LAS VEGAS -- While the Athletics plan to fully embrace the city of West Sacramento, which will temporarily house them for the next three seasons, their uniforms will also serve as a look ahead to their future home.

The A’s on Friday announced a three-year marketing partnership with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) as their “Official Travel Destination Partner” as the club prepares for its move to Southern Nevada in 2028. Debuting on Opening Day, March 27 against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park, the A’s will wear the “Las Vegas” patch on their sleeve for all home, road and alternate jerseys during the regular season and postseason.

“For the Athletics, this partnership is more than just a jersey patch -- it’s the beginning of the transition to our new home,” said A’s owner John Fisher. “This is a chance to wear our hearts on our sleeves for the next three years before bringing the vibrant spirit of our new home front and center across our uniform.”

"Las Vegas will be in the spotlight during every A’s game over the next three years," said Steve Hill, CEO and president of the LVCVA. "Whether the team is on the field in Sacramento, Boston, or anywhere in between, this patch serves as a constant reminder that Major League Baseball is coming to Las Vegas and reinforces Las Vegas as a world-class sports destination."

On the rooftop of the Las Vegas Convention Center, with a backdrop of the Las Vegas Sphere displaying a giant baseball with the A’s logo and a ‘Welcome to Las Vegas!’ message, A’s radio broadcaster and Henderson, Nev., resident Ken Korach emceed Friday’s news conference to announce the partnership. Korach was joined by Fisher, Hill and Jim Gibson, Chair of the LVCVA Board of Directors.

After each of the four spoke, Korach invited special guests Lawrence Butler, Shea Langeliers, Mason Miller and Brent Rooker to the front of the podium. The four A’s players walked in, each modeling a different jersey featuring the new “Las Vegas” patch.

“When John [Fisher] and [A’s vice chairman] Sandy [Dean] said they were going to bring some players to the announcement today, I saw the list of who was coming and I was like, ‘OK, they’re serious about this,’” Hill said. “This is a cornerstone for this team that is going to be here in 2028. This is a cornerstone of players that any team in Major League Baseball would love to have as the future faces of their franchise. … It’s going to be an exciting three years on the road to Vegas.”

Friday’s announcement came just one day after the A’s unveiled new, updated renderings with more specific details about their new ballpark project on the Las Vegas strip, to be located on the former site of the Tropicana. The A’s expect to break ground on the $1.75 billion, 33,000-seat stadium at some point during the second quarter of 2025, likely June, which would put the project in line to be completed in time for a move-in date of 2028 Opening Day.

“We’re excited to have you here, because as far as we’re concerned, [the A’s] are now wearing us on their sleeve and are part of us,” Gibson said. “This [patch] will remind everyone that this is real. … You still see people say, ‘Well, who even knows if the A’s are really going to come to Las Vegas?’ Well, this is as good a sign as we can come up with that says, ‘You are already here.'”

The A’s will continue establishing their footprint in Southern Nevada. In addition to playing two exhibition games against the D-backs at Las Vegas Ballpark on Saturday and Sunday, the club has been participating in several events around the area, including A’s public address announcer Amelia Schimmel reading to kindergarteners and an appearance by Stomper, the A's mascot, at Henderson and Boulder City Little League Opening Day festivities.

Before each of the two exhibition games in Las Vegas, players from Bolden Little League and Lone Mountain Little League will join the A’s on the field for the national anthem.

“Our mission throughout all this as players is certainly not to replace the fan base,” Rooker said. “It’s to grow an already existing incredible passionate fan base. We think we can do that by the type of teams we’re going to put on the field. Not only for the product of how good at baseball we’re going to be, but the type of passion and energy we play with."