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Athletics owner John Fisher, center-right, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, center-left, are joined by invited dignitaries, including Gov. Joe Lombardo next to Fisher, for a ceremonial groundbreaking event at the site of the team's $1.75 billion Las Vegas baseball stadium.

A’s celebrate groundbreaking in Vegas; concerns over plans for casino-resort dismissed

Lombardo and MLB Commissioner Manfred joined the festivities. Little has been said in the past 8 months about plans for a Bally’s resort next to the stadium.

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