Tyler Soderstrom Talks Hype Around New Stadium for Athletics

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00:00Yeah, Vegas should be completed in 2028 with your $1.75 billion stadium, the retractable roof,

00:0633,000 seats that you will have available. That's going to be located on the Las Vegas Strip.

00:11I'm curious as players, how involved are you guys in kind of the ceremonies and the excitement around

00:16the move to Vegas? But also, what are you most excited about with this move to Vegas?

00:21Yeah, we actually just had a little team meeting about a week and a half ago where we got to,

00:26they brought everyone up to one of the suites at the stadium, and we had a Zoom call with both of

00:32the architects that are in charge of the stadium. So they ran us through everything that's going into

00:37it. They showed us slideshows of all the cool things they're doing. So we're pretty, I mean,

00:42we're not super involved, but, you know, they just kind of did a good job of, you know,

00:47doing that meeting and showing us all the stuff that's going into it. But yeah, you know, we're

00:52super excited. I mean, it's going to be one of the best stadiums in all of baseball. So we're

00:58looking forward to it. Yeah, the mock-ups of what we've seen so far in that stadium looks amazing

01:02where the old Tropicana Hotel and Resort was at. Back to where, obviously, you're from the

01:08Berry area in Northern California. I'm curious, given the fact that there's no teams in Oakland,

01:13what's that like? Is that weird? I personally grew up a Giants fan. So my dad played for the

01:23Giants. He got drafted by the Giants out of Fresno State. So I was a Giants fan. So it's not going to

01:28be crazy to me. I mean, it'll be different. But I think, you know, I mean, Oakland's a good place

01:34for sports, I think. But yeah, I'm not going to think too much of it. Yeah. And I am also interested,

01:41especially with you guys now, just the athletic CAs, not Oakland, not Sacramento in the midst of

01:46this relocation. There have also been some criticisms externally regarding ownership and payroll as

01:51players. What do you even make of this criticism? Because you're with this group day in and day out.

01:55What do you make of what this team is really building? Yeah, you know, I think the front

02:01offices, you know, kind of hinted at the idea, you know, they haven't really been able to do much

02:07just because it's been so much kind of unknown with where we're going. I think now that we're

02:12going to Vegas, you guys will start to see some more stuff from them. But, you know, I think we're

02:18just as a player, you know, your job is on the field. You can't really worry about that. So, I mean,

02:23me personally, I'm just trying to go out every night and be the best player I can be to help the team

02:28around. So,