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Oakland A’s Relocation podcast: Nevada Judge says A’s can’t stop Schools over Stadiums petition drive

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Nevada District Court Judge Kristin Luis ruled last week that the Oakland A’s cannot get involved in the Schools over Stadiums vs. State of Nevada lawsuit over stopping the use of public money for an Oakland A’s Tropicana ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip. (photo from Judge Kristin Luis facebook page)

Oakland A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum:

#1 Nevada District Judge Kristin Luis ruled that the Oakland A’s request to get involved in the lawsuit between the Nevada State Teachers Union and State of Nevada was denied by Luis. The A’s were told last week that the State of Nevada can work out the case on it’s own.

#2 Judge Luis said that the state can work out their issues and that the A’s who are a private for profit organization saying the A’s “represents its own presumably profit-driven interests, will unduly expand the controversy.”

#3 The A’s argued that timelines to get the stadium under construction is at hand. The Tropicana where the A’s want to build on the strip. The plan in October is to start construction on the Tropicana property and in April 2025 to implode the remaining towers. If Schools Over Stadiums prevails with getting the petition drive to put an initiative on the November 2025 ballot to stop the $380 million public funding for the ballpark.

#4 A’s owner John Fisher said he wants have the stadium ready by April 2028. The cost of the stadium is #1.5 billion and the State of Nevada is putting up $380 million towards the park. Fisher is suppose to come up with $500 million of his share of the construction costs no word if that’s happened yet. He hired a Los Angeles investment firm to look for investors no news on that either.

#5 The Las Vegas Stadium Authority have scheduled a meeting for July 18th. Under the State of Nevada SB1 the authorization for the public funding could expire by the end of the year if the A’s have not presented a development and lease agreement in 18 months. That’s eight months ago since MLB approved the A’s move to Las Vegas by a full owners vote in December with 10 months remaining.

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Oakland A’s relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum: Will A’s dump Tropicana for a third ballpark site?; Will Fisher have financing troubles for stadium?

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The Foutainbleau location insiders say the A’s would consider the 27 acre site over the current ballpark site at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. The site is close to Circus Circus and Stratosphere on the Las Vegas strip (photo by the Las Vegas Review Journal)

On the Oakland A’s relocation podcast:

#1 Daniel a lot of discussion this past week since the owner approved the Oakland A’s move to Las Vegas where will A’s owner John Fisher get funding for the stadium his share is $1.1 billion. He’s checking out possibilities for a loan from Goldman Sachs and his family as the State of Nevada has approved $380 million in public money for they’re share of the Tropicana ballpark.

#2 If Fisher can’t get the funding outright it more than likely will kill the deal. Bally’s could kick in but at $ 1.5 billion that’s a tall ask and will they end up being the ones being on the hook. Major League Baseball owners could shore up but still that’s a pretty steep bail out for Fisher.

#3 Schools over Stadiums is viewed as a long shot to get some 102,000 signatures on a petition that would put a referendum on the Nov 2024 ballot that would stop the $380 million public funding of the A’s Tropicana ballpark.

#4 The A’s are possibly looking into a third location near the Fountainbleau on the North East end of the strip, it would be near the Stratosphere, and Circus Circus. This third location is 27 acres as opposed to the nine acres the A’s are working with now. With the bigger site will the cost to John Fisher run more than the $1.1 billion he’s looking at with the nine acre Tropicana?

#5 Schools over Stadiums are planning to redo the petition at the advice of the judge who turned the petition language down in the last hearing on Mon Nov 6th. Once they get their consultation done with their legal staff Schools over Stadium will present the petition language to an Nevada appeals court and move forward with getting the 102,000 signatures split up amongst four Nevada districts.

Daniel Dullum does the Oakland A’s relocation podcasts Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Oakland Mayor hoping to sway owners vote with A’s resolution; Schools over Stadiums to appeal Judge’s ruling

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Howard Terminal rendering. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, City Council, and the Port put on a presentation on Tuesday that City Hall hopes to sway some of the MLB owners to vote no on an A’s relocation (Rendering of Howard Terminal from the Oakland Athletics)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Amaury, among the Mayor and the City Council goals in adopting a resolution at City Hall. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and the City Council are showed the infrastructure of Howard Terminal, the benefits of having a park at the Terminal and something on the drawing board that might change the MLB owners vote. After today’s meeting do you see owner changing they’re minds and giving the A’s a chance to build at Howard Terminal?

#2 Amaury, the odds are starting to dim and Mayor Thao is hoping for a ninth inning rally to stay in the hunt to persuade the owners vote. Thao says that the city does have a plan and budget to build at Howard Terminal but the A’s walked away. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said Oakland had no deal hence Manfred and the A’s are ready to open for business in Las Vegas.

#3 Nevada District Judge James Todd Russell ruled in favor of Oakland A’s lobbyists Danny Thompson and Thomas Morely who took Schools over Stadiums to Monday’s court hearing in District court to throw out Schools over Stadiums attempt to put a referendum on the Nov 2024 ballot to stop public funding for a Las Vegas A’s ballpark and that funds should be used to support schools.

#4 Judge Russell said that Schools over Stadiums would have to refile their petition and that Schools over Stadiums would need to use the full text of SB1 or appeal the case to a higher court.

#5 Thompson and Morely didn’t respond to media inquiries for comments. Schools over Stadiums spokesman Alexander Marks made it clear that they will appeal saying the decision was disappointing but not uncommon adding that Schools over Stadiums plans to refile the referendum and that there is plenty of time to refile as the signature deadline is June of 2024.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead radio voice on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network on 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com