{"id":36416,"date":"2023-04-20T01:51:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T08:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=36416"},"modified":"2023-09-03T22:39:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T05:39:41","slug":"confirmed-oakland-as-reportedly-moving-to-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/confirmed-oakland-as-reportedly-moving-to-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: Oakland A’s Moving to Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What a wild ride it’s been getting an MLB team to Sin City, but it appears it’s finally happening.<\/p>\n

Rumors of the Oakland A’s moving to Las Vegas have circulated for years. We should know, our rumors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, it seems, a deal is close at hand for the team to move into a shiny new ballpark on the site of the former Wild Wild West casino—49 acres of land owned by Red Rock Resorts (Station Casinos)—just off The Strip.<\/p>\n

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There isn’t an official logo yet, so we made this one. We’re handy like that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Along with the exciting news of an MLB team moving to Las Vegas, casino lovers’ hopes are simultaneously dashed because that site was supposed to get a resort called Viva. Oh, well.<\/p>\n

Before we move onto the sportsball news, let’s take one last bittersweet look at what might have been. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This is what was going to be on the Wild Wild West site, prior to reality check. pic.twitter.com\/3qL6ygGPy2<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n