The A’s will become the third professional sports team to leave Oakland in the last roughly 5 years, following the Golden State Warriors and the National Football League’s Raiders. A message to the team was not immediately returned. Questions still remain about where the A’s will play during the 2025-27 seasons and over the design of a new ballpark in Las Vegas.Ĭommissioner Rob Manfred is expected to speak about the developments during a news conference on Thursday, his office said in an email. The vote Thursday morning at the league’s quarterly owners’ meeting in Texas clears one of the final hurdles in the team’s effort to move to Southern Nevada. (Bloomberg) - Major League Baseball owners have unanimously approved the Oakland A’s move to Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
