Personal seat licenses will be required for a subset of premium seating at the Athletics’ $2 billion Las Vegas ballpark, but the majority of seats will not carry the one-time fee, team president Marc Badain said.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority is expected to discuss the A’s PSL plan at its Thursday meeting. Of the 33,000-capacity stadium’s 30,000 fixed seats, 5,533 are designated as premium. Badain confirmed that no general seating will require a PSL and that affordable family pricing will be part of the season ticket mix.
“It’s only going to apply to some premium sections at the ballpark,” Badain told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “We’re not doing every seat with a PSL. In fact, the majority of the seats at the ballpark will not require a PSL. There will be pricing for all audiences.”
The decision follows fan surveys and research that indicated strong demand for premium products. Badain said the team has been working closely with the stadium authority to develop the program.
A survey sent in October to those on the A’s Las Vegas season ticket priority list showed potential PSL prices ranging from $6,000 to $106,000 for Row 1 club seats. The survey also indicated season tickets could start at $22 per game, or $1,782 for the full 81-game home slate.
Five MLB teams currently have seat license programs: the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks. The Astros’ program, which also applies only to premium seats, has PSL fees between $2,000 and $20,000.
Badain previously served as Raiders president during the team’s relocation to Las Vegas and oversaw a PSL program covering all Allegiant Stadium seats, with prices from $500 to $75,000. Those PSLs and season tickets sold out eight months before the stadium opened, generating $549.2 million that funded additions like the Wynn Field Club.
After the PSL agreement is introduced next week, stadium authority members will review and vote on it in subsequent weeks. If approved, the A’s would begin selling PSLs shortly after, Badain said.
The ballpark at the former Tropicana site on the Strip has made steady progress, with two levels of concourses already well underway, and remains on track for completion in early 2028.
