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Bill to fund Oakland Athletics ballpark on Las Vegas Strip passes Nevada Assembly

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Lawmakers in the Nevada Assembly passed Senate Bill 1, the Oakland A's ballpark legislation, on Wednesday.

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The 25-15 vote sends the legislation back to the Senate for a final vote.

It's expected that there will be amendments to the bill, which was passed out of the Nevada Senate with a majority vote on Tuesday.

If it passes the Senate a second time, the legislation would move to Gov. Joe Lombardo's desk for a possible signature.

The Major League Baseball team wants to move to Las Vegas, but it wants $380 million in public funds for what it says will be a $1.5 billion new baseball stadium on the Strip.

Senate Bill 1 passed through the Senate on a bipartisan 13-to-8 vote on Tuesday. That was the most significant movement yet in the A's quest to move to Southern Nevada.

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