Las Vegas Mayor: People should try to stay in Oakland

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said Stadium Plan A “doesn't make sense” and that the team must “find a way to stay in Oakland.”

mayor of las vegas, Carolyn Goodmandoesn't exactly offer a warm hug to Oakland Athleticswho plan to build a $1.5 billion stadium in their city.

In fact, Goodman said the team's stadium plan “doesn't make sense” and the A's owners should go back to the drawing board and come up with a new plan in the Bay Area.

“I personally think so [los Atléticos] “They have to find a way to stay in Oakland to pursue their dream,” Goodman told the Front Office Sports Today podcast, released Tuesday.

Goodman took to social media later Tuesday to add context to her comments, saying she was “excited about the possibility of this happening.” Major League Baseball” in his city, although he did not back down from his statement that Oakland and the A's should try to do their best. Relationships operate in an “ideal world.”

“If that fails, Las Vegas has proven to be an amazing market for major sports franchises,” he added.

The A's stadium is planned for a nine-acre parcel on the Las Vegas Strip, and Goodman said crowding makes the site less attractive than a larger site in North Las Vegas, which she has proposed. However, the mayor and city have no jurisdiction over the sector, which falls under Clark County supervision.

“There's a lot of questions about whether this is a good fit,” Goodman said on the podcast about plans for the location, and A's owner John Fisher has drawn the ire of Las Vegas locals for not sharing revised artist renderings to show how it works. It will be present on many.

Fisher's plan is to finish the park in time for the 2028 season and leave Oakland's cavernous, dilapidated Coliseum, the fifth-oldest stadium in the major leagues, after the team's lease expires after the 2024 season. The team has not yet secured a facility for the temporary three seasons.

Plans to allocate $380 million in public funding to the Las Vegas project also face legal challenges.

“[Los Atléticos] They really want to stay in Auckland. “They want to be on the water,” Goodman told Front Office Sports. “They have this great dream but they can't achieve it.

“I just think there's an appetite [en Oakland]. I meet people from Auckland all the time. They want to keep the team and the government there. It costs money… I love Aucklanders. “I think they deserve to have their own team.”

Jorge León, president of the Oakland 68ers fan group, told the San Francisco Chronicle that Goodman's attitude was positive.

“I think that's a good thing,” Leon said. “We are a bit surprised because we are used to politicians saying: ‘Come to our city.’” So, it's a breath of fresh air. “We have been calling for resettlement to stop, and when public money stops, I think it stops.” “Deportation.”