Sutter Health Park will be temporary home for Athletics

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Athletics will make Sutter Well being Park their non permanent dwelling for just a few years earlier than shifting to Las Vegas.

Representatives with the A’s introduced Thursday the workforce can be enjoying in West Sacramento for the subsequent three MLB seasons beginning in 2025 because the lease on the Oakland Coliseum expires after the 2024 season. There’s additionally an possibility for a fourth season.

“We’re excited to be right here for the subsequent three years enjoying at this stunning ballpark, but in addition with the ability to watch among the biggest gamers in baseball whether or not they be Athletics gamers or Aaron Choose and others launch dwelling runs out of this very intimate, essentially the most intimate ballpark in baseball, for the subsequent three years,” stated A’s Proprietor and Managing Companion John Fisher at a press convention Thursday.

The A’s had been in discussions with the town of Oakland and Alameda County to increase the contract on the Oakland Coliseum, however ABC7 reported forward of the West Sacramento announcement the companions weren’t near a deal.

West Sacramento’s Sutter Well being Park is the house of the River Cats, the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate owned by Sacramento Kings proprietor Vivek Ranadivé. The Sacramento River Cats had been the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics from 2000 to 2014 and have become an affiliate of the San Francisco Giants in 2015, in response to the River Cats web site.

“We’re dedicated to offering A’s gamers and followers with a world-class baseball expertise at Sutter Well being Park whereas additionally persevering with the beloved custom of Minor League Baseball and the Sacramento River Cats,” Ranadivé stated.

The A’s plan to maneuver to a stadium to be constructed on the Las Vegas Strip with $380 million in public financing authorized by the Nevada authorities. Nevertheless, the workforce wants a short lived dwelling as the brand new ballpark is not anticipated to open till 2027 on the earliest.

“I feel that is going to be essentially the most enjoyable stadium to observe a recreation in main league baseball. One of many different issues that is actually necessary is we’re so thrilled right this moment, however we’re not glad as a result of in 2028 there will be extra groups to compete for and we need to be a everlasting Main League Baseball franchise,” stated Barry Broome, the CEO and President of the Better Sacramento Financial Council.

A supply near the group beforehand informed ABC10 members of the A’s toured the ballpark in January. Leaders met once more in Sacramento Wednesday to proceed discussions on the transfer.

“Now we have all the pieces in place, we have been ready for this second. We have been constructing the riverfront for this second and we’re able to make this occur and make it profitable — as Barry stated greater than the three years,” West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero stated.

Oakland is the franchise’s third dwelling. It began in Philadelphia from 1901-54, then moved to Kansas Metropolis for 13 seasons earlier than arriving in California.

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