@racetrackandy@LasVegasLocally well if we use the roulette tables as a proxy, it has become fairly standard to see 3-green roulette tables on the strip. so yeah. they probably tightened up a lot
@GarlicFryRy@SFGiants there are a lot of socal transplants in las vegas. las vegas (and a large portion of nevada) has A LOT of dodgers fans. you’ll see dodgers stores in vegas. A’s have an uphill battle to stake their claim
@djs510@reviewjournal why would he cover the difference if all he needs is for the ballpark to be built? i’m sure he doesn’t care about whether a resort will be built there or not. just the ballpark
@TennesseeTrav technically true but missing key points. the park has no funding and no plans to transform beyond a road. sf parks & rec is also bleeding money rn
the road closure doesnt affect commuters as closing GH has the working class
more cars are now shuttled through ggp, an actual park
from an outsider, the vegas move seems legit but driven by the las vegas officials so it doesn’t fail. i think the move to las vegas will happen but it’ll be because of the LVCVA driving it. whether it happens under fisher is unclear #Athletics#LasVegas#groundbreaking
next up — dina titus (talks vegas being sports capital), steve yeager, and jim gibson (mentions secret? meeting at bt a’s, manfred, and him — also mentions kaval). back to dallas braden to start the 7th inning stretch with little leaguers #Athletics#LasVegas#groundbreaking
next up — little league representative, rob manfred (mentions 2028 and optimism), nevada softball representative, and gov lombardo (talks process); make-a-wish back up for transition to next speaker #Athletics#LasVegas#groundbreaking
a’s groundbreaking so far — dallas braden (talked about fam history with las vegas), steve hill (talked keeping fisher on schedule), make-a-wish, and john fisher (mentioned oakland a’s late great rickey henderson and being kept on schedule) #athletics#LasVegas#groundbreaking