Athletics owner John Fisher says Oakland fell short on financial commitments, submits relocation application

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The Oakland Athletics have taken another step towards moving to a different city. 

The franchise formally submitted an application for relocation to Las Vegas, team owner John Fisher told ESPN.

Major League Baseball's relocation committee will review the A's application. Kansas City Royals CEO John Sherman, Phillies CEO John Middleton and Brewers chairman Mark Attanasio make up the committee and will make a recommendation for or against relocation to commissioner Rob Manfred.

The A's will eventually have to have three-fourths of team owners vote in favor of the move in order for the relocation from California to become official.

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Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher watches his team from the stands during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, on May 9, 2012. (Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)

Fisher has largely avoided making public comments on the team's pending move, but this week he pointed blame at the city of Oakland. 

Fisher suggested the city failed to deliver on its promise to allocate public funds for the offsite infrastructure at Howard Terminal. The development was a planned multibillion-dollar development project on an expansive waterfront property. The site would have included a new ballpark for the A's.

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"In the end, we concluded that the city had not raised sufficient money to cover the commitments it made," Fisher said. "We also had a deadline imposed by the collective bargaining agreement from a year and