A's Moving To Sacramento In 2025 Before Leaving CA For Vegas

OAKLAND, CA — The Athletics are leaving Oakland after the 2024 baseball season and will play at Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park for three years before making the permanent move to Las Vegas.

The A’s announced Thursday that after their lease for the Oakland Coliseum expires they will spend the 2025-27 seasons at the home of the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats while awaiting their new ballpark in Las Vegas for the 2028 season, MLB.com reported.

The A's will also have the option to play the 2028 season in Sacramento if the Las Vegas stadium isn’t finished by its anticipated opening date, according to MLB.com.

The team will be simply known as the Athletics, or A's, without a city designation during the stay in Sacramento. The River Cats will still play in their stadium the next three years and share it with the A's.

The move to Sacramento comes after negotiations between the team and the city of Oakland failed to yield a lease extension for the Coliseum, according to MLB.com

"We explored several locations for a temporary home, including the Oakland Coliseum," owner John Fisher said in a statement.

"Even with the long-standing relationship and good intentions on all sides in the negotiations with Oakland, the conditions to achieve an agreement seemed out of reach. We understand the disappointment this news brings to our fans, as this season marks our final one in Oakland. Throughout this season, we will honor and celebrate our time in Oakland, and will share additional details soon.”

The A's announced their intention last April to move to Las Vegas and MLB owners unanimously approved in November the application to relocate.

Sutter Health Park has a capacity of just over 14,000 and recently underwent renovations to improve its clubhouses and batting cages, although more work on the facilities is expected, MLB.com reported.

"The MLBPA has had preliminary discussions with MLB about a range of issues related to the temporary relocation and we expect those discussions to continue," the players union said in a statement.

With the A's leaving Oakland after this season, the Coliseum complex that once was also home to the NFL's Raiders, the NBA's Warriors and the NHL's Seals will have no major sports teams.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.