The A's Las Vegas Ballpark
Major League Baseball is coming to Las Vegas. Here is what is publicly established about the Athletics' move: how the franchise got here, where the team is playing in the meantime, and what is planned for a new ballpark on the Strip. Anything that is not yet finalized is marked as planned and subject to change.
- Left Oakland after the 2024 season.
- Playing an interim stretch in West Sacramento at Sutter Health Park through 2027, with six home games a year in Summerlin in 2026 and 2027.
- Planned permanent home: a new ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip.
- Targeted opening: the 2028 season (planned, subject to change).
The final Oakland season
The Athletics played their last season in Oakland in 2024, closing a 57-year run at the Oakland Coliseum that began in 1968. The end of the Oakland era set the relocation process in motion.
- 2024 was the club's final season at the Oakland Coliseum.
- Oakland was the franchise's home for 57 seasons, the longest single-city run in its history.
- The move away from Oakland is what created the need for an interim home before Las Vegas.
The interim West Sacramento period
Rather than move straight to Las Vegas, the franchise arranged a temporary home in the Sacramento area while a permanent Las Vegas ballpark is planned and built. During this bridge period the club has been referred to simply as the Athletics, without a city name.
- The interim home is Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, a ballpark also used by the Sacramento River Cats.
- This is a transitional arrangement, not a permanent relocation to Sacramento.
- The interim period covers the seasons between leaving Oakland and the planned Las Vegas opening.
The planned Las Vegas ballpark
The franchise's planned permanent home is a new ballpark in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the Las Vegas Strip. The site is the former Tropicana Las Vegas property, which was cleared to make way for the project. An opening for the 2028 season has been targeted. Because the project is ongoing, specifics can still change.
- The planned location is on the Las Vegas Strip, at the site of the former Tropicana Las Vegas.
- A 2028 season opening has been the publicly targeted timeline.
- The plan is for a smaller-capacity ballpark than a typical big-league stadium, about 33,000 including roughly 30,000 fixed seats.
- As of October 2026, construction is reported on time for a February 29, 2028 completion date.
- Design details, exact capacity, and the schedule are all planned and subject to change until finalized.
Construction photos: October 2026
We walked the site on October 3, 2026. The steel roof arches are up and the cranes are still busy. These are our own photos, taken from public sidewalks and walkways along the Strip.
Around the ballpark site
What you see today if you walk the area: a rendering of the finished park on a nearby billboard, the welcome mural on the construction wall, and the pedestrian bridges along the Strip. T-Mobile Arena, home of the Golden Knights, is nearby on the Strip. Photos by The LV Athletics, October 2026.
How fans can follow the move
The ballpark project is an ongoing process, so the most reliable way to follow it is to watch for updates over time rather than treat any single detail as final. As construction milestones, design reveals, and schedule confirmations are announced, the picture will keep sharpening.
Go deeper: see when the A's Las Vegas stadium opens, the design, seats, and cost, the October 2026 construction update, and where the ballpark is and how to get there.
- Track the relocation phases and how they fit the franchise's long history of moves.
- Follow interim-period coverage while the team plays in West Sacramento.
- Watch for confirmed ballpark milestones before treating capacity, design, or dates as settled.
Want the wider context? Put this move in perspective with the full Athletics franchise timeline, dig into the deeper story of the club in the Athletics history archive, and see the venues the team has called home in the ballparks guide. New to some of the baseball terms? The baseball and sabermetrics glossary breaks them down.
Common questions about the move
LV Athletics is an independent fan site and is not affiliated with the Athletics or Major League Baseball. Details about the Las Vegas ballpark and the relocation timeline are planned and subject to change.