Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao told RajMathai she hopes the A's have a 'change of heart' on the potential move to Las Vegas.
On April 19, the A's announced that they had a binding agreement to purchase a plot of land in Las Vegas with the purpose of building a new ballpark that would open for the 2027 MLB season, if everything goes according to plan.
A day after the A's Las Vegas announcement, team president Dave Kaval spoke to Mathai and offered his rationale on why the Howard Terminal project"The challenge is that we had an incredible visionary waterfront plan," Kaval told Mathai.
While the two sides aren't at the negotiating table, and one side is focused on another option, Mayor Thao made it clear that if the A's hit roadblocks in their Las Vegas plan, her phone lines are open.
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