally’s resort have been revealed during Las Vegas Stadium Authority meetings, with the Las Vegas Review-Journal stating renderings depict the stadium located near the centre-rear of the 35-acre site, with hotel towers planned for the northeast and southwest corners and a 2,500-space parking garage on the southeast corner.
According to plans submitted to Clark County, the rest of the site will feature a 90,000 square-foot casino, a combined 110,000 square feet of meeting space, several food, beverage and retail outlets, and a dayclub.
A multi-phase development plan, will see the ballpark and parking garage focused on first, followed by the integrated resort in three separate phases.
In November, the A’s received the green light from Major League Baseball (MLB) to relocate from Oakland to Las Vegas. The team has played out its final season at the Oakland Coliseum and is now set to head to Sutter Health Park in Sacramento for the 2025-2027 campaigns prior to the move to Vegas in 2028.
In March, the A’s took a major step forward in their Las Vegas relocation plans by appointing Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and HNTB, and unveiling the official design concept for the new ballpark on the iconic Las Vegas Strip.
The A’s are planning to begin construction on the new ballpark as soon as April, with Las Vegas Stadium Authority chairman, Steve Hill, stating the project is expected to take around 31 months to complete, similar to the timeframe for the NFL’s Raiders, who also relocated from Oakland to a new home in Vegas at Allegiant Stadium.
“They (the A’s) have a little more time, so the start date of April isn’t as critical as it might sound because that is 36 months before they would play in the stadium,” Hill told the Review-Journal. “I’m sure they want to be done with the stadium a month or two before the season would start, to shake it out and make sure everything works well and all that kind of thing. But they do have some flexibility in the time frame of the construction cycle.”
Yesterday’s Authority meeting saw nearly finalised drafts of the lease, nonrelocation and development agreements presented and published, with plans to approve the documents at a scheduled December 5 meeting.
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