BREAKING The Athletics are yet another step closer to their expected move from Oakland to Las Vegas after the Nevada Assembly passed that $380 million bill to help fund a new stadium along the strip.
The Nevada Assembly passed a $380 million bill on Wednesday to help fund a new stadium for the Athletics in Las Vegas, the organization is now another step closer to its expected move from Oakland.
Since the Assembly added new amendments to the bill, it will now have to go back to Senate for concurrence.ABC7 Bay Area 24/7 streaming channelThe passage of the bill comes a day after A's fans held a so-called "reverse boycott," in which they showed up to Oakland Coliseum wearing shirts that said "SELL" and encouraged owner John Fisher to unload the team rather than move it.
After days of questioning from lawmakers about the wisdom of using public tax dollars to support a team owned by billionaire Fisher, two amendments to the bill added Tuesday morning prompted a 13-8 Senate vote in favor of the project. While multiple steps remain to finalize the A's move, the passage of Senate Bill 1 -- in a special session called by Gov. Joe Lombardo, a proponent of Las Vegas adding a baseball team to the NHL's Golden Knights and NFL's Raiders -- paves the way for it to happen. If Lombardo signs the bill into law, MLB owners plan to authorize the A's to relocate and end the team's half-century-plus-long tenure in Oakland.
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