The A's new AI video is horrendous, and they refuse to discuss it
An Athletics logo is displayed in dirt and grass before a ceremonial groundbreaking for the $1.75 billion, 33,000-seat domed stadium for Major League Baseball’s Athletics on June 23, 2025, in Las Vegas.
The Athletics want fans to get excited about their Las Vegas move but won’t reveal how much of their Sin City stadium will actually look like the heavily AI-generated ad they used to market tickets for it.
On Wednesday, the official X account for the team’s new ballpark posted a video to advertise seats in its luxury suite sections: the Athletic Club and Diamond Club. After a few seconds of Vegas B-roll, the video cuts to AI-generated scenes of AI-generated people walking through the AI-generated models of what the club sections of the park might look like. A view of the field itself — which, surprise, is also AI-generated — doesn’t appear until the........
