MLB Rumors: A's Stadium Situation Has Disgusted Some Teams Ahead of Las Vegas Move

There is "digust" among MLB teams regarding the way that the Oakland Athletics have handled the team's stadium situation, according to ESPN's Buster Olney.

Despite the Athletics' eventual move to Las Vegas in 2028 already getting approved, they don't currently have a stadium plan settled in the city. After the 2024 season concludes, the team will play at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento from 2025 through 2027.

"This makes us all look bad," one member of an organization said, per Olney.

Sutter Health Park has been used by the Sacramento Rivercats, a Triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. The stadium can hold 14,014 fans, which is much smaller than Oakland Coliseum's capacity of 63,000.

Oakland's fans have been disappointed with the decision to move and haven't appeared at many home games during the team's final season in the city. The A's currently have an average home attendance of 6,438 fans, the worst mark among all MLB teams that have played in a home game in 2024.

Prior to the announcement of the team's temporary move to Sacramento, it was revealed that Oakland officials offered the A's a three-year, $60 million lease extension according to John Shea of The San Francisco Chronicle (h/t NBC Sports' Ali Thanawalla).

As part of the offer, officials wanted the league to allow the city to have one year to find interested owners for a possible future expansion team. However, it seems as though the team preferred to go in a different direction.

The A's haven't given fans many reasons to show up to home games to begin the 2024 season, owning a record of just 1-7 as the team currently sits in last place in the AL West. Opposing MLB teams appear to be irked by the team's lack of certainty regarding a future stadium as well.