The A's probably moving to Las Vegas

[Fan_since_Boggs]

I think this is a good move for the A's organization.

(1) Las Vegas has a larger population than Oakland.

(2) More out of town people come to Las Vegas than Oakland, and that should help with attendance especially if it is a really nice park with a lot of extras. Can they set up a gambling casino in the park with a big screen TV and have people bet on the game as it is going on?

(3) It sounds like they plan to keep the name Athletics. I'm not sure if that is a great idea. The Las Vegas Raiders sounds good, but the Las Vegas Athletics? Yuck. How about the Las Vegas Gamblers? I like that and the residential population will like it too. Or how about the Las Vegas Aces? That's even better. If they call themselves the Las Vegas Aces, they can keep the same hat and logo with the A. Aces refers to card games, but can also refer to ballplayers or a pitching staff more specifically. The name "Athletics" has been in MLB since the early 1900s, I get that, but there are better options for Las Vegas.

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Las Vegas population: almost 650,000

Oakland population: around 430,000

And if they build the ballpark in the right spot in Las Vegas, near the casinos, the park should attract many visitors, people who come to Las Vegas from different parts of the country.

Who goes out of their way to take a trip to Oakland, CA? Surely, more people take vacations/trips to Las Vegas.

[Bellhorn04]

Yeah, from what I hear, Oakland isn't the nicest place. The only attraction to me, ever, would have been the championship legacies of the A's and the Raiders.

[5GoldGloves:OF,75]

I think this is a good move for the A's organization.

(1) Las Vegas has a larger population than Oakland.

(2) More out of town people come to Las Vegas than Oakland, and that should help with attendance especially if it is a really nice park with a lot of extras. Can they set up a gambling casino in the park with a big screen TV and have people bet on the game as it is going on?

(3) It sounds like they plan to keep the name Athletics. I'm not sure if that is a great idea. The Las Vegas Raiders sounds good, but the Las Vegas Athletics? Yuck. How about the Las Vegas Gamblers? I like that and the residential population will like it too. Or how about the Las Vegas Aces? That's even better. If they call themselves the Las Vegas Aces, they can keep the same hat and logo with the A. Aces refers to card games, but can also refer to ballplayers or a pitching staff more specifically. The name "Athletics" has been in MLB since the early 1900s, I get that, but there are better options for Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Dupes? Marks? Johns? Suckers? Paupers? Indigents?

Just don't call them Poor Boys or Beggars... or horrors, the Card Counters (the entire roster could end up on the IL).

Chumps... that's it -- Chumpions! Headline: "Chumps Win Chumpionship!"

[mvp 78]

Yeah, from what I hear, Oakland isn't the nicest place. The only attraction to me, ever, would have been the championship legacies of the A's and the Raiders.

Oakland isn't great, but the surrounding area in the West Bay is nice. Oakland didn't have a huge attendance problem until the owners really started cheapening out on the team. When Fischer bought the team, he stopped maintaining the Coliseum almost immediately and just let it turn to shit. The Raiders moving back to the Oakland ruined it as a baseball stadium as well. It's no surprise that fans stopped going. He was holding out for public funding and got it out in Vegas. Dude put the A's franchise as collateral on a separate loan and has no money.

[notin]

I think this is a good move for the A's organization.

(1) Las Vegas has a larger population than Oakland.

(2) More out of town people come to Las Vegas than Oakland, and that should help with attendance especially if it is a really nice park with a lot of extras. Can they set up a gambling casino in the park with a big screen TV and have people bet on the game as it is going on?

(3) It sounds like they plan to keep the name Athletics. I'm not sure if that is a great idea. The Las Vegas Raiders sounds good, but the Las Vegas Athletics? Yuck. How about the Las Vegas Gamblers? I like that and the residential population will like it too. Or how about the Las Vegas Aces? That's even better. If they call themselves the Las Vegas Aces, they can keep the same hat and logo with the A. Aces refers to card games, but can also refer to ballplayers or a pitching staff more specifically. The name "Athletics" has been in MLB since the early 1900s, I get that, but there are better options for Las Vegas.

Well they started with the name “Athletics” in Philadelphia and kept it in Kansas City and eventually Oakland. It would be a shame to drop it at this point.

Also they won’t go to “Aces”, as good as that is, simply to eschew any connection to gambling…

[notin]

Las Vegas Dupes? Marks? Johns? Suckers? Paupers? Indigents?

Just don't call them Poor Boys or Beggars... or horrors, the Card Counters (the entire roster could end up on the IL).

Chumps... that's it -- Chumpions! Headline: "Chumps Win Chumpionship!"

Las Vegas Pedestrian Fatalities?

Las Vegas 120 Degrees Days?

[moonslav59]

Las Vegas Pedestrian Fatalities?

Las Vegas 120 Degrees Days?

It's usually pretty nice at night- low humidity.

Call them the Las Vegas Strippers or just "The Mob."

No, seriously, maybe the Cowboys, the Aces, or a nice singular word: "Neon."

[bkzwhitestrican]

It's usually pretty nice at night- low humidity.

Call them the Las Vegas Strippers or just "The Mob."

No, seriously, maybe the Cowboys, the Aces, or a nice singular word: "Neon."

+1 for Aces

[5GoldGloves:OF,75]

+1 for Aces

Imagine the city connect uniform ensembles if they were the Face Cards...

[moonslav59]

Ho about "The Bluffers?"

[mvp 78]

Well they started with the name “Athletics” in Philadelphia and kept it in Kansas City and eventually Oakland. It would be a shame to drop it at this point.

Also they won’t go to “Aces”, as good as that is, simply to eschew any connection to gambling…

Yeah, MLB wouldn't want to be associated with gambling at this point.

THIS POST BROUGHT TO YOU BY DRAFT KINGS!!!!

[mvp 78]

It's usually pretty nice at night- low humidity.

Call them the Las Vegas Strippers or just "The Mob."

No, seriously, maybe the Cowboys, the Aces, or a nice singular word: "Neon."

There's already an MiLB stadium there that the A's are thinking of moving to in the meantime. Probably few day games which really only affects getaway days.

[Bellhorn04]

+1 for Aces

Already taken by a WNBA team.

[mvp 78]

Already taken by a WNBA team.

Las Vegas Golden Knights.

That has a ring to it.