The Las Vegas Aviators would stay in town should the Oakland Athletics relocate to the desert.

Jeremy Aguero with the firm Applied Analysis, which is consulting with the A's, told lawmakers that the major league club wants to keep the minor league team in place.

The presentation was made Monday during a joint legislative hearing regarding Senate Bill 509, which seeks to allocate public funding toward the construction of a new baseball stadium in Las Vegas.

The goal is to lure the A's to move to the Strip, and Aguero said that should the stadium be built and the MLB club moves, the Aviators would not be required to relocate.

"Matter of fact, the A's have said publicly, and I'm sure in conversations with some of you, that they believe that there's great value in having both teams there," he said.

Aguero cited the Vegas Golden Knights and their AHL franchise, the Henderson Silver Knights, as an example of a parent club and farm team co-existing in the valley.

The Aviators, who play in Downtown Summerlin, serve as the Triple-A affiliate for Oakland. The team has been in Las Vegas for 40 years, starting as the Stars before rebranding as the 51s and later the Aviators.

Four Triple-A teams currently play in the same metro areas as their parent clubs: Gwinnett and Atlanta, St. Paul and Minnesota, Sugar Land and Houston, and Tacoma and Seattle. Las Vegas would be the smallest market if it joins those ranks.