Where things stand
The Athletics, the American League franchise that played in Oakland for more than half a century, are relocating to Las Vegas. Major League Baseball approved the move, the team left Oakland after the 2024 season and is playing interim seasons at a minor-league park in Sacramento while its permanent home is built. The new ballpark is under construction on the south Strip on the site of the former Tropicana resort, which closed and was demolished in 2024. The team and its partners have targeted an opening around the 2028 season; construction timelines can shift, so check the team's official site for the current status before planning a trip around it.
Nothing about the ballpark is open to visitors yet. The site is an active construction zone, and there are no tours, games or ticket sales in Las Vegas for the Athletics as of the time of writing.
The site and the location
The ballpark is being built on a portion of the roughly 35-acre former Tropicana parcel at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue, the same intersection as MGM Grand, New York-New York and Excalibur. That makes it the most central location of any major venue in the city: directly on the Strip, at a monorail station, and a short walk from T-Mobile Arena and, across the freeway, Allegiant Stadium. The plan for the rest of the site includes a new resort development, which would integrate with the ballpark.
For context on this stretch of the Strip today, see our guides to the south Strip, MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Excalibur.
What is being built
The published designs show a domed, climate-controlled ballpark with a capacity of roughly 30,000 to 33,000, on the smaller side for MLB, with a fixed roof shaped like overlapping shells and a large glass wall giving views toward the Strip. A closed roof is essential: an outdoor summer game in Las Vegas would be played in 100°F-plus heat. The design has evolved several times since it was first shown, and the final look, seating plan and amenities are still being refined; treat renderings you see online as indicative rather than final.
What is firm is the scale and the intent: a compact, Strip-facing park aimed at visitors as much as locals, on the model of T-Mobile Arena's event-district approach.
Timeline and how to follow it
Site preparation and demolition finished in 2024, groundbreaking followed, and vertical construction is under way. The stated target is the start of the 2028 season, which would mean the first Las Vegas home games in late March or April of that year. Delays on projects of this size are common, so the honest advice is to keep expectations loose and watch the team's official channels and local news for milestones such as the topping-out of the roof, the announcement of a season-ticket deposit program and the first published home schedule.
When tickets do go on sale, expect an initial demand spike similar to the Golden Knights' first season; season-ticket deposits and priority lists will be the way in. Our sports calendar will be updated as the picture becomes clear.
Baseball in Las Vegas in the meantime
If you want to see a ball game on your trip now, the Las Vegas Aviators, the Athletics' Triple-A affiliate, play at Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin, about a 25-minute drive west of the Strip. It is a modern, highly rated minor-league park with a pool, a lawn and evening games from late March through September, and as of 2026 tickets are typically in the tens of dollars. It is a genuinely pleasant summer evening and a preview of the organization's future stars.
Spring training is not in Nevada; the Cactus League is in Arizona, a five-hour drive. During the MLB season, every big sportsbook on the Strip shows the games; see our sportsbook guide and sports bars guide.
What it will mean for visitors
A home team playing 81 dates a year on the Strip will change the rhythm of the south Strip in ways the Raiders' eight or nine games do not. Expect game-night crowds at the Tropicana corner from April through September, an evening-out option that fits easily between a pool day and a show, and, on the hotel side, a new source of mild demand on weekends that are currently the cheapest of the year. Summer ball games and summer hotel rates could be a good pairing for budget-minded visitors; see Las Vegas on a budget.
Transport should be the easiest of any venue in the city: the monorail's MGM Grand station is across the street, and the corner is walkable from every south- and center-Strip resort. We will publish a full game-day guide once the schedule and policies are announced.