Las Vegas is the place where there are few limits to fantasy. That’s why the Las Vegas Ballpark fits right in.

The famed Las Vegas Strip will soon be the home of the new Las Vegas Ball­park for the Oakland A’s by archi­tec­ture firms Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and HNTB. Once complete, the project will be the new home of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athle­tics, and echo the vibrancy of the ‘Enter­tain­ment Capi­tal of the World,’ exuding an outdoor feel with pano­r­amic views of the city’s skyline.

The 33,000-capacity covered ball­park will sit on nine acres on Las Vegas Boule­vard between Tropi­cana Avenue and Reno Avenue. The expected opening date is spring 2028.

 The new Las Vegas Ballpark’s roof is accen­tuated by five over­lap­ping shells resembling base­ball penn­ants, paying homage to the sport. For players, these arched “penn­ants” will atte­nuate direct sunlight glare while welco­ming indi­rect natural light through nort­hern oriented clerestory windows. The domed ball­park is also desi­gned to feature the world’s largest cable net glass wall. The structure’s exte­rior metal clad­ding shim­mers in the natural daylight and reflects the surroun­ding Las Vegas lights at night.

The design repres­ents a capti­vating ball­park concept, seam­lessly blen­ding inno­va­tion and tech­no­logy with an enhanced fan expe­ri­ence. It is conceived in response to the unique culture and climate of the city. Five pennant arches enclose the ball­park — shading from the Nevada sun while opening to the soft daylight from the north. A giant window frames a maje­stic view of the life of The Strip and the iconic New York New York hotel skyline. All direct sunlight is blocked, while all the soft daylight is allowed to wash the field in natural light.

The resul­tant archi­tec­ture is like a sphe­rical arma­dillo — shaped by the local climate — while opening and invi­ting the life of The Strip to enter and explore. In the city of spec­tacle, the A’s ‘arma­dillo’ is desi­gned for passive shad­ing and natural light — the archi­tec­tural response to the Nevada climate gene­ra­ting a new kind of verna­cular icon in Vegas.

An elevated outdoor plaza connects to the bridges over Las Vegas and Tropi­cana Boule­vards, direc­ting fans to the ballpark’s main concourse, where a large glass atrium pulls the city into the venue. This entrance sequence will imme­dia­tely orient fans in the ball­park, allo­wing views of the entire field and seating bowl upon entry while opti­mi­zing wayfin­ding and circu­la­tion.