BREAKING: A’S has officially found a tatal breakthrough in style” after making serious progress in $1.5 billion project” that will enable all the fans to….

BREAKING: A’S has officially found a tatal breakthrough in style” after making serious progress in $1.5 billion project” that will enable all the fans to….

The financing of the ballpark has always been the main obstacle in the Oakland A’s ballpark saga. While public funds are wonderful, eventually John Fisher will have to cover his share of any future ballpark that is constructed. That’s where the issue is. The A’s have made their financing plan public, as we discussed a few weeks ago, and the majority of the $1.5 billion ballpark will be funded by a $850 million equity investment.

In a recent report from the Nevada Independent, JMP Securities analyst Mitch Germain is quoted as saying, “The last piece of the puzzle was private financing obtained by the owner for the remaining cost of the stadium. Chatter suggests this may have hit a roadblock.”

Seems like a pretty significant roadblock, considering that if there is no financing plan, there is no ballpark. We are coming up on 16 months since the A’s announced they were leaving Oakland for Las Vegas, and nearly 14 months removed from the Nevada legislature handing over $380 million in funding for the plan. The one thing that Fisher has ever had to secure is the financing plan for any of his ballpark ventures.

While the A’s have had their relocation approved by MLB, they have financing from Vegas, and they are leaving Oakland at the conclusion of the 2024 season, there is a reason that those in Sacramento are excited about the A’s coming to town, and it’s not because they want to fall in love with a team for three, maybe four, seasons before wishing them well as they leave for Vegas.