Bally’s Reveals New Rendering, Timeline for Vegas Casino Resort Next to A’s Stadium
Bally's Corp. unveiled a new rendering and timeline for the Las Vegas casino resort it plans to construct next to the stadium currently being built for the old Oakland A's on the site of the Tropicana, which collapsed, on Sunday, one year after last revising its project.
The 26 acres of the 35-acre property will be turned into an entertainment area with a Bally's casino, two hotel towers, a theater, shopping, eating, and other entertainment, according to the Rhode Island-based casino firm. The remaining 9 acres on the southeast portion of the land will be used for the $2 billion, 33,000-seat A's ballpark.
Bally's project is scheduled to start in 2026, and certain components will be completed in time for the 2028 MLB season's opening pitch, which is when the A's say they will move into their new stadium. The cost of the casino resort was not estimated.
“Bally’s Las Vegas represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redefine the heart of the Strip,” Bally’s chair Soo Kim said in a statement.
What’s Being Proposed…
- a 56,000 square-foot casino floor with 1,500 slot machines, 75 table games and a separate 16,500 square-foot sportsbook
- two hotel towers, one with 1,800 rooms and the other with 1,200
- a three-level, 216,000 square-foot theater with 2,500 seats
- 500,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment
- an eight-level parking garage with 2,500 spaces and connections to the stadium, in addition to 2,500 parking spaces elsewhere on site
According to Bally's, the complex will be elevated above street level, with a central hub that is reachable by elevators, escalators, and existing pedestrian walkways from the MGM Grand and Excalibur. A 14,800-square-foot Vegas loop station will eventually operate on the property, and a 9-acre plaza will serve as the ballpark's entrance.
The project is being designed by Marnell Architecture, which has contributed to the designs of the Wynn, Encore, Bellagio, and Mirage. (The "M" in M Resort, which he created and built, is Tony A. Marnell II, the company's president.) The restaurant and retail space will be leased by JLL, a real estate services company.
“With world-class partners like JLL and Marnell, and with the arrival of Major League Baseball, we are not just building an integrated resort, we are creating a landmark destination that unites sports, entertainment, dining and hospitality on a scale only Las Vegas can deliver,” Kim said.
Bally's leases the land from Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLP) for $10.5 million a year. The nine acres that GLP will use were given to the A's.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that on October 8, Clark County commissioners will debate and perhaps vote on the A's stadium construction agreement.
