News of the Oakland Athletics officially finalizing plans for a new stadium in Las Vegas will hit one place harder than most.
The loyal professional sports fans that actually reside in the city of Oakland.
When the Athletics leave for Nevada, their departure will mark Oakland losing its third and final pro sports team in the last four years. The Golden State Warriors, while still in the Bay Area, actually play their home games in San Francisco now and have since 2019. Meanwhile, the Raiders made their move to Las Vegas official in 2020.
Now, after years of the Athletics hurting their fans by not investing much in the on-field product, they, too, will leave for Las Vegas. It’s a sad story for a city that undoubtedly had so much love for the Athletics, Warriors, and Raiders. These respective fanbases deserved better. They deserved someone to cheer for.
Sports fans reacted similarly to Oakland’s latest huge pro sports team loss on Twitter.