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#5 Las Vegas sports world buzzing about The Oakland Athletics possibly coming to Sin City
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The Oakland Athletics have talked a big game about bringing their MLB team to Las Vegas, but one has to wonder if it will happen or not. In fact, between the team seemingly using Sin City as bargaining power, and The Athletics still trying to make a deal happen in Oakland, it might just all be smoke and mirrors. According to team owner, Dave Kaval though, there is a good chance of Las Vegas sports involving major league baseball before too long.
"We're negotiating with different parties. We've had a lot of detailed meetings on some of these term sheets ... pretty shortly, we're going to be announcing a site in Las Vegas because we have to have a real option down in Las Vegas," Kaval said on Friday, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Mick Akers. I think eventually there will be a Major League Baseball team there, and I think there's a real chance that it could be the A's.
