VIDEO: Construction on Las Vegas Athletics Ballpark Passes Halfway Mark

Construction on the Athletics’ $2.1 billion ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip is a little more than halfway completed, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The venue’s signature silhouette is steadily rising above the former Tropicana site, keeping the Mortenson-McCarthy construction joint venture on pace to open the 33,000-seat stadium by its Feb. 29, 2028 completion deadline.

Inside the stadium footprint, progress continues. Crews have already hoisted three of the ballpark’s five massive steel roof trusses into place, giving shape to its distinctive “armadillo-like” roofline. Work is underway on the fourth truss, and builders expect to install the final truss before the end of this year.

Beneath the steel canopy, seating platforms for the main concourse and upper deck are nearly installed. The lower-bowl seating platforms closest to the field remain to be installed after crews remove the supporting shoring towers and excavate the area to field level. The ballpark’s compact layout will feature one of the smallest foul territories in Major League Baseball.

Here’s Casino.org’s own Chris Holmes with an on-site report:

Dropping the Ball-y’s?

While stadium construction progresses as promised, mounting delays on the neighboring Bally’s Las Vegas casino resort threaten to complicate how fans enter the building.

The ballpark occupies approximately nine acres in the southeast corner of the 35-acre property, while Bally’s Corporation controls the remaining 26 acres wrapped along Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue. Under the site’s master plan, Bally’s is supposed to be developing a massive new integrated resort and casino whose multilevel base podium and grand northwest plaza will serve as the main pedestrian corridor linking the Strip to the stadium’s front gates.

During a contentious Las Vegas Stadium Authority meeting earlier this month, officials sounded the alarm over Bally’s ongoing financing delays on the project. Although Bally’s hotel towers were never expected to open before the 2028 baseball season, construction on the resort’s north-of-$200-million podium and entrance plaza must advance soon to ensure smooth game-day foot traffic.

With Bally’s funding still uncertain, site landlord Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI) has set aside $125 million and is considering increasing its financing to $250 million for the development. However, the additional funding remains conditional on Bally’s and the A’s resolving unspecified outstanding business matters.

Meanwhile, A’s senior advisor Sandy Dean confirmed the team is preparing contingency plans—including a temporary entry plaza—so opening day crowds aren’t forced to navigate an unfinished construction zone.

Baseball Diamonds are Forever

Off the field, the A’s front office reports strong financial traction. The franchise recently announced a complete sellout of memberships for The Athletic Club, its exclusive, approximately 300-seat premium hospitality space on the field level behind home plate. It combines close-up views of the field with private supper-club dining.

The Athletics, whose controlling owner John Fisher is financing the Las Vegas move, have spent nearly $700 million building their ballpark so far, with the project funded by private sources to date. Remaining costs will be financed through a combination of a $300 million construction loan from Goldman Sachs and U.S. Bank, private investment, personal seat license sales, and up to $380 million in public funding. Minority investors in the Athletics include Aramark, a South Korean investor group, and Harbinger Sports Partners.

By the time public money is drawn, which the A’s anticipate will happen in mid-2027, the club expects to have spent about $1.2 billion on construction.