Vegas, the sports town?

[Bruce]

“The stadium is fully hermetically sealed, and it's climate controlled, which is really important because of the heat.

A 'spherical armadillo': A's show off baseball stadium design for Las Vegas Strip

The Oakland A’s proposed $1.5 billion stadium on the Las Vegas Strip will feature a 33,000-seat capacity and a tiered design to split ...

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That takes care of any climate issues.

I personally hate dome (indoor) baseball parks.

 

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I personally hate dome (indoor) baseball parks.

In this case there really is no other choice, nobody is going to want to go see a baseball game when it's 120° outside

At least there will be lots of natural light coming in, unlike the diamondbacks stadium in Phoenix

 

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Claims of 'oh it's a dry heat' are nonsense. I've been there in August numerous times. It's FREAKING HOT!

 

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Claims of 'oh it's a dry heat' are nonsense. I've been there in August numerous times. It's FREAKING HOT!

I agree, once the temp is over 110, it's still a blast furnace regardless of how low the humidity is.. and it doesn't cool down at night in the summer, either

 

[madmadworld]

Claims of 'oh it's a dry heat' are nonsense. I've been there in August numerous times. It's FREAKING HOT!

Lived here 20+ years now. it is different, but on a 107° day in the clear sun it's more like 130° or more. in my first year here was going down the road after such a day that night with the windows down I got a chill looked down the temperature gauge in my car said it was 82° outside. unforgettable stuff.

 

[meStevo]

Yeah it is a searing, dry heat. I'll take that over any place that gets to 90+ and more that like 40-50%+ humidity.

The heat only ever really bothers me when it's still 100+ degrees at midnight. Just oppressive and unrelenting.

 

[madmadworld]

Back home in Cleveland the humidity is always 65% or better. I joked that one needed Gills to breath that stuff. now here if it gets to 40-50% like the past few weeks at times. I find it hard to breath here. no wonder after living out this way when easterners go back they get pneumonia and die sometimes.

 

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Back home in Cleveland

We (former) Cincinnatians used to refer to that as the "mistake on the lake"

 

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We (former) Cincinnatians used to refer to that as the "mistake on the lake"

Cincinnati
famous for spaghetti with chill on top ok

 

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Cincinnati
famous for spaghetti with chill on top ok

You betcha!

Skyline Chili is the best. And don't forget thin crust square-cut pizza!

 

[madmadworld]

Skyline Chili is the best.

Really ? I would never eat that again.
I've spent a few days there and found much better numerous times in small mom and pop places.

 

[madmadworld]

Skyline Chili is the best.

My first time was about 1970. taking a Greyhound there was about 2 hour layover. so I went look around for some food. went into a little dinner and looked at what people were eating almost all were eat IT.
I had to ask the waitress......... What is it they were eating ? and said I take a order. it was pretty good.

I keep Chill in my freezer mostly for Frankfurters. but on occasions I put it over Mac & Cheese. yummy

 

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Oakland A's to play 2025-27 seasons in Sacramento's minor-league park

The Athletics, who have wanted to leave Oakland, will call Sacramento their new home the next three seasons.

www.usatoday.com

 

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Oakland A's to play 2025-27 seasons in Sacramento's minor-league park

The Athletics, who have wanted to leave Oakland, will call Sacramento their new home the next three seasons.

www.usatoday.com

I wish they would stay there. wait for expansion here.

 

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I was at Tropicana during the final hours Monday night. I had difficulty picturing a stadium on what seems like such a small parcel of land.

 

[madmadworld]

I was at Tropicana during the final hours Monday night. I had difficulty picturing a stadium on what seems like such a small parcel of land.

Wrap your mind around this. ALL on a half acre Baby

46-floor King David hotel proposed on half-acre once coveted by Steve Wynn

A 46-floor, 486-room King David hotel is proposed on the site where Steve Wynn and a stubborn land owner could never agree on a price back in the day when The Mirage was built on the Las Vegas Stri…

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Jewish-focused high-rise hotel proposed near Las Vegas Strip

The King David Hotel is a 46-story hotel that would hold a synagogue and other operations focused on accomodating Jewish tourists.

www.reviewjournal.com

The developer is asking for a reduction in the number of required parking spaces from 854 to 531.

 

[Juan]

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/mlb-athletics-sacramento-move-1.7163469

 

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Lots of speculation about why the A's chose Sacramento for their interim seasons, but this makes the most sense to me-

"They have to stay in the Bay area to get that sweet, sweet money. Apparently all entities think Sacramento is close enough to the Bay to be in the market.

That's actually just another sign of the folly... the A's don't think they can get nearly as much cable money from the Las Vegas market, so they have to stay in the Bay area as long as they can."

 

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MLB Organizations Reportedly "Disgusted" by A's Handling of Ballpark Situation​

MLB Organizations Reportedly 'Disgusted' by A's Handling of Ballpark Situation

If there is one thing that A's fans have been trying to tell the world for over a decade now, it's that ownership is awful. Not just run-of-the-mill nasty, but

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