Oakland A’s Still Eyeing Las Vegas For Possible Relocation

Oakland A's are considering moving to Las Vegas. Phil Ruffin is a casino owner with properties on the Las Las Vegas Strip. Ruffins owns Circus Circus hotel-casino and LasVegasy Festival Grounds. The 37-acre festival site is one of several locations suitable for a Major League Baseball stadium.

Oakland officials are trying to get City Council approval for construction of a new stadium at Howard Terminal. The Raiders already have relocated to Las Vegas and play their home games in Allegiant Stadium.

The Oakland A's are struggling this season at their home stadium, the RingCentral Coliseum. The team is 28 games behind the division-leading Houston Astros. They are one of the teams with the lowest odds (+500000) to win the World Series this year.

The A's played their first six regular season games at Cashman Field in Las Vegas in 1996. The games were held in Vegas while the Coliseum was being renovated in Oakland.

The A's are considering moving to the site Ruffin is pinpointing. The general area at the southwest corner of the Strip and West Sahara Avenue was the location of El Rancho Vegas, the first resort hotel on Highway 91 to Los Angeles. El rancho was destroyed in 1960 in a suspicious fire. Circus Circus opened in 1968 and has a prominent history, including an early connection to Mob.