[timothyaw]

Originally Posted by longviewJoe

They all talk before the election. Politicians will say anything that might help them. The truth is that they'll find a way to get the A's here and there will be some public help one way or another. Like it, don't like it, whatever. That's what's going to happen. I would be shocked if it's any other way. I have zero inside info here. Just reading the tea leaves like everybody else.

Well even Sisolak mentioned that there are other ways to give them money, like tax increment incentives etc. That's IF the A's would settle for that. If they want a Raiders kinda deal, that's not gonna happen. So at that point they make look at another market.

[Cold Warrior]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Good to know. I hope if he's elected that he spends tax dollars on the needs of the tax payers, not the billionaires who leech off the public.

The Raiders stadium is paid for by a room tax. The 'tax payers' that pay for the stadium are tourists.

[loveautumn]

I think Charlotte NC would support a team, the south needs more teams. I think There’s only Atlanta now.

[Willy702]

I think at this point the A's owners are getting perturbed that the "offer" from Oakland is better than the offer from Las Vegas. I still think there is just no way its the best business decision to choose Las Vegas for an MLB team. At some point the A's will either figure out how to extract as much as they can and do the Oakland stadium or will go full bore after the Giants and tell the MLB how unjust the territory rights concept is. Tax increment rebates and cheap land on the Strip isn't going to get this done.

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by Willy702

I think at this point the A's owners are getting perturbed that the "offer" from Oakland is better than the offer from Las Vegas. I still think there is just no way its the best business decision to choose Las Vegas for an MLB team. At some point the A's will either figure out how to extract as much as they can and do the Oakland stadium or will go full bore after the Giants and tell the MLB how unjust the territory rights concept is. Tax increment rebates and cheap land on the Strip isn't going to get this done.

You realize that basically no one attends games in Oakland. Last in mlb in attendance and by a lot. The two teams above them on the list…Miami and Tampa Bay…both have significant location, weather, and population issues.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance.

I’d expect a 35,000 seat stadium in Las Vegas to sell out a substantial number of games and likely have an average attendance over 30,000. This is particularly true if they do like Arizona and have 630 pm weekday start times.

[Willy702]

Originally Posted by JohnG72

You realize that basically no one attends games in Oakland. Last in mlb in attendance and by a lot. The two teams above them on the list…Miami and Tampa Bay…both have significant location, weather, and population issues.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance.

I’d expect a 35,000 seat stadium in Las Vegas to sell out a substantial number of games and likely have an average attendance over 30,000. This is particularly true if they do like Arizona and have 630 pm weekday start times.

Oh geez no one knew that, thanks for telling us all that little secret.