Las Vegas Vegas ballpark construction is underway as there was doubt the A’s lack of funding for the construction project could get the project off the ground. (photo by the Las Vegas Review Journal Jul 11, 2025)

Sacramento A’s podcast Tony Renteria:

#1 There is video showing that construction is underway at the former Tropicana Hotel and Casino location for the new A’s Las Vegas ballpark on the strip. There were reports that dirt was just being moved around because Sacramento A’s owner John Fisher didn’t have the funds yet to cover the balance of the construction costs but regardless of that status the A’s and the Las Vegas Stadium Authority are moving forward with the conrtruction.

#2 The contractors are putting rebarb cages in building the foundation and lots of construction activity at the old Tropicana site so it’s evident that the build is underway.

#3 Fisher is working on selling the MLS San Jose Earthquakes at the tune of $600 million and the recent investments by K pop star Suga and former MLB pitcher Chan Ho Park who are putting in $70 million for minority ownership of the A’s. Still it’s short of the balance and Fisher will have to find investors to make up that balance.

#4 After the A’s held the ground breaking ceremony at the Tropicana inside a tent with a baseball diamond tray that held dirt they went forward with the shovels in the ground and still there were doubters that this project was going to get underway and some said that this groundbreaking was all for show.

#5 Next up the questions will be can the A’s complete this stadium project can they get the money to complete the financing and not short change the contractors and builders. Those questions most likely will come up one way or the other the project has started and the A’s will have to see it through.

Tony Renteria is a Sacramento A’s reporter for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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