“We have the best fans in the country, and if this comes to fruition, it would be very exciting to welcome Major League Baseball to our community.” “As we have seen with the NHL and the NFL, Las Vegas is a great place to have a pro team,” Clark County Commission Vice Chairman Jim Gibson said in a press statement. It’s well-served by freeway access, and the 35-acre site abuts McCarren International Airport. And, quite honestly, it’s a pretty good site, and with an A’s ballpark it could cement the area’s status as a sports Mecca, with T-Mobile Arena, Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand Garden Arena within a short walk and Allegiant Stadium a mile-plus walk away. That’s leading to speculation that Bally’s would be a partner on the development of the project, with the A’s building the ballpark and owning the land and Bally’s building a casino and resort on the site. entered a purchase agreement with Gaming and Leisure Properties to buy the hotel and lease the land for $308 million earlier this year, but the deal hasn’t closed. The Tropicana is one of Las Vegas’s last legacy resorts, opening in 1957 and, despite some renovations, still retains some of that old Vegas charm. The Oakland A’s have reportedly put in a bid for the 35-acre Tropicana Hotel site on the Las Vegas Strip as the team looks to add a ballpark to what’s already become a concentrated sports location. By Kevin Reichard on Decemin Major-League Baseball, News
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