6/20/2023 0 Comments Read attraction by penny reidThe Athletics initially agreed to a land purchase just west of the Las Vegas strip and were going to be asking for $500MM in public funding via county-issued bonds to be paid by tax dollars related to the stadium and relocation project. May 23: The Athletics and lawmakers in Nevada have reached a tentative agreement on a stadium funding structure, per reports from both Mick Akers and Steve Sebelius of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Tabitha Mueller and Howard Stutz of the Nevada Independent. The agreement will be introduced in Nevada Legislature “in the coming days to be publicly debated and considered,” per the press release. “Las Vegas is clearly a sports town, and Major League Baseball should be a part of it.” “This agreement follows months of negotiations between the state, the county and the A’s, and I believe it gives us a tremendous opportunity to continue building on the professional sports infrastructure of southern Nevada,” Lombardo said in a statement within today’s release. May 24: Nevada governor Joe Lombardo has given his stamp of approval, formally announcing the tentative agreement in a press release ( Twitter link via Akers).
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