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Dive brief:
- The Oakland Athletics released renderings of their future Las Vegas ballpark last week, giving the public their first glimpse of the $1.5 billion indoor venue on the Strip.
- Copenhagen-based Bjarke Ingels Group will lead the design and Kansas City, Mo.-based HTNB will serve as the sports/hospitality designer and architect of record for the 33,000-seat stadium.
- The stadium roof will use five overlapping shells designed to look like baseball pennants. Arched shells will limit direct sunlight glare for players while letting in natural light. The team opted not to use a retractable roof due to the Las Vegas heat.
Diving knowledge:
The new stadium will also feature the world’s largest cable net glass wall, according to Bjarke Ingels Group. The exterior metal cladding will reflect daylight and the bright night lights of Las Vegas after the sun goes down.
In August, the A’s selected a Mortenson-McCarthy joint venture to build the stadium. The JV had previously teamed up to build the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders, who also relocated from Oakland.
The project will go up on the site of Tropicana, a complex that will close in April for demolition, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. This would open the door to the Stadium A to begin construction in 2025 for use in 2028, the Review-Journal reported.
The site will occupy nine acres of the 35-acre Tropicana site, and the franchise has partnered with site owner Bally’s Group on a plan for related tourism development. Details, including towers, specific locations and phases, are still to be determined.
Plans for the stadium include 2,500 parking spaces and an 18,000-square-foot jumbotron, according to the Review-Journal. This would be the largest stadium screen in Major League Baseball.
