Nevada's legislature gave its approval Wednesday. The governor's signature, expected to be a formality, is still needed, as is approval from MLB's team owners.
MLB’s 29 other owners need to approve the move, which would be the first relocation since the Montreal Expos shifted to Washington in 2005 and became the Nationals. As it happens, MLB’s team owners are gathered in New York for meetings, so they could vote on relocation as soon as this week. But even if they don’t, they can conduct a vote on a conference call, meaning it could happen whenever they’re ready.
Either way, Fisher is closer than ever to testing his theory that Las Vegas would offer a more viable setting than the stadium the A’s have called home since 1968 after moving from Kansas City, Mo. In 2015, the season before Fisher assumed full ownership of the team, the Athletics were 27th in attendance, but they averaged nearly 22,000 fans. This year, they are averaging just over 9,000.
The timing of the bill’s approval is poetic: It came a day after Athletics fans organized a “reverse boycott” by packing a season-high 27,759 into Oakland Coliseum on Tuesday night. Thousands of fans wore green shirts urging Fisher to sell. They chanted “Sell the team!” so loud that pitcher Hogan Harris could not hear his PitchCom device.
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