'It's been a very long saga.' Oakland A's President Dave Kaval spoke with rajmathai about the team's stadium site deal in Las Vegas. More from Kaval here:
"We've been working almost 20 years as an organization to find a permanent home for the A's," Kaval said."It's been a very long saga. We have a deadline for Major League Baseball of January of next year. We really are at the point where we needed to find a path that we could achieve success on that timeline. That's why we moved forward with the land purchase in Las Vegas this week and are moving forward with the relocation process with them at that time.
Watch part of Mathai's conversation with Kaval in the video player above. The entire conversation will be made available following NBC Bay Area News Tonight. Kaval said the team finalized a deal last week to buy a 49-acre site where the A’s plan to build the stadium close to the Las Vegas Strip with a seating capacity of 30,000 to 35,000.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
The A’s will work with Nevada and Clark County on a public-private partnership to fund the stadium. Kaval said the A’s hope to break ground by next year and would hope to move to their new home by 2027.
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