With the team already spending $400 million, the $2-billion new Athletics ballpark in Las Vegas is on budget and on time, with work on the lower bowl substantially underway.
Located at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue on the infamous Strip, the new Athletics ballpark is close to the next phase of construction: the final installation of a fifth shoring tower to support the roof, with four already installed. According to A’s vice chairman Sandy Dean, who updated the Clark County Commission on construction progress, the walls and floors of the top two levels will be going up next, with the roof trusses being constructed onsite. In addition, the bottom levels of the ballpark will be walled off, allowing for indoor finishing work. The Athletics have spent $400 million to date on the new $2 billion ballpark, with the project on time and on budget. From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Concrete work on the first two levels of the ballpark has been completed, with the first loop around the ballpark done on the lower plaza level. Steel work has progressed about the two concourses, with work on the third and fourth seating levels well underway, according to Tyler Van Eeckhault, project manager from the Mortenson-McCarthy joint-venture contractor…