LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Oakland Athletics will play their next few seasons at a minor league ballpark in Sacramento, the team announced Thursday morning.
Sutter Health Park, home of the Sacramento River Cats, will host the A's for the 2025-27 Major League Baseball seasons.
The A's were in need of a temporary ballpark after their lease at the Coliseum in Oakland expires later this year and while their proposed ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip is under construction.
A's leadership met with city of Oakland officials on Tuesday to discuss potentially renewing the organization's lease at the Coliseum, but "the conditions to achieve an agreement seemed out of reach," team owner John Fisher wrote in a statement on Thursday.
"We understand the disappointment this news brings to our fans, as this season marks our final one in Oakland," Fisher continued. "Throughout this season, we will honor and celebrate our time on Oakland, and will share additional details soon."
The says they expect the new ballpark in Las Vegas will be complete in 2028, in time for the start of the Major League Baseball season that year.
One irony about Thursday's announcement — the River Cats are actually a farm team for the Bay Area rivals of the A's, the San Francisco Giants. Last year, Channel 13 visited with former River Cats coach Garvin Alston about the possibility of the A's temporarily playing in Sacramento.
"I'm not sure how well it would take because this is definitely Giants territory out here," Alston said at the time. "I'm not exactly sure that would play out."
