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Las Vegas Approves Las Vegas Approves Top News.75B Stadium For Athletics Expansion.75B Stadium For Athletics Expansion

Las Vegas Stadium Authority approves Las Vegas Approves Top News.75B Stadium For Athletics Expansion.75 billion stadium for Athletics, set to open in 2028, signaling a new era for the team in Las Vegas.

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Hot Stove Takes: Luis Severino Signing Marks an Abrupt, Calculated Shift for A’s

After starving his fan base of talented players for years, team owner John Fisher is suddenly willing to hand out the largest contract in franchise history upon leaving Oakland.

Sports Illustrated

MLB World Raises Its Collective Eyebrows As Luis Severino Joins A's on Record Deal

Could the nomadic team actually be trying to win?

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The A's are expected to clear the last major hurdle for a $1.75 billion Las Vegas stadium Thursday

The Las Vegas Stadium Authority is expected to approve the 30-year lease, non-relocation and development documents Thursday to clear the last major hurdles for the Athletics to construct a stadium on the Strip and bring Major League Baseball to the expanding sports market

The Independent UK

Luis Severino Signing Reflects Sudden Pressure Surrounding A’s

Athletics owner John Fisher is obligated to build a more competitive team in Sacramento—and he must overpay free agents to do so.

Sports Illustrated

Rob Manfred Addresses Public Doubt of Athletics' Planned Relocation to Las Vegas

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred spoke about the A's proposed move to Southern Nevada.

Sports Illustrated

John Fisher pledges $1 billion to construction of A's stadium in Las Vegas

Athletics executive Sandy Dean says club owner John Fisher and his family will invest $1 billion into the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas and U.S. Bank and Goldman Sachs will offer a $300 million loan

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From Edwards to Wembanyama: Five players to watch in the 2024-25 NBA season

From NBA champions to breakout stars, here are five high-impact players to watch this season.

Al Jazeera

Las Vegas radio stations ban Green Day after frontman calls city ‘the worst shithole in America’

Two Las Vegas stations pull songs after Billy Joe Armstrong criticises decision to move his favourite baseball team to the city

The Guardian - AU

Everyone loses as the Athletics leave Oakland Coliseum for good with a win

After a final win before a sellout crowd, the Oakland A’s are finally moving to Las Vegas as baseball’s inexplicable lose-lose deal continues to move forward

The Guardian - US

A’s Fans Hold Onto Old Memories, New Keepsakes in Team’s Farewell to Oakland

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum hosted the A’s final home game in the Bay Area on Thursday. Fans mourned and commemorated the team by keeping what they could from the send-off.

Sports Illustrated

MLB World Rips John Fisher After Athletics' Final Game at Oakland Coliseum

It was an emotional day in Oakland.

Sports Illustrated

A’s play final game at Oakland Coliseum, watch John Facenda narrate Raiders early days there

As the A's end their final game at Oakland Coliseum, watch John Facenda narrate Raiders early days there

USA Today Sports Media Group

Rangers Spoil Final Night Game At Oakland Coliseum

Texas Rangers triumph in final night game at Oakland Coliseum, bidding farewell to historic venue amidst emotional tributes and standout performances.

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The Independent UK

As an era ends, the city that was home to the Oakland A's comes to grips with their departure

The Athletics already have carved out Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful and sad-sack franchises with nine World Series titles and 19 seasons of futility punctuated by 100 or more losses

Sports Illustrated

Local Sports Anchor Eviscerates A's Owner Over Goodbye Letter

Sports anchor rips up John Fisher’s letter to fans.

Sports Illustrated

Former A's Closer Slams Owner's Letter to Oakland Fan Base: 'Be an Adult'

Trevor May gave a fiery response to John Fisher's letter to A's fans ahead of the final series at the Oakland Coliseum.

Sports Illustrated

John Fisher Writes Widely Panned Letter to A's Fans Before Final Oakland Series

The A's owner apologized to the fan base for moving the franchise away from Oakland.

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USA Today Sports Media Group

A’s fans were furious after John Fisher released a tone-deaf letter ahead of the final series in Oakland

Some letters don't need to be written.

Guitar World

“I wrote that bassline when I was 16. I saw this dude slapping the hell out of a bass at a music store – the tumblers clicked in my head. I took a bus home, picked up my bass, and I was doing it!” Fishbone’s Norwood Fisher names his 10 best basslines

The most iconic bass riffs in Fishbone’s catalog, according to Norwood Fisher himself

The Independent UK

Athletics' temporary Sacramento ballpark will have hydration element because of summer heat

A new artificial turf surface at the Oakland Athletics’ temporary home in Sacramento, California, will have a hydration element because of summer heat at the open-air ballpark

The Independent UK

‘Bosh!’ The key test standing between Johnny Fisher and the lucrative heavyweight party

As Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury reach the end of their careers, Fisher is among the best up-and-coming British heavyweights with an opportunity to impress against the dangerous Alen Babic on Saturday

The Independent UK

A's face tight schedule to get agreements and financing in place to open Las Vegas stadium on time

The Oakland Athletics are on a tight schedule to get agreements in place and demonstrate that financing is in place for construction to begin on time for the team to play in its new Las Vegas stadium

Reason

Poll: A Majority of Las Vegas Voters Don't Want To Pay for Athletics' New Stadium

The team's owner, John Fisher, may have overestimated Las Vegas residents' enthusiasm for a new baseball team.

The Guardian - US

Stadium first, affordable housing later? US developers dangle homes as perk of big construction deals

Communities bargain for shelter and investment in return for giant real estate projects. But what happens when the deal is done and developers stall?

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