The Athletics now have detailed financing plans for their new Las Vegas ballpark.
Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Thursday that A’s executive Sandy Dean told the Las Vegas Stadium Authority the team will show at a Dec. 5 meeting how the $1.5 billion stadium on the old Tropicana site will be funded.
Per four letters supplied by Dean, A’s owner John Fisher and his family are prepared to give the bulk of the money — up to $1 billion — through an equity contribution. Additional funding will come via a $300 million loan from U.S. Bank and Goldman Sachs, and up to $380 million will be paid by the state of Nevada…