Bill to provide $380M for A's stadium introduced in Nevada Senate

State lawmakers today introduced a bill that would give the Athletics up to $380 million in public funding to build a new baseball stadium off the Las Vegas Strip, which would clear a key hurdle in the ballclub’s effort to relocate to Southern Nevada. The legislation, Senate Bill 509, was introduced by the Senate Finance Committee, comes two days after Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo and top legislative leaders announced they had reached a deal with the team on a funding proposal. Dubbed the Southern Nevada Tourism Innovation Act, it would...