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Baseball fans notice glaring error in first images of new Athletics stadium in Las Vegas

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'Let's make the roofs the same color as the balls, the most idiotic owner in sports strikes again,' one fan posted to X, formerly Twitter.

Another one posted, 'That roof looks like a nightmare for popups and high fly balls.'

'1000 IQ play by the MLB's most competent owner to make the roof the same color as a baseball,' another fan sarcastically said.

'F**ked with this heavy until I realized the roof was white,' said another.

Another fan posted, 'White ceiling is a horrible idea for a ballpark.'

Funding and financing has not yet been announced or finalized as owner John Fisher and the city of Las Vegas try to agree on a deal.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/m...hletics-new-stadium-las-vegas-white-roof.html
 


Not good news for expansion if this situation never gets resolved
 
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Pinwheel1 said:
Why? They could still have expansion + another option that might move.
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MLB has stated they want to sort out the A's and Rays stadium situations before they move forward with any expansion. Who knows if they will stick to that, though.
 
GriLtCheeZ said:
MLB has stated they want to sort out the A's and Rays stadium situations before they move forward with any expansion. Who knows if they will stick to that, though.
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They're fucking it up either way.
 
AldoTrapani said:
Idk how that tiny city could support 3 major sports leagues if they get MLB. For decades we were told we weren’t large enough for more teams
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That tiny city hosted the Olympics. They probably built some hospitality infrastructure in the run-up thereto that supports major league sports better than Portland's does.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
That tiny city hosted the Olympics. They probably built some hospitality infrastructure in the run-up thereto that supports major league sports better than Portland's does.
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It’s the baby Olympics don’t act like it’s the big major one. Freaking Lake Placid hosted the Winter Olympics also
 
Sounds like the Rays have known for awhile they won't be building in Pinellas County (St. Pete), now if Tampa steps up that could keep them in Florida but sounding more and more like they will be looking else where to play and owner will NOT be selling the team.
 
bigbailes said:
Sounds like the Rays have known for awhile they won't be building in Pinellas County (St. Pete), now if Tampa steps up that could keep them in Florida but sounding more and more like they will be looking else where to play and owner will NOT be selling the team.
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Come on down....
 
RR7 said:
I'll take what I can get, but it'd be a bummer to wait so long for a team, and then end up with one with a cheap ass owner that is a farm system for the other top teams.
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They've had a team for 27 years, and they've had shitty support for 27 years.

For example, they've been 2nd to last or *dead* last in AL attendance for 18 of their 27 years of existence. And those aren't just because they were bad those years. They were the #1 team in the AL 4 times during their existence. Their best attendance ranking during those years? 9th. For one year. The other 3 were 14th, 13th and 12th. Admittedly, one of those years was the covid year, so I think that ranking (13th) was alphabetical.

In the 7 years they made the playoffs (not counting covid year), they've never been above 9th, and that was in their first year as a playoff team.

Their best attendance ranking came in their first year. And then it immediately went to 10th. They've had one year where they averaged over 30K, and only 4 where they averaged more than 20.

Yes, you could argue their ownership is crappy, but that's an easy excuse. They just don't support the team.
 
julius said:
They've had a team for 27 years, and they've had shitty support for 27 years.

For example, they've been 2nd to last or *dead* last in AL attendance for 18 of their 27 years of existence. And those aren't just because they were bad those years. They were the #1 team in the AL 4 times during their existence. Their best attendance ranking during those years? 9th. For one year. The other 3 were 14th, 13th and 12th. Admittedly, one of those years was the covid year, so I think that ranking (13th) was alphabetical.

In the 7 years they made the playoffs (not counting covid year), they've never been above 9th, and that was in their first year as a playoff team.

Their best attendance ranking came in their first year. And then it immediately went to 10th. They've had one year where they averaged over 30K, and only 4 where they averaged more than 20.

Yes, you could argue their ownership is crappy, but that's an easy excuse. They just don't support the team.
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Teams move for less.. nobody would even care there if they left. They have nfl and nhl. Both recent champions. Rays should move
 
julius said:
Weird, I was told they started digging already.
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A commercial grading permit has been issued. 10 years ago a grading permit was issued for the All Net casino on the Vegas strip.

The casino was never built.

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8 years ago a grading permit was issued for the Riviera Casino site after it was torn down. The convention center was supposed to be expanded there but it was eventually turned into a parking lot.

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SlyPokerDog said:
A commercial grading permit has been issued. 10 years ago a grading permit was issued for the All Net casino on the Vegas strip.

The casino was never built.

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8 years ago a grading permit was issued for the Riviera Casino site after it was torn down. The convention center was supposed to be expanded there but it was eventually turned into a parking lot.

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It's almost as if it's not a done deal
 
BigGameDamian said:
It’s getting closer & closer folks!

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As long as it never comes to a vote by Portland residents it might pass. I lived in SF in the 80s when they tried to pass funds for a new stadium. It failed every time because the majority of baseball fans lived in the surrounding suburbs and were not allowed to vote. It came close several times but never passed (traffic, taxes etc) Hopefully this gets done without much "protest"
 
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