
Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred said week that is last vegas could possibly be an option for relocation of a franchise.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred isn’t opposed to a franchise moving to Las vegas, nevada, but he hopes to first see how the NHL and NFL’s bets in Nevada pay off.
The executive that is chief of baseball says the league would likely be operational to exploring las vegas should a team such as the Oakland Athletics or Tampa Bay Rays need to relocate. Both franchises are playing in outdated stadiums, but their host cities are refusing to produce public funding to help construct brand new venues.
‘ Whenever we were looking at relocation, vegas could be regarding the list,’ Manfred revealed up to a band of recreations journalists during a meeting that is annual MLB headquarters. TheChicago Tribunefirst reported his comments.
The Big Four sports companies in the US, the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL, had long opposed Las Vegas for sanctioned games due to the city’s widespread activities betting at casinos. That’s changed in the past few years, as professional hockey is coming to Nevada in 2018 utilizing the Las Vegas Golden Knights expansion team, and the Las Vegas Raiders will bring the NFL to the Mojave Desert in 2020.
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The city has attracted half of the Big Four with the NFL and NHL booking tickets for Las Vegas. And NBA Commissioner Adam Continue reading “Major League Baseball Considers Betting on Las Vegas for Franchise Relocation”