A's Release Renderings Of New Las Vegas Stadium Referencing Sydney Opera House

The future Las Vegas A's may have a relatively exciting new stadium to call home, if the team's plans go through.

Despite several hurdles left to jump, pending lawsuits, and a lengthy delay, the A's released renderings of their proposed stadium on the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday afternoon. 

And it references…the Sydney Opera House? 

The A's posted the renderings on their official X account, and unsurprisingly, turned off comments. But the images themselves show an essentially unprecedented stadium design for the 33,000 seat building.

The closest comparison is the Sydney Opera House in Australia, with the roof seeming to fold over itself. The outfield opens up to the Strip, though appears to still be enclosed. Views of the New York, New York Hotel and MGM Grand property are visible through the outfield for fans sitting behind home plate.

Though this orientation does raise some potential questions, most notably how would games be affected by facing northwest. Every MLB stadium faces east, mostly to avoid dealing with the setting sun shining behind pitchers and toward hitters. 

Though the A's proposed new building has a roof, this rendering shows glass or a translucent material, so it's unclear how that would work in practice.

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Assuming the directional orientation is figured out, at the very least it looks like a totally different style stadium design than the combination throwback/modern style seen in cities like Washington D.C, or Philadelphia. The Marlins stadium in Miami has a similar roof/glass combo, though this does add a more intriguing view of the Vegas skyline.

The question is though, will it be enough to attract and keep fans? 

Recently, even the mayor of Las Vegas shared that she doesn't really believe the A's should leave Oakland. 

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With the say, lackluster enthusiasm of local fans, the A's face an uphill battle to fill a potential new stadium. Especially once the novelty of it wears off in a few years.

That said, this stadium does look unique, with a new concept for a scoreboard integrated into the roof structure, and the location being walking distance from tens of thousands of hotel rooms and limitless amounts of restaurants and other attractions. 

Will that be enough to make it a success, if the A's even get it built? Only time will tell.