A’s to return to Las Vegas Ballpark for 6 home games in 2027

The Athletics will return to Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin for six home games during the 2027 season. The club will open its Las Vegas homestand with a three‑game series against the San Diego Padres from May 31 through June 2, followed by another three‑game set versus the Cincinnati Reds from June 3 to June 5, MLB announced Thursday. All Las Vegas games, as well as the remainder of the 2027 schedule, remain tentative while the players’ association and league continue negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement. Should talks fail, a work stoppage could occur; both sides remain far apart on the issue of instituting a wage cap in baseball. The NFL, NBA and NHL each operate under hard salary caps, whereas MLB is the only one of the four major North American leagues without such a limit. Bruce Meyer, head of the MLB players union, has criticized the league for running an advertising campaign that promotes the idea of a wage cap, emphasizing that players would never accept a salary ceiling in the sport. The league and the union will continue to discuss the terms of a new CBA for the rest of the year. The current basic agreement expires on December 1. In 2022, talks stretched until March 10, pushing the opener from March 31 to April 7. MLB aims to have its earliest possible start date for the 2027 season, with international slate games set to begin March 24, provided an opening day is scheduled. The league said the 2027 campaign will kick off with a single game to be televised nationally by Netflix; the participating clubs have not yet been determined. Opening matchups are: Cleveland at the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis at Cincinnati, the Chicago White Sox at Detroit, Texas at Houston, Minnesota at Kansas City, Atlanta at the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New