The Athletics announced that Marc Badain will be the clubs new president, per . Badain is most notable for having previously been president of the NFLs Raiders, who moved to Las Vegas in his time in that job. He will replace Dave Kaval, who from the position in December. Sandy Dean was named interim president when Kaval stepped down but will now serve as vice chairman. We are excited to welcome Marc to the Athletics, As owner John Fisher said in a statement. His vast experience, particularly his work on the opening of Allegiant Stadium and overseeing the Raiders move to Las Vegas, makes him a great addition to our team at this pivotal moment. His leadership, commitment to the community, and ability to oversee transformative projects will be key as we look to build a strong and succe sful future in Southern Nevada. Badain served as president of the Raiders from 2013 to 2021. At the start of that time frame, the Raiders played their home games in Oakland Coliseum, sharing the facility with the Athletics. Looking for a new stadium, the Raiders started to explore the po sibility of moving to Las Vegas in 2015. Those plans gradually became reality and the move was approved in 2017, though the Raiders stayed in Oakland through the end of the 2019 NFL season, moving into their new stadium in Vegas in 2020. Badain then resigned in 2021. Per a report from in October of 2021, Raiders owner Mark Davis said that accounting irregularities prompted the resignation. He said the team overpaid our taxeswe paid more Willie Mccovey Jersey than we owe, a matter that may have started in Oakland. Badain has since been working with the Oak View Group, trying to build a hotel and casino complex with a venue capable of hosting an NBA team. Controversial finish aside, there are some clear parallels between his Raiders tenure and the current state of the Athletics. The As are in a similar position to where the Raiders were a few years ago. The baseball club is planning to play out of a new stadium in Vegas starting with the 2028 season. They failed to work out a deal to stay in Oakland beyond the end of their 2024 lease of the Coliseum, so they are going to play out of Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento for the 2025-27 seasons. That is normally the home of the Sacramento River Cats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Giants. The As and River Cats plan to share the park for the next three years. The detour to West Sacramento is a notable difference, but the journey of the two franchises is otherwise quite similar. Since Badain has already steered one franchise from the Oakland Coliseum to a new facility in Las Vegas, the As seem to be banking on his experience to guide them through the proce s in the coming years. Im honored to join the Athletics and help guide the team into a new era of succe s, Badain said in the news release. Las Vegas is a city that celebrates innovation and excellence, and Im excited to work alongside the team, the fans, and the community to create something extraordinary. Casey Schmitt Jersey