Oakland Athletics Facing a $500 Million Battle With Las Vegas

The Oakland Athletics are poised to leave the Bay area, but officials in their new Las Vegas home are holding back the welcoming party.

Earlier this month, the A’s signed a deal to purchase a 49-acre plot for a future ballpark near the Las Vegas Strip — ending a more than decade-long struggle to find a new stadium in the Bay Area. To clinch the move, the franchise wants roughly $500 million in public financing to build a 35,000 seat retractable-roof stadium and entertainment complex.

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But the details still ...