Company A President Dave Kaval announced on Friday that he would resign from his position to “pursue new business opportunities in California.” His last day with the team will be December 31st. Interim President of the team, the club is looking for a suitable candidate.
“We are grateful for Dave’s contributions and leadership over the past eight years,” owner John Fisher said in a statement in today’s press release. “He has led our organization through an important period of transition, and we sincerely appreciate his unwavering commitment to the team. As we look toward the next chapter of our franchise, the team will continue to grow under new leadership, Promoting success during the organization’s transition period in its new home in West Sacramento and Las Vegas.
Kaval joined the A’s in 2016 when former managing partner Lew Wolff sold his stake in the team to Fisher, who took on a broader role at the time . He had been the face of the Athletic’s now-abandoned effort to build a new stadium in Oakland. During Kaval’s tenure with the Athletics, the team explored the possibility of building new facilities at Howard Terminal, Jack London Square, and even their current hometown of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Cabal played an integral role in the construction of San Jose’s PayPal Stadium, home of Major League Soccer’s Earthquakes (also owned by Fisher). When hired, he promised to “[pursuing] Oakland’s world-class ballpark for baseball’s finest fans.
Obviously, this never worked out. Kaval and Fisher received sharp criticism from the team’s fans during the second half of their time with the team, as many questioned the sincerity of the team’s desire to remain in Oakland. The A’s announced in 2023 that they planned to relocate to Las Vegas and have begun work on a move to a 33,000-seat stadium on the Las Vegas Strip at the site of the demolished Tropicana Casino. Tropicana Casino). The Athletics will play the next three seasons at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, home of the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate. They expect to move into their new permanent home in Las Vegas in 2028.
