ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball’s owners unanimously approved the relocation of the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas on Thursday morning according to media reports.

There are reports that the Athletics owner, John Fisher, intends to move the team into a new stadium in the city ahead of the 2028 season. Where the A’s will play for the 2025-27 seasons is unclear. The team’s current stadium lease at the Oakland Coliseum expires after next season.

The Nats Report's Free Agency Wishlist

The Nats Report News Room • Nov 16, 2023

Free agency started, and the stove is still cold, but each of our writers took a look at a free agent that we hope the Nationals will sign this offseason. Lucas Giolito Given his rough 2023 season for not one, not two, but three different franchises, one might think that the case for pursuing free agent Lucas Giolito boils down entirely to the Nats' fam…

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This is the first re-location of a Major League Baseball team since the Washington Nationals came to Washington D.C. from Montreal.

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