Here’s How Las Vegas Could Get A Major League Baseball Team
Could the Oakland Athletics be moving HERE? It could happen, believe it or not.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan sent this tweet out on Tuesday.
BREAKING: The Oakland A's will start exploring relocation possibilities after Major League Baseball suggested the organization consider moving to other cities if the Howard Terminal stadium proposal is not approved by local politicians.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 11, 2021
News at ESPN: https://t.co/7kWHMcyqgB
For years, the Athletics have been trying to get a proposal passed to build a new stadium however, all efforts in the past have fallen on deaf ears. They asked Major League Baseball to begin exploring options of moving the team, which were approved.
The internet is going CRAZY with thoughts that, if in July a new stadium isn’t approved in Oakland, that the A’s will be moving to Las Vegas.
Las Vegas is reportedly a likely possibility as the Oakland Athletics explore relocation options. https://t.co/sCf1YXgFzb
— KSNV News 3 Las Vegas (@News3LV) May 11, 2021
Las Vegas seems to be the first choice but other cities have been thrown into the mix as well.
The Portland A’s? Oakland Athletics ponder a move to the Pacific Northwest https://t.co/7ZA1LypqcC
— MG (@MKGialde) May 12, 2021
Also rumored to be in the running, Charlotte, North Carolina; Montreal; Nashville, Tennessee; Vancouver, British Columbia.
.@MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has mentioned as possible expansion candidates: Charlotte, North Carolina;
— FOX5 Las Vegas (@FOX5Vegas) May 12, 2021
𝗟𝗮𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀; Montreal; Nashville, Tennessee; Portland, Oregon; and Vancouver, British Columbia.https://t.co/SAvCsefQR2
How cool would it be to have a MLB team in Las Vegas??