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Friday, October 3, 2025

$2B A’s Vegas Stadium Hits Milestones, on Track for 2028

Even as a recent groundbreaking happened, skepticism remained in some corners regarding the planned A’s ballpark in Las Vegas. More progress should help dispel that.

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The A’s are not just moving dirt around in Las Vegas, as some have suggested, and they say there will be visible progress on their planned ballpark in the coming weeks.

Two months after a high-profile stadium groundbreaking along the famed Las Vegas Strip, club officials told the Las Vegas Stadium Authority that several key development milestones are planned for between now and November, including the beginning of vertical construction. Already, foundation pilings have been installed as part of extensive preparatory work. Hundreds of construction workers are now active on the site each day, the club said.

“I would hope that we start seeing [vertical work] by the end of September, or early October,” A’s president Marc Badain told the authority. “Some of that prep work has already been done, but there’s obviously so many things you can do until the permitting is in place. But as soon as we get that, we’ll see the concrete get poured, and some of the decks will get poured. There’s rebar in place, so you’ll get to see the foundation of the building start to take shape.”

The stadium remains targeted to open in early 2028. In the meantime, the A’s are playing in Sacramento, where there have been numerous operational challenges, and the club has sunk to last place in the American League West division despite heightened spending on players relative to prior years. Oakland ranks 26th in MLB with a luxury-tax payroll of $111.6 million

Financial Concerns

The forthcoming stadium, meanwhile, is certain to approach $2 billion in final cost, if not surpass it, something generally anticipated after the A’s unveiled the rather unconventional “spherical armadillo” design last year. Prior cost projections had started at $1.5 billion, and then moved to $1.75 billion.

The A’s and owner John Fisher are responsible for all costs beyond the $380 million in previously approved public support. There has been a lengthy consideration of selling stakes in the club, but regardless of the final outcome there, Badain said the costs will be covered. 

The team has already signed Aramark Sports + Entertainment as a club investor, and that company will also be the ballpark’s concessionaire. 

“What John committed to was that there would be a public contribution, and he would make sure that the rest was available,” said stadium authority chair Steve Hill. “Nothing has changed along those lines.”

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