LAS VEGAS (AP) —llpark in this gambling city http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , so the president of the Las Vegas Aviators understands what the Oakland Athletics are going through in their quest for new digs in the Bay Area.After all, he’s had sewage in his dugout, too.The A’s are still contending with antiquated plumbing at the Oakland Coliseum, the team’s home for the past 51 years. Their efforts to get a new stadium have floundered over the years, though recently there has been some momentum toward a new home field.The club’s top minor league team? Well, that’s another story.The Triple-A Aviators open at home Tuesday night in what might be the best ballpark in all of minor league baseball, a $150 million palace complete with swimming pool in right center, celebrity chefs overseeing the grills, and player comforts that rival the bigs.If players have to spend time in Las Vegas on their way to the top, at least they’ll be doing it in style.“I think I can promise you the locker room facilities just by themselves are far superior here than in Oakland,” Logan said.Funded in part by an $80 million naming rights deal with Las Vegas tourism officials, the appropriately named Las Vegas Ballpark is a big investment for minor league baseball. The 10,000-seat ballpark replaces Cashman Field, which opened in 1983 and — in a bit of serendipity — was briefly the home of the A’s themselves when they had to play their first six games of the 1996 season in Las Vegas because the Coliseum was being remodeled for the Raiders.Logan was there for that series http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , as he has been for almost every game at Cashman since arriving in 1984, the year after what was then the Padres Triple-A team began play in Las Vegas. He was instrumental in trying to land four spring training teams for the city in the 1990s, and is in the conversation whenever talk turns to a possible major league franchise in Sin City.But while he has seen just about everything in minor league baseball, Logan says he has never seen a ballpark like the one his team opens in this week.“This is going to be as nice as any ballpark in the country,” Logan said. “There isn’t anything we haven’t thought of.”That includes the pool, a concept first introduced by the Arizona Diamondbacks, which will be especially popular on summer nights when the temperature doesn’t drop below 100 degrees until the games are over. Set amid a forest of towering palm trees, it rents for around $2,000 a game, and Logan predicted it will be filled almost every night.So will the seats — which are made of mesh to help with the desert heat — and the party decks, which are modeled after those at the minor league park in Charlotte, North Carolina. Fans enjoying the game on the left field party deck will get the bonus of a view of the glittering hotels of the Las Vegas Strip in the valley below.Logan, the 2018 Pacific Coast League executive of the year, said the team and its architects also borrowed from design elements from ballparks in El Paso Jeimer Candelario Jersey , Texas, and in Columbus, Ohio, which has been the top-ranked minor league ballpark in many surveys.“Its reign as the top ballpark in the minors is about to end this season,” Logan said. “It is cool, but it’s not this cool.”The old ballpark was located in a declining neighborhood near downtown, while the new one is in the suburban master planned community of Summerlin, with the new practice facility for the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights reachable with a big shot over the left field scoreboard.It’s prime real estate and players will also like that they can walk to the clubhouse from the Red Rock hotel-casino across the street, where visiting teams will stay. Fans can also bet on the game at the casino’s sports book, which is offering lines on all Aviators games.Ticket buyers will find it just as inviting. Besides the swimming pool, there are 22 suites, a wall full of craft beer taps, and a club level complete with a show kitchen for cooking displays. Giada de Laurentiis is one of the celebrity chefs, with others to come. The team also has its own beer http://www.tigersfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-jimenez-jersey , a seasonal ale.“We’ve spent an inordinate amount of time on food and different types of beers,” Logan said. “The food options and food experience here will be better than most anywhere in baseball, if not better.”Looming over it all will be a $4 million video board that is the largest in the minor leagues. This is Las Vegas, after all, so there has to be some glitz especially considering the city also has a new arena for the Golden Knights and is building a $1.9 billion stadium for the Raiders that will open next year.That’s a lot of competition for the sports dollar, but the Aviators figure to find their niche on the minor league level.Big league good, even without a big league team. Odds have been posted on Bryce Harper's team for the first game in 2019.The "Field" has the best odds at +330, but the Nationals and Yankees are the two most favored teams at +475.The Cubs will likely attract many bettors at their current price of +765.Bryce Harper has his home run derby title (thanks pops), but his work this season is not nearly done. He has to pick up his mediocre stat line to ensure he gets a boatload of money this offseason. Perhaps his Nats can make the playoffs and lose in the NLDS, as is tradition, along the way.>> Sign up for The Action Network’s daily newsletter to get the best MLB betting content delivered into your inbox each morning.With the upcoming mega free agent class slowly approaching, odds have been posted on which team will land the slugger this offseason. Will Harper get the $500 million contract he so desires? It may be tough considering he currently has the same 119 wRC+ as Teoscar Hernandez and Brian Anderson, but the massive potential he showed in his 2015 MVP campaign must not be forgotten.These odds are honestly a bit perplexing. First and foremost, I don’t see any reason why “Field” has the best odds at +330. Which team not listed has a chance to sign him? Has any other team been linked to him? Can anyone else afford him? I doubt we’ll see many bettors taking that option.The two favorites among individual teams are the Nats and New York Yankees. At +475 Chad Bettis Jersey , the implied odds of him signing with either one are just 17.4%. In an interview at the home run derby, Harper made it seem pretty clear that he was looking forward to free agency without outwardly saying he was leaving Washington. The Nats could, of course, end up offering him the best deal, but most folks feel that he wants to go elsewhere.>> Download The Action Network App to get real-time MLB odds, track your bets and follow all of our experts’ picks.The Yankees always throw their name in the hat for every big free agent and have had plenty of success bringing in star players. Those Pinstripes have their way of luring in the superstars, there’s no denying that.If I were to bet on this prop at these prices, my money would be on the Cubs. Plenty of rumors have linked Harper to the Cubs, and there are some hints he’s dropped that are hard to explain away. His dog’s name is Wrigley, he grew up playing ball in Vegas with his buddy Kris Bryant and even posted this Instagram with the hashtag #Back2BackOneDay. I’ll take a near 8-1 payout on that any day of the week.The team I least expect him to join? The Angels: where superstars get no attention and don’t win. Of course, if he joined them, they’d probably start winning … but does he know that? We’ll never know (because he won’t be signing with them).