Question of the Day - 23 December 2021

In the last ten years, the A's have finished first or second in their division and made the playoffs six times, so they're not chopped liver. Also, since their referred-to 70s "heyday," there was another period--late 80s--where they had a very strong team and played in three World Series in a row (winning one).

The question of whether they'll be able to fill the stadium is problematic. Yes, it'll be air conditioned, but no matter what time of year or time of day it may be, it'll be 100 degrees or more outside. You'd have to drive or walk there, park, stand in line, etc. etc. etc. in the searing heat. Not attractive to me, but who knows. I didn't think hockey in the desert would work, either (but the VGK play mostly during Vegas's tolerable months).

I know! $5 admission and LOTS of beer vendors. Then, after the third inning or so, who's going to even care how the team is playing?

The Oakland A's will need to create a strong fan base among Las Vegas locals, otherwise they'll be like the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays that average less than 10,000 fans per game. This year the Oakland A's ranked #29 out of the 30 MLB teams in game attendance in Oakland, that's one of the reasons they're relocating. Some cities just don't have a lot of baseball fans willing to spend the money and time it takes to attend a game these days. At over 3 hours long many people don't want to sit at one event that length of time. Day games will struggle with ticket sales since local fans will be at work. So it's a chancey situation. I'm not sure the average Vegas tourist will decide to spend 3 hours of their vacation time watching a slow moving baseball game with so many other things available to do. The A's will have 81 home games and a stadium with about 50,000 seats. We'll see.

none of that matters, if they can public money to build it.

As an Orioles season ticket holder for 30+ years, I would love it...but that's just me.

When I lived in in Pittsburgh - I took my kids to a 2.00pm game mid week (my company had seasons tickets), as you walk towards the stadium they have a legal scalping zone and there was a guy there asking if I needed tickets to the game. I asked him why would anyone want inflated tickets when I am sure I can get baseline seats for $16 in what I expected to be a 1/2 empty stadium - he laughed at me and said - I didn't ask if you wanted to buy tickets, I asking if you needed tickets - turns out he was with the franchise and was giving away tickets just so the stadium didn't look so empty to the cameras. 

I think Vegas has the advantage that with all the tourists filling a stadium mid week including daytime games would be a lot easier than a working city where most people would be at the office/home office/etc. 

The Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janerio is not domed and it gets hot hot hot. It is also very humid there so the smell of sweat just permeates the place. It was built in the 60's so the tech for a dome probably didn't exist at the time.  

I took their survey a few months back. In the comments section I said after the novelty wears off they won't get fans from the city because of location on the strip. We don't want to go down there. If they want city participation they need to put it away from the strip like the free spot the Hughes corp offered at 215 and Summerlin PKWY. 

Hang on to your wallet 

Will they be welcome???  30,000 people pulled off the strip 80 times a summer during prime gambling time???  Cheaper to sit in the cheap seats and pay for $10 beers than play $25 6/5 BJ... 

It's going to be a small-ish stadium, likely around 40,000 seats or fewer, so there won't be many bad seats. If they can sell tickets for $30, so a family of four can see the game and get dinner for around $200, they'll do fine. I'd expect the casinos to buy up big chunks of season tickets to give out to gamblers as well.

As for the A's spending philosophy, that should change a bit since the new stadium should provide increased revenue, allowing them to spend more on player contracts. Beane is a master of getting the best bang for the buck, but if he had more bucks to work with, there'd be a lot more bang on the field.

Ok.. I'll be the putz.  It would only be an 81 HOME game season.. (plus playoffs of course).  

The fans flocked to the stadium when the A's had owners who treated them well and spent money to put a quality product on the field.   Their current cheap owner has done neither.   Season ticket prices increased for the upcoming season?  For what?  Perfect example of a team owner taking but not giving. 

PLEASE don’t build it on The Strip!!!  Imagine the traffic for a stadium at the intersection of Las Vegas Blvd and Tropicana.  You won’t be able to drive anywhere near there. At least they built Allegiant Stadium on the west side of I-15.  The city will ruin The Strip with a stadium there.