I don’t think the Oakland A’s will be building a new stadium at the current Tropicana site, because of its proximity to the airport. When the Raiders looked at a site across the street from the airport for their stadium, on land owned by UNLV, a few airlines told them that they don’t support a stadium there; theRaiders looked elsewhere. While the Tropicana site could be great for team exposure, I think that having a baseball stadium right outside the airport’s fences, the airport won’t support it…..however, the Clark County Commissioners have just recently approved a new hotel on a site right outside the fence of McCarran airport. I think the better place for a new baseball stadium would be at Sahara and Las Vegas Blvd, owned by Phil Ruffin; it’s large enough for a stadium, plus, for now, there is a large vacant lot between The Sahara and Fountainbleu, for parking/shopping/restaurants/ high rise residential. The area around the Sahara/Strip is a little rough, but it can turn around with the right investments.
