"Oakland's Pitch for A's Lease Extension Amid Vegas Move"
The City of Oakland is reportedly offering the Oakland Athletics a 5-year lease extension to cover the period before their move to a new stadium in Las Vegas, with an opt-out after three years and a nonrefundable $97 million extension fee. The city has dropped many demands from the original draft of the lease extension and is asking MLB to facilitate the sale of the A's to a local ownership group, leave the A's colors and name in Oakland, or give Oakland a "one-year exclusive right to solicit ownership of a future expansion team." The A's have been exploring other options but staying in Oakland would allow them to continue playing in a MLB caliber stadium before moving to Vegas.