\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSacramento-area leaders are expected to reveal more Thursday about their bid to bring a Major League Baseball expansion team to the region, a move that comes as the Athletics prepare to leave Sutter Health Park and relocate to Las Vegas in 2028.The anticipated announcement has generated excitement among baseball fans in West Sacramento, where Major League Baseball has already delivered an economic boost to the region. Some fans said they are optimistic Sacramento can support a franchise.\u201cI\u2019m really excited to hear that, and I hope it\u2019s successful,\u201d Janet Kurtz-Puga said.At a midweek A\u2019s game, some pointed to the crowd as evidence of local support.\u201cTake a look around. It\u2019s Wednesday afternoon, and it\u2019s packed. It\u2019s not even a weekend, so it kind of looks like it to me,\u201d Rob Sims said.Others said the region\u2019s growth could help make a team viable.\u201cRight now it\u2019s just a growing region,\u201d Brian Kurtz said. \u201cAnd if we can support it, the biggest ticket we need, you know, more businesses to come. And I think that really makes it work.\u201dFans also said a Sacramento team would need to offer a strong on-field product.\u201cIf you get someone fun on the field, I\u2019m not a huge baseball person, but I\u2019m here,\u201d Joshua Sims said.Chris Rolling said Sacramento appears positioned for bigger things, but added a major league setup would require more than the current ballpark can offer.\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of big things up there in Sacramento,\u201d Rolling said. \u201cI think they\u2019d have to make it a little bigger than this. But yeah, I think that\u2019d be cool.\u201dNot everyone is convinced the region is ready.\u201cI\u2019m sorry. No, no, I\u2019m really not, because I\u2019m really kind of disappointed at the turnout of the games that I\u2019ve gone to,\u201d Patrick Shepherd said. \u201cI think we kind of blew it.\u201dAs fans wait for the formal announcement, many already have ideas about what they want from a future team and stadium.\u201cShade for sure,\u201d Kurtz-Puga said, noting the challenge of sitting through day games in the heat.Michael Fleming said he would like to see \u201can organist someday\u201d playing during games, while Sims said the team must \u201cbe competitive and just come out and be competitive. People will show up.\u201dRolling said affordability should also be part of the conversation.\u201cMore affordable prices so fans can enjoy it,\u201d he said.KCRA 3 has called leaders across the area, and they’re all staying tight-lipped for now.But we’re keeping close tabs on what comes next. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tWEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Sacramento-area leaders are expected to reveal more Thursday about their bid to bring a Major League Baseball expansion team to the region, a move that comes as the Athletics prepare to leave Sutter Health Park and relocate to Las Vegas in 2028.<\/p>\n
The anticipated announcement has generated excitement among baseball fans in West Sacramento, where Major League Baseball has already delivered an economic boost to the region. <\/p>\n
Some fans said they are optimistic Sacramento can support a franchise.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really excited to hear that, and I hope it\u2019s successful,\u201d Janet Kurtz-Puga said.<\/p>\n
At a midweek A\u2019s game, some pointed to the crowd as evidence of local support.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake a look around. It\u2019s Wednesday afternoon, and it\u2019s packed. It\u2019s not even a weekend, so it kind of looks like it to me,\u201d Rob Sims said.<\/p>\n
Others said the region\u2019s growth could help make a team viable.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now it\u2019s just a growing region,\u201d Brian Kurtz said. \u201cAnd if we can support it, the biggest ticket we need, you know, more businesses to come. And I think that really makes it work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans also said a Sacramento team would need to offer a strong on-field product.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you get someone fun on the field, I\u2019m not a huge baseball person, but I\u2019m here,\u201d Joshua Sims said.<\/p>\n
Chris Rolling said Sacramento appears positioned for bigger things, but added a major league setup would require more than the current ballpark can offer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of big things up there in Sacramento,\u201d Rolling said. \u201cI think they\u2019d have to make it a little bigger than this. But yeah, I think that\u2019d be cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not everyone is convinced the region is ready.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry. No, no, I\u2019m really not, because I\u2019m really kind of disappointed at the turnout of the games that I\u2019ve gone to,\u201d Patrick Shepherd said. \u201cI think we kind of blew it.\u201d<\/p>\n
As fans wait for the formal announcement, many already have ideas about what they want from a future team and stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cShade for sure,\u201d Kurtz-Puga said, noting the challenge of sitting through day games in the heat.<\/p>\n
Michael Fleming said he would like to see \u201can organist someday\u201d playing during games, while Sims said the team must \u201cbe competitive and just come out and be competitive. People will show up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rolling said affordability should also be part of the conversation.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore affordable prices so fans can enjoy it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
KCRA 3 has called leaders across the area, and they’re all staying tight-lipped for now.<\/p>\n
But we’re keeping close tabs on what comes next. <\/p>\n
See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento-area leaders are expected to reveal more Thursday about their bid to bring a Major League Baseball expansion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[14852,18661,26177,3834,1334,129634,121,123,122,2958],"class_list":["post-335276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-andres-valle","tag-as","tag-fields","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-expansion-team","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-west-sacramento"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}