With their future after this season up in the air, the Oakland A's are set to meet with city and regional officials on Thursday to discuss a lease extension for use of the Coliseum, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Tuesday.
The City of Oakland, County of Alameda and the MLB club could look to extend a lease for the aging ballpark that expires after this season.
Complicating matters is the team's desire to move to a proposed new stadium in Las Vegas in 2028.
The Chronicle reports A's owner John Fisher and team executives have toured triple-A stadiums in Sacramento, Calif. and Salt Lake City and also have considered Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, as options for home games from 2025-27.
Staying in their local market would allow the A's to continue receiving money from its regional sports network carrier, NBC Sports California. The Chronicle reports the A's got $67 million from the network last year and the deal runs through 2034.
With the team among the worst in baseball and a potential move on the horizon, the A's attracted tiny crowds to many home games last season.
The NFL's Oakland Raiders moved to Las Vegas in 2020 and the latter city hosted the Super Bowl this week.
The NHL expanded to Vegas in 2017, giving the city its first team in one of North America's biggest four pro leagues. The Golden Knights have been a huge success story, winning the Stanley Cup last season.
The NBA also reportedly is eyeing Las Vegas as a potential expansion market. The league already has deep ties to the city, hosting Summer League in the entertainment mecca.
Meanwhile, a teachers' union political group last week filed a second legal effort seeking to block Nevada from spending taxpayer funds to build a baseball stadium on the current site of the Tropicana resort on the Las Vegas Strip for the relocated team.
