Even though Major League Baseball is ticked off at the non-return of Chase Field, and its neighborhood, but, the A's have to get a project done ASAP or they will be following the Raiders East to Las Vegas. I'd hate to see another 2002 New Orleans Hornets-Oklahoma City-Seattle Supersonics Real Estate Split where Louisiana could not just leave the 2002 Hornets Alone (Origination Year from the 1988 Charlotte Hornets Relocation) and that caused Oklahoma to finish a real estate deal and that left the Seattle Supersonics as a movement.
If the Diamondbacks left for Las Vegas, besides a lot of things of Phoenix's already leaving town, it would be the Spiritual Major League Baseball would singlehandedly have every Spring Training in Florida and it would save the day for the Tampa Bay Rays without trying to.
Besides not having a lot of redevelopable options like the Ballpark at Arlington or Turner Field, having to twist Arizona State into being a Phoenix team instead of being a Tempe Team in College Football would bleed the Tempe Community Dry.
This would push Arizona Diamondbacks Fans to keep the memory of America's Series Alive and to press Future Expansions. And for the Athletics, it would wind them in a box, for Salt Lake City or San Antonio, upsetting the Interleague Pots Further and leaving those Communities with not having to start their heroes.
Commissioner Manfred is standoffish with the Stadium Situations. I feel the Tampa Bay Rays would be stuck with a Southern UNI Dome with no real sense of Community or Support, Montreal and Buffalo would be needed in the Majors after the fact Shiny Objects Cost Big Money, and I feel like there is no easy answers.
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