The Oakland Athletics are firmly headed for Las Vegas after Major League Baseball team owners unanimously approved the sport’s first reloaction since 2005 on Thursday.
The Oakland Athletics are firmly headed for Las Vegas after Major League Baseball team owners unanimously approved the sport’s first reloaction since 2005 on Thursday.
Two people familiar with the vote disclosed the results to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the league had not yet announced the move.
It will be the A’s fourth city – from Philadelphia to Kansas City to Oakland to Las Vegas – the most in baseball’s history.
Here’s a look at Major League Baseball teams that have moved cities since 1953.
After years of complaints about the Oakland Coliseum and an inability to gain government assistance for a new ballpark in the Bay Area, the A’s plan to move to a stadium to be built on the Las Vegas Strip with $380 million in public financing approved by the Nevada government.
