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The Athletics appear on track to relocate to Las Vegas by 2027. According to a report from Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the A’s have agreed to a land deal to purchase 49 acres (with an option for an additional eight acres) just west of the Las Vegas strip. The land deal is the only official step to this point. There is no formal stadium agreement yet, but it’s clear the franchise is firmly turning its attention away from its current home.

“For a while we were on parallel paths (with Oakland), but we have turned our attention to Las Vegas to get a deal here for the A’s and find a long-term home,” team president Dave Kaval told Akers. “Oakland has been a great home for us for over 50 years, but we really need this 20-year saga completed and we feel there’s a path here in Southern Nevada to do that.”

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed the news in a statement to the Review-Journal: “We support the A’s turning their focus on Las Vegas and look forward to them bringing finality to this process by the end of the year.”

Oakland mayor Sheng Thao confirmed that negotiations between the A’s and its current city are ending (via Sarah Ravani of the San Francisco Chronicle). There’d been reports of progress between the sides in recent months as they negotiated over a possible Howard Terminal stadium in Oakland’s Jack London Square. With the revelation that won’t come to be, the mayor excoriated franchise leadership, accusing them of using negotiations with Oakland merely “to try to extract a better deal out of Las Vegas.”

“I am deeply disappointed that the A’s have chosen not to negotiate with the City of Oakland as a true partner, in a way that respects the long relationship between the fans, the City and the team,” Thao said. “The City has gone above and beyond in our attempts to arrive at mutually beneficial terms to keep the A’s in Oakland. In the last three months, we’ve made significant strides to close the deal. … In a time of budget deficits, I refuse to compromise the safety and well-being of our residents. Given these realities, we are ceasing negotiations and moving forward on alternatives for the redevelopment of Howard Terminal.”

Howard Stutz and Tabitha Mueller of the Nevada Independent first reported late Wednesday night that the A’s and Las Vegas lawmakers have neared agreement on a stadium deal. Both the Nevada Independent and the Review-Journal report the plan is for a 35,000-seat facility with a partially retractable roof. Kaval confirmed to Akers the site is located roughly a mile north of Allegiant Stadium, home to the Raiders, and around a mile west of the Golden Knights’ T-Mobile Arena.

“It’s really in the sports district,” Kaval said. “So you have all the stadiums kind of clustered in one spot. I think that creates a powerful zone, a kind of energy to it that will benefit the community and also help us be successful running a baseball team.”

The club has not yet gotten official sign-off from state and local legislators. Both reports indicate that Nevada governor Joe Lombardo and top state lawmakers are in general support of the A’s plans, however. The team will make a formal proposal to state and local officials at a later date, though there no longer seems to be much doubt regarding its eventual approval. That the A’s have already entered into the land agreement points to the franchise’s comfort in getting a stadium deal done.

Once an agreement is finalized with the Nevada legislature and governor’s office, the A’s will be able to formally apply to MLB for relocation. Given Manfred’s comments, there’s no reason to believe that won’t receive a stamp of approval. MLB has previously set January 15, 2024, as a deadline for the A’s to have a binding stadium agreement in place if they’re to retain their status as revenue sharing recipients.

Assuming a deal with Las Vegas is indeed finalized by next January, Kaval confirmed plans to begin stadium construction at some time next year. The goal is for the facility to be ready for the opening of the 2027 season.

According to Stutz and Mueller, the plan is for the A’s to cover costs of the stadium. They’d be aided by the creation of a new taxation district covering the area which would allow for the reinvestment of sales tax proceeds and various tax credits. That plan still needs formal legislative approval from both the state and county. The parties will surely work on the specifics over the coming months.

It’s a monumental development for the sport, one that all but ensures the franchise’s forthcoming relocation. It’ll be the first time a club has changed cities in nearly two decades; the most recent relocation occurred in 2005, when the Montreal franchise moved to Washington and rebranded from the Expos to the Nationals. Previously, there’d been no relocations in MLB since 1972.

If the club’s final season in Oakland indeed turns out to be 2026, it’ll end a nearly six-decade run. The A’s first moved to Oakland in 1968, relocating from Kansas City. They’d go on to win four World Series, including a stretch of three consecutive titles within their first six years. They’ve played in the Coliseum for the entirety of that run. Now the fifth-oldest active park in MLB, the Coliseum has been a source of derision from the likes of players, fans and broadcasters in recent years.

Stadium situations for the A’s and Rays have become a significant concern for the league. The Rays have made progress in the past few months on a potential deal to stick in the Tampa area beyond the expiration of their lease in 2027, though nothing is yet official. With the A’s now set on relocation, it seems there’ll be official resolution on both situations within the next three to four years. Manfred has previously suggested the league wouldn’t consider expansion until those stadium issues are sorted out.

The A’s departure comes at a time when the organization has slashed spending and embarked on a full rebuild. No team opened the season with a lower player payroll than their approximate $56.8MM mark, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts. The on-field results have been dismal. They’ve started the season 3-16 and been outscored by a league-worst 86 runs.

The franchise’s likely move from Oakland to Las Vegas aligns with very different trajectories for the broader sports landscape in those cities. Oakland will have lost each of its NBA, NFL and MLB franchises dating back to 2019. The Warriors stayed in the Bay Area but moved to San Francisco; the Raiders preceded the A’s in departing Oakland for Las Vegas.

Meanwhile, the Nevada metropolis will have picked up franchises in each of the NHL, NFL and MLB since 2016. Vegas was granted the Golden Knights as an expansion franchise seven years ago before the Raiders’ relocation took effect in 2020.

LAS VEGAS -- — Asked whether an extra day off on the road could hurt his Edmonton Oilers, after a schedule change moved Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal series from Friday to Saturday, coach Jay Woodcroft chuckled and answered with confidence.

“Whether we’re home, away, or in Hudson Bay, it doesn’t matter to us where we play — we are one of the top road teams in the National Hockey League,” Woodcroft said before the game.

Then the Oilers proved it.

Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid each scored twice and Edmonton tied their series at one game apiece with a 5-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights.

“I liked our start. I thought we did some things that we wanted to do, we asserted ourselves right off the bat and played the game at the pace that we wanted to play,” Woodcroft said after the game. “Part of that was how we managed pucks, and part of it was the way the game played itself out.”

It was a vast difference from Game 1 on Wednesday, when Vegas dictated the pace and showed resiliency in matching the Oilers goal for goal before pulling away for a 6-4 victory.

Game 3 will be Monday in Edmonton, where the Oilers were 23-12-6 during the regular season.

“We played a lot faster, I thought we were more connected, I thought we were a little bit more aggressive, you know, all the things that we’ve been building towards,” said McDavid, who is on a seven-game point streak, with five goals and 10 assists.

Drasaitl, who scored four goals in the first game, has now tallied at least one point in the first eight games of the postseason, posting 17 points (13 goals, 4 assists).

Evan Bouchard also scored for the Oilers, while rookie goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped 30 shots.

“Our emphasis on that (defensive) side of things showed up, and when called upon tonight, Stuart answered admirably,” Woodcroft added. “He was excellent when called upon.”

Ivan Barbashev ruined Skinner’s bid for a shutout less than two minutes into the third period by scoring his third goal of the series, the lone goal for the Golden Knights.

Vegas goaltender Laurent Brossoit stopped 27 of the 32 shots he faced before being pulled after two periods. Brossoit came into the game 5-0 in his previous five appearances dating to Game 2 of the opening round. Adin Hill finished the game and made four saves in the third period.

Edmonton got an early power-play opportunity, and after Brossoit made three incredible saves, Draisaitl scored his 12th goal of the postseason to put Edmonton up early, 1-0.

The Oilers made it 2-0 just seven minutes into the game with their second power-play opportunity thanks to Bouchard’s blast from the blue line.

The point production on special teams continued midway through the opening stanza when McDavid poked the puck away from Vegas’ Shea Theodore and turned on the afterburners for a breakaway shorthanded goal to push Edmonton’s lead to 3-0.

And when Draisaitl scored his second of the game to put Edmonton on top 4-0, the Oilers had more goals at the time than the Golden Knights had shots on goal (3).

Vegas finished the first period with four shots on goal, while Edmonton had thrown 19 at Brossoit.

With Jack Eichel in the box for Vegas, it took only eight seconds into the power play for the Oilers to build on their lead, as McDavid beat Brossoit to make it 5-0.

“They were a lot better than us, they were ready to play,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We weren’t, for whatever reason, falls on the coach to prepare your team to play, so didn’t do a good enough job there. They were just much better than us.”

MORE LEON

Draisaitl became the second player in NHL history to score 12 or more through his first eight games in a single postseason, following Newsy Lalonde (15) with the Canadiens in 1919. Draisaitl also became the second player in Stanley Cup Playoffs history to score eight or more goals through his first five road games in a postseason, joining Frederick Taylor (9) with the Vancouver Millionaires in 1918.

EDMONTON POWER

After going 3 for 6 on Saturday, the Oilers’ power play is now 14 for 25 in the postseason, ranking first amongst all playoff teams with a percentage of 56%.

ROAD WARRIORS

Road teams improved to 35-23 overall this postseason. The 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs have now matched the entire total from 2022 when visitors finished 35-54. ------

(2P) Oilers at (1P) Golden Knights

Western Conference Second Round, Game 2

Vegas leads best-of-7 series 1-0

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LAS VEGAS -- The Edmonton Oilers have shown a penchant for putting losses behind them this postseason.

They will need to display that again in Game 2 of the Western Conference Second Round against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.

The Oilers lost 6-4 in Game 1 here Wednesday, with forward Leon Draisaitl scoring each of Edmonton's four goals.

The Oilers do not want to fall into a two-game hole; teams that take a 2-0 lead in a best-of-7 Stanley Cup Playoff series hold an all-time record of 343-55 (86.2 percent), including 1-1 in 2023.

Each time Edmonton lost in the first round to the Los Angeles Kings, it won the next game; the Oilers triumphed 4-2 in Game 2 following a 4-3 overtime loss in Game 1, and recorded a 5-4 overtime victory in Game 4 after a 3-2 overtime loss in Game 3.

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It is part of the culture coach Jay Woodcroft says Edmonton has developed the past few seasons.

"Well, I think the first thing is you want to make sure that you're doing your work, it's important to make sure you are seeing things correctly, " Woodcroft said. "And then I think the next thing is, you want to make sure you're giving your team some actionable things to work on or improve on and we know that Game 1 wasn't our best effort. We're looking to get better and make sure that you know, we get the result we want tomorrow."

Here are 3 keys to Game 2

1. Traffic jam

The Oilers don't believe they got enough bodies around the net in Game 1, which gave Golden Knights goalie Laurent Brossoit a clear line of vision for many of his 23 saves.

Vegas' defense is bigger and more physical in denying access to the crease than Los Angeles was, so the task is more difficult, but not impossible, said Edmonton forward Zach Hyman, who earned an assist with some net-front work on Draisaitl's second power-play goal of the game that tied it 3-3 at 1:35 of the third period.

"Oh, you have to get there," Hyman said. "First off, are you going get bodies there? They do a good job getting in front so we're just going go create havoc around there."

2. Answer men

The Golden Knights have shown the ability to take a punch; they allowed the first goal, by Draisaitl on a power play, at 3:56 of the first period. Vegas forward Ivan Barbashev scored 40 seconds later to tie it 1-1.

After Draisaitl made it 3-3, Barbashev scored 1:01 later to restore the Golden Knights' lead, and center Chandler Stephenson scored what proved to be the game-winner 50 seconds after that.

"We are a veteran group," Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. "We would like to think that one goal, anywhere in the game, shouldn't be a back breaker. It shouldn't impact your next shift.

"We preach about that all the time. Even when we score, focus on the next shift. Make a mistake, focus on the next shift. Make a good play, focus on the next shift, it has worked well for us all year."

3. McDavid's impact

Oilers captain Connor McDavid did not score a goal in Game 1 and has three in seven games this postseason. He scored an NHL career-high 64 goals in 82 games during the regular season.

The center, who has one goal in his past four games, says he would like to score more but is cognizant he is contributing in other areas.

McDavid had two assists in Game 1 and has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) this postseason, so there is no reason for panic.

"How many points does he have in seven games?" Woodcroft asked. "Well, not bad; not too bad. Yeah, I'm quite comfortable with where his game is at. He's had looks, but for us, he typically makes the right decision with the puck. His ability to shoot it and his ability to pass it make him a really dangerous player for the other team to handle."

Oilers projected lineup

Evander Kane -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Nick Bjugstad -- Zach Hyman

Warren Foegele -- Ryan McLeod -- Derek Ryan

Klim Kostin -- Kailer Yamamoto

Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Brett Kulak -- Philip Broberg

Vincent Desharnais

Stuart Skinner

Jack Campbell

Scratched: Devin Shore

Injured: Mattias Janmark (lower body), Ryan Murray (back)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Jonathan Marchessault

Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Michael Amadio

Brett Howden -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone

William Carrier -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar

Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo

Brayden McNabb - Shea Theodore

Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud

Laurent Brossoit

Adin Hill

Scratched: Paul Cotter, Kaedan Korczak, Brayden Pachal, Teddy Blueger, Pavel Dorofeyev, Ben Hutton, Jonathan Quick, Phil Kessel

Injured: Logan Thompson (undisclosed)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate Saturday. ... Ryan is expected to return after missing Game 1 with an illness. ... Janmark is not expected to play after the center was injured during Game 1; he is day to day. ... Draisaitl will play after receiving stitches when struck in the face by a puck during practice Friday.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The 8 News Now Investigators ran a four-part series on the “California Water Hogs,” with a special focus on the water used to irrigate farmland in the Imperial Valley, water storage, water recycling, and desalinating seawater. However, officials in Los Angeles County said they are doing more there than people in Las Vegas might think.

“There’s some new stuff we’re doing,” Terrence McCarthy, manager of water resources policy for the Los Angeles Department of Power and Water said.

In addition to pointing out that Los Angeles water customers have lowered their water consumption by 30% in the last 15 years, McCarthy said L.A. County is offering residents rebates to tear out their lawns and replace them with sustainable landscapes.

“We can’t just stay on the same path we’ve been on the last three decades,” Bill Hasencamp said, manager of Colorado River resources for the Metropolitan Water District, which supplies water to 19 million southern Californians.

Hasencamp said southern California is facing massive drought and the high costs for implementing change in how they handle the shrinking water levels on the Colorado River will take his agency and others implementing “a suite of actions to add to our water supply reliability.”

Additionally, they work with commercial property owners to help identify where they can save water, as well as offer them financial assistance to upgrade their systems. The strategy to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on water recycling, diversion, reuse, and capture came to fruition with one of their prize pieces of water policy – the Safe Clean Water Program, which voters there passed, even in the face of higher water bills.

Officials contend that they are on pace to conserve as much water as their counterparts in Southern Nevada, who are tops in the country in water recycling and conservation.

“We are working towards that,” McCarthy said. “And if not on par with Southern Nevada Water Authority, very close to where those programs are.”

In the same shopping center in which an H-Mart will debut next year, Daeho Kalbijjin and Beef Soup is now open and serving its namesake cheesy-topped beef stew and other Korean dishes. Located at 2580 South Decatur Boulevard, at the corner of Decatur Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, the popular Bay Area restaurant and recurring entry on the Eater SF 38 brings with it a menu of traditional Korean favorites in a bright and modern restaurant.

The 2,789-square-foot space is roomy and bright, just right for hosting gatherings in with groups can crowd around a hot bowl of kalbijjin. The stew comes to the table sizzling, with tender short rib, toothsome root vegetables, and chewy rice cakes swirling in a sauce that is joyously sweet, salty, and a little spicy. A server flambees the heap of cheese that sits on top, until it melts and blend with the rest of the stew. The dish originated some time in the 14th to 18th century, according to the restaurant’s website, and for more than 400 years, it was served only to kings and royal families of the Joseon Dynasty. Today, it is more commonly enjoyed in Korean families during celebrations.

Daeho also serves a chilled naeng myun noodle dish. The ice cold dish is refreshing with bouncy buckwheat noodles, cool cucumber, crisp slices of pear, and a spicy flavorful sauce. Other popular dishes are the suyuk beef soup in milky-white ox bone broth and a bibimbap prepared in a hot stone bowl so that the rice gets crispy at the bottom. It all comes with house-made kimchi and other bowls of banchan side dishes.

Daeho Kalbijjin and Beef Soup is open from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays. It’s open from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. It will host a grand opening on Wednesday, May 10.

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