![]() ![]() The success of those teams made the market especially attractive to A’s owner John Fisher, who said during his first trip to the valley in 2021, when MLB said the franchise could explore relocation, he knew the market could work. ![]() The WNBA’s Aces relocated from San Antonio in 2018, and the Raiders moved from Oakland in 2020. The Golden Knights were the first, beginning play as an NHL expansion team in 2017. If the A’s complete other required relocation steps, it would give Las Vegas its fourth major league sports franchise. “We believe over the long haul that Las Vegas will be a great asset to Major League Baseball.” ![]() “Tremendous support locally for having the A’s there,” he said. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said during a news conference he is excited to add the Las Vegas market to the league. The A’s needed at least 23 votes - or 75 percent of the 30 franchises - for approval of their move to Southern Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal) Texas - Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved the Oakland Athletics’ relocation to Las Vegas on Thursday. The Oakland A's fan displays a thumps down as he protests outside of Oakland Coliseum before a baseball game between the A’s and the Cincinnati Reds, on Friday, April 28, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. ![]()
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