This rendering is a illustration sample that the Nevada Legislation had to work with before approving the $390 million in public money for the Las Vegas A’s new Tropicana ballpark but is not the real rendering. Which will later be presented by an architect company to be named later. The A’s named Mortensen-McCarthy as the managing contractor for the Tropicana ballpark project (rendering from the Oakland A’s)
A’s hire same construction company as the Raiders
That’s Amaury News and Commentary
By Amaury Pi-González
OAKLAND–The same company that was hired by the Oakland Raiders to build Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will serve as construction manager for the new Oakland A’s ballpark in Las Vegas. Mortensen McCarthy completed the Las Vegas Raiders new home in the summer of 2020.
The Oakland A’s Press Release says the company will be responsible for overseeing the construction, like scheduling, coordination and the management of employees, as well as labor relations and community engagement. This construction outfit also was hired for the construction of the spectacular Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.
Mortenson McCarthy, additionally, is also the same construction outfit that built Target Field in Minnesota the home of the Twins, on a 8.5 acres or land, the smallest in Major League Baseball, only 8.5 acres but it covers a total of 10.5-acres because portions extend over surrounding roadways.
The A’s land at Tropicana is nine acres. The ballpark is scheduled to be built on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip, where the Tropicana Las Vegas casino resort sits. Aside from the Raider’s Allegiant Stadium, Mortenson McCarthy was responsible for the Atlanta Braves Truist Park, the Seattle Kraken’s Climate Pledge Arena and the Minnesota Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium.
“If I were awarding this contract, I would say I want someone with a track record, and a good track record, in an industry where there are constant cost overruns.” Jerald Podair, who wrote the 2017 book “City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of a Modern Los Angeles, (FOX5 Las Vegas)
Podair (many consider him a reputable expert) added he is impressed with Mortenson McCarthy’s portfolio, especially with Allegiant Stadium, which was completed on time without any cost overruns, and Target Field in Minneapolis, which (like mentioned above) is the only Major League Baseball stadium built on less acreage than the nine at Bally’s has given the A’s for their new ballpark project on the site of the Tropicana Hotel and Casino.
Construction for the Las Vegas A’s project will have to wait until at least part of the Tropicana is demolished. MLB owners are expected to vote on the approval of the ballpark next December. On this vote 75% of the baseball owners will have to vote Yes. If all goes well, the A’s hope to put ‘shovel in ground’ by early 2024 and Play Ball at their new facility Opening Day 2028.
Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice for the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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