Athletics Break Ground on New Vegas Stadium with MLB Support

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00:00We told you yesterday that the A's broke ground in Vegas finally on their new stadium.

00:06Now, most people don't like Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball,

00:10but A's owner John Fisher is not one of those guys because Rob is the real reason why he got out of that dump in Oakland

00:17and is now able to get fast-tracked to Vegas. Here's John.

00:20You know, I don't want to get too emotional here when I talk about the commissioner of baseball,

00:24but when I sat down with the commissioner and he said,

00:30hey, we're going to make this happen, you know, he never wavered.

00:37And it's not always an easy job to be the commissioner of 30 owners,

00:43all of whom, you know, want something special on any given day.

00:48But to Commissioner Manfred, who looked at what we were building here

00:53and knew that this was the right thing for baseball

00:56and then set about making sure that all 30 owners are all 29,

01:02he knew he had my vote, that all 29 were going to support this.

01:07Yeah, thank you, Rob.

01:09I got to be honest with you.

01:11I wonder, I really do, how it'll work.

01:16You know, I got to be frank.

01:18I think, you know, you and I have experienced the nights.

01:21We've walked across the street from the MGM

01:25and walked into those bars and restaurants in that area, whatever they call it,

01:31and outside of the T-Mobile.

01:34And it really is a perfect place.

01:37And it's great for everything.

01:39Boxing, UFC, hockey, concerts, you name it.

01:43And that area is so phenomenal with all the, you know, activity there.

01:48It's buzzing.

01:49You can get your swerve on.

01:50You can eat.

01:51You can drink.

01:52You can hang out outside and drink and party, et cetera.

01:57But I have to ask you, like, that's at nighttime.

02:01I mean, they're not playing day games in the NHL in Las Vegas.

02:07I mean, if ever.

02:08They're all at night.

02:09And so at night, it's, you know, whatever, 90 degrees or 85 degrees, whatever it is.

02:15And even in the winter, I live there twice.

02:17So I know there is a winter in Las Vegas.

02:19It gets cold there in the winter.

02:21Like, it'll be 30, 40 degrees there.

02:24They don't know what hit them.

02:25But my question to you is this.

02:27Like, today, right now, it's probably $1.15 in Las Vegas.

02:32And the idea of walking up that strip to a baseball game, to me,

02:37is just something people don't want to do.

02:39Like, are they going to get tourists?

02:44Who in Las Vegas that lives in Las Vegas is going to drive down there

02:49and park their car and walk into that baseball stadium?

02:53That's a serious question I have for you because I don't think they are.

02:56I think the locals go to the hockey games at night.

02:58And I want to say they go to Raider games, even though they stink.

03:03Sunday afternoon, I guess they're not afraid of it.

03:05When we come back, I want you to answer that question if you think it's going to work.

03:10What's this way?

03:11What's this way?

03:11How's burying going in the game?

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