The Athletics will play their first regular-season games in Las Vegas since 1996 starting Monday at Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin while their permanent future home is being built on the Strip.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the future stadium was held in June 2025, and construction of the 30,000-seat domed facility is underway. The A’s presence in Southern Nevada has been growing since the relocation to Las Vegas was approved in 2023 by Major League Baseball owners. This well, the team will host three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies.
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions on the status of the A’s and Las Vegas the team’s relocation:
What’s the status of the ballpark construction?
The construction is on schedule, with over $400 million being spent as the structure begins to resemble the early makings of a ballpark.
The lower- and suite-level concourses have been built and concrete poured around the entire stadium footprint. Crews also have been carrying out steelwork for the past few months, with seating girders being added on the second level. Steel suite spaces are also being framed, and the third of the ballpark’s steel frame stretching around 75 percent of the ballpark. The fourth level of the stadium has had steelwork around 50 percent of the stadium.
The first two steel roof trusses were added last week, with the process set to occur through October, when other steel roof work will begin.
When will the ballpark be completed?
The construction remains on schedule for completion on Feb. 29, 2028.
What is the ballpark’s construction budget?
The ballpark’s budget remains at $2 billion. The stadium’s initial price was $1.5 billion when first announced in 2023, which then rose to $1.75 billion in 2024, before the current $2 billion price was announced last year.
Who is paying for the stadium?
A’s owner John Fisher will foot over $1 billion for the ballpark’s construction and has paid for the initial $400 million spent on the project thus far.
The A’s will tap into the up to $380 million in public funding made available to the project via Senate Bill 1 in 2021, sometime later this year or in early 2027. The A’s also have $300 million in construction loans yet to be tapped via Goldman Sachs and U.S. Bank.
The team has reportedly secured investors who pledged funding toward the ballpark for minority shares in the team. Those include stadium concessionaire Aramark Sports + Entertainment with a $100 million equity investment in the team and a $75 million capital expenditure contribution and $70 million from a Korean group that includes Suga from K-Pop group BTS and former major league pitcher Chan Ho Park.
What’s the ballpark’s capacity?
The stadium will feature 30,000 seats and space for 3,000 standing-room only.
Las Vegas gets hot in the summer, is the ballpark open-air?
No, the ballpark will be fully enclosed and be the first stadium to feature air conditioning blowing from underneath seats. The stadium will feature the world’s largest cable-net glass wall.
Have season tickets gone on sale?
Yes. The A’s kicked off season ticket sales this year, to those looking to have access to two field-level club spaces and associated seats, located behind home plate. Additional season ticket sales will begin later this year. Seating options include everything from the ultra-high-end suite and club spaces to tickets families can afford.
Do the A’s have Las Vegas office space?
Yes. The A’s have an office in UNLV’s Black Fire Innovation building and their ballpark preview center and season ticket office UnCommons, both located in the southwest Las Vegas Valley. The A’s have about 60 full-time employees working in Las Vegas. Once the ballpark is built the team will be operated out of office space located within the stadium.
Does the ballpark have a naming rights partner?
Not yet. Talks have been ongoing with a number of companies as far as stadium partnership deals go, including the stadium’s naming rights partner.
The deals are lucrative, usually resulting in millions of dollars in revenue for the team.
Where will the A’s play in 2027?
The A’s will again play at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, where they have been splitting time with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats since 2025, after the team vacated Oakland and the Las Vegas ballpark process was in motion.
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