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Hirings and Firings:
Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.
Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.
Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.
Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.
Big League Sports With Small Town Politics
Man of Many Hats
Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark
Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane
How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip
Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip
Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028
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COSTS to ATTEND Raiders and Golden Knights games. These stories are based on the research of Chicago-based Team Marketing Report.
RAIDERS: The average Raiders home ticket is $153.47 — the most expensive average ticket in the 32-team NFL.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS: The average Golden Knights home ticket is $124.09 — the fourth most expensive average ticket in the 32-team NHL.
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May 10 is the first hurdle to avoid a cancelled NBA season. I had the great pleasure of covering this topic for media outlets across the country headlined by national segments for ESPN, CBS and FOX Sports.
And now, Lakers superstar LeBron James is weighing in.
Reports have started to circulate that there’s mounting pressure from teams and agents to cancel. In response, James took to Twitter.
“Saw some reports about execs and agents wanting to cancel season??? That’s absolutely not true. Nobody I know saying anything like that. As soon as it’s safe we would like to finish our season. I’m ready and our team is ready. Nobody should be canceling anything.”
Even though James is one of the most powerful voices in the NBA, he doesn’t have the unilateral ability to save the season. That is because, per the NBA’s Force Majeure clause, the call on whether to cancel the season lies with owners, not the players.
Under this clause, the “Doomsday Provision,” owners have until May 10th (60 days from the NBA’s suspension) to cancel and void remaining payment owed to players. The season could be cancelled later on, but players would argue that they need to be paid in full since owners would have missed this deadline.
With the calendar having turned from April to May, we must be mindful of this upcoming major obstacle to resume. The topic is relevant for Las Vegas because the market has been mentioned as a potential hub for the NBA to use to possibly play out the season. It’s just been talk for now and there have been no official comments from the NBA.
Note: If they cancel after May 10 they can try to void payments to players but the NBPA would argue that they missed their window to do so per the CBA. Meanwhile, the 25 percent decrease gives the NBA a path to further delay, but would be rendered moot if the owners opt to trigger Force Majuere.
Also, to trigger Force Majeure means ripping up the CBA and forcing both sides to come to terms on a new deal. I have to think the NBA wants to avoid that, but still can’t rule it out entirely.