Story byMARK ANDERSONFri, February 20, 2026 at 2:23 AM UTC·3 min readLAS VEGAS (AP) — Foundation work on the Athletics' stadium is complete, according to the project director, and officials for the contractor and team told the Las Vegas Stadium Authority on Thursday they remain on target to open before the 2028 season. It was a similar message in the December meeting with the Stadium Authority. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“We are excited we continue to be on schedule for the project,” said Tyler Van Eeckhaut, project director for contractors Mortenson-McCarthy. The Stadium Authority also approved the A's request to sell personal-seat licenses, and the Athletics vice chairman Sandy Dean said the team has spent $300 million on the $2 billion, 33,000-person domed ballpark and have yet to request public financing. While construction takes place on the Las Vegas Strip, the A's are about to play the second of three scheduled seasons at a Triple-A stadium in West Sacramento, California. They played their previous 57 seasons in Oakland, California.“It's good to be here on a day in which we have a lot of tangible progress to report,” Dean told the Stadium Authority. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementVan Eeckhaut provided a detailed update of where construction stands, noting two of the buttresses are finished and work is being done on the lower suite level and main concourse. He said all the buttress work should be completed by May and the vertical construction already in progress should continue.“I feel great about the progress,” Badain said.
