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Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast: Taking an inside look at renderings and new Las Vegas A’s ballpark

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Las Vegas ballpark rendering as presented by the Athletics and Bjarke Ingles Group the design firm (Bjarke Ingles Group the design firm rendering)

Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast:

#1 Frank Sharpe who is director of sports architecture for Bjarke Ingles Group the design firm for the Las Vegas A’s ballpark said that part of the design was to take the Vegas summer heat was to climate control the indoor park but to still give it that outdoor feel.

#2 Sharpe also said that portions of the armadillo shaped ballpark will have a 36,000 square foot glass curtain wall that will be in the outfield and give the fans a view of the strip and will have sunlight coming into the stadium.

#3 Athletics vice chairman Sandy Dean said that construction from a team of about 100 contractors have been working on the designs and had refined the renderings since the display was first presented in June 2023 when the A’s first announced they would be relocating to Vegas.

#4 The A’s ballpark will have six levels and will be all indoors and it will feel like a large arena with additional designs in the process according to Emily Louchart director of interiors with HNTB design firm.

#5 Louchart said that the park will have 20 suites, and 17 to 20 seat choices and nine lounge club spaces. That’s going to be quite luxury box.

Daniel Dullum does the Athletics Relocation podcasts Sundays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel Dullum: Look for owners to take relocation vote around Thanksgiving; Relocation protest pressure should let up by then

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Architects will be drawing up on 75% of the idea from the original renderings seen here that was submitted by the Oakland A’s for the Tropicana Ballpark. The new renderings which will come from two different architects is expected to be ready by November (artist rendering submitted by the Oakland A’s)

On Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel Dullum:

#1 Daniel, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports that the Oakland A’s won’t have renderings of their new Las Vegas digs ready until November after the World Series.

#2 The A’s are considering two architects for handling their renderings  HTNB and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) who are two companies who will combine their work on the Tropicana Hotel and Casino ballpark renderings and the other group Gensler who are a Las Vegas architect who will bid on doing the ball park drawings.

#3 After the A’s will select which architect to work with based on 75% of the design and will follow up on construction groups to see how the design will work with that construction group and the cost.

#4 Brad Schrock who is the Oakland/Las Vegas A’s director of design said that the public saw what the renderings looked like in the newspapers but he will be interested to see what comes back from the bidding architects when are finished with the new renderings.

#5 With the renderings expected to be finished by November and a relocation vote that can be taken by Thanksgiving as some say, is this time period just a coincidence that it will take place after the World Series after the fans relocation opposition pressure would have died down and they could get on with the relocation vote?

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