As the Oakland Athletics focus their attention on landing a $1.5 billion MLB ballpark in Las Vegas, team brass are excited about the potential transportation prospects for their chosen site.
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as transportation reporter in November 2018. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
Although not common in MLB, Oakland A’s general manager David Forst said having a club’s Triple-A and major league teams in the same market makes a lot of sense.
The condition would have been tied to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, a 39-acre site the Oakland Athletics no longer are considering for a stadium.
The Oakland Athletics have landed several endorsements from various Southern Nevada chambers of commerce supporting the MLB team’s potential move to Las Vegas.
The weekend ramp closure begins Friday evening and is tied to NDOT’s Summerlin repair and rehabilitation project slated to run through early August.
Interstate 15 is set to be shut down over a pair of nights in connection with the ongoing $305 million I-15/Tropicana Avenue project.
Chauffeur service company Blacklane announced it would be offering rides to travelers between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
“Drivers are not allowed to cross the double white lines at any time,” a Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman said.
Although a large portion of the tickets are grandstand seats, the VIP experience is also big with up to 40,000 hospitality seats available for the race.
Rob Manfred also said the Oakland Athletics would field a competitive team if the franchise were to relocate to Las Vegas.
The new hours for enforcing carpool lanes were ordered earlier this month by the Nevada Department of Transportation.
Aviators president Don Logan said the natural grass field at Las Vegas Ballpark couldn’t take the beating of more than 150 games a season if the Athletics also played there.
The $12 billion Brightline West high-speed rail system is on track to break ground later this year, according to a company spokesman.
The Oakland Athletics reached a labor agreement with the Southern Nevada Building Trades union to use local workers and contractors to build a potential $1.5 billion Southern Nevada ballpark.
Culinary Union 226 isn’t yet ready to welcome the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas with open arms.