The global casino-entertainment company Bally’s Corporation plans to break ground next year on a vibrant, mixed-use project that will surround the Major League Baseball (MLB) team Athletics’ (US) ballpark with hotel towers, a casino and retail, dining and entertainment options.
‘LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL’ stated that Bally’s Las Vegas (US) will be built in phases and eventually feature 3,000 hotel rooms, a 2,500-seat, state-of-the-art theater and 500,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space, according to Bally’s.
Providence (US)-based Bally’s Corporation is a global casino-entertainment company with a growing omni-channel presence. Bally’s owns and operates 19 casinos across 11 States along with a golf course in New York and a horse racetrack in Colorado.
The Athletics (often referred to as the ‘A’s’) are an American professional baseball team based in West Sacramento, California, US. The Athletics compete in the Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. The team plays its home games at the Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento.
The 14,014-capacity Sutter Health Park is a ballpark in West Sacramento, California (US) directly adjacent to downtown Sacramento. It is the temporary home of the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).
The New Las Vegas Stadium is a fixed-roof ballpark under construction on the site of the former Tropicana Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada (US). It is to be the home stadium of the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) after they move from Oakland, California (US) in 2028. The stadium is projected to cost $1.5 billion of which $380 million would come from the taxpayers.
‘LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL’ further stated that the complex will be built above the street level with the main area of activity – dubbed the podium – accessible from the ground level via the escalators, the stairs and the elevators and via the walkways from Excalibur and MGM Grand, according to Bally’s.
The area will feature a nine-acre plaza that will lead the fans to the main entrances of the ballpark in the Northwest-facing portion of the stadium. The buildings will be built on top portions of the plaza.
Bally’s, which did not provide the projected cost of the development, said the project will serve as a hub for both the regional and the international baseball fans with a curated selection of dining concepts, flagship retail spaces and immersive experiences.
Soo Kim, Bally’s Chairman, sent out a statement which read, “Bally’s Las Vegas represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redefine the heart of the Strip.”
Shared Space
The development that will rise on 26 acres of the 35-acre former site of the Tropicana also will feature a casino and a VIP experience that offers direct access to the $2 billion, 33,000-fan-capacity ‘A’s’ stadium.
Bally’s leases the land from the Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc., (the United States first real estate investment trust focused on acquiring real property assets leased to the gaming operators) and the ‘A’s’ have been gifted the nine acres in the Southeast corner of the property where the ballpark is being constructed. The stadium ultimately will be owned by the Las Vegas Stadium Authority.
As shown in a new rendering provided by the Bally’s the Northwest corner of the site will feature a multilevel sports bar with a rooftop pool and a walkway connecting to the hotel’s larger rooftop pool area. A large, cylindrical light-emitting diode (LED) sign will stand next to the bar which is seen by Bally’s as the most visible corner of the site at the busy intersection of the Las Vegas Boulevard South and the Tropicana Avenue.
The casino space will occupy 104,200 square feet of the development including a 56,000-square-foot casino floor, a 13,500-square-foot casino area that can be used for the special events, a 16,500-square-foot sportsbook, 17,000 square feet of support space, and a 1,200-square-foot casino bar.
A three-level, 216,000-square-foot theater will be built on the Southwest corner of the site. Bally’s expects to announce the operator of that space in the coming months.
Phased Approach
Bally’s plans to file for entitlements for the project from the Clark County in the next two weeks and expects work to get underway in the first half of 2026.
The first portion to be built will be finished in conjunction with the stadium’s planned 2028 completion. It includes the nine-acre plaza area, the parking garage on the Southeast corner of the property and a shared utility plant for the entire site which will be next to the parking garage.
Next will be the theater, more retail, the food and dining spaces, a 1,800-room hotel tower, and the integrated resort. Those will stretch from the Southwest corner of the site to the ballpark and the nine-acre plaza.
The last portion that will be constructed will be a 1,200-room hotel tower on the Northeast corner of the site. That area is not expected to be available for a number of years because it’s being used as the staging area for construction of the ‘A’s’ ballpark and the Bally’s mixed-use development, according to Bally’s.
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