A’s draw sellout crowd in Las Vegas

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A’s draw sellout crowd in Las Vegas

By The Sporting Tribune
March 4, 2023

The Athletics attracted a crowd for a spring training game in Las Vegas that nearly matched their regular season home average in Oakland.

LAS VEGAS – The Oakland Athletics drew an announced sellout crowd of 8,805 for their spring training game against the Cincinnati Reds at Las Vegas Ballpark on Saturday.

The attendance for the exhibition game nearly mirrored what the Athletics draw for regular season home games in Oakland. The A’s averaged 8,660 for home games in 2021 when the team went 86-76 and and an announced average of 9,849 last season when the team went 60-102.

The A’s are currently looking to build a new ballpark in either Oakland or Las Vegas. They are working with the City of Oakland on a $12 billion project in Howard Terminal that would include a new ballpark. They are also looking at three locations in Las Vegas to build a new retractable roof stadium.

The announced attendance for the A’s-Reds at Las Vegas Ballpark is 8,805, considered a sellout. #vegas #oakland #athletics pic.twitter.com/SpznxjmF1W
— Mick Akers (@mickakers) March 4, 2023

Cool photo by Hugh Byrne for LVSportsBiz and our story today on the Athletics in #Vegas:https://t.co/Zg9cbs8vxr pic.twitter.com/4qXrs1JcCV
— LVSportsBiz.com (@LVSportsBiz) March 5, 2023

It’s a beautiful day for some BASEBALL!! @Athletics vs @Reds. A’s with the hot bats early including a home run and RBI double, 3-0 OAK heading into the 2nd. pic.twitter.com/0xnT7kP4Ak
— Mariah Janos (@mariahjanos) March 4, 2023

The Oakland A’s have narrowed their stadium search in Las Vegas to the Tropicana and the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on the north Strip (behind Resorts World and Circus Circus, in front of The Strat and across from Sahara) where they would build a $1 billion domed ballpark. https://t.co/1Y8HovT6Ly pic.twitter.com/9JtH3KEsGR
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 31, 2023