Oakland Athletics start the process of applying to MLB for a move to Las Vegas

By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer

SEATTLE (AP) — The Oakland Athletics have started the process of applying to Major League Baseball to move to Las Vegas. MLB last month established a relocation committee to evaluate the move, a group headed by Milwaukee Brewers chairman Mark Attanasio. Philadelphia Phillies CEO John Middleton and Kansas City Royals CEO John Sherman also are on the committee. Nevada’s Legislature approved providing $380 million in public financing for a proposed $1.5 billion, 30,000-seat ballpark with a retractable roof on the Tropicana hotel site of the Las Vegas Strip. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Tuesday that the application process is underway.