LVCVA chief Steve Hill (left) and UNLV Athletic Director Erick Harper (right)
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LVCVA Chief Wants Las Vegas To Host College Football’s National Title Game For Grand Slam Of Major Sports Events In Vegas

Alan Snel

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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer

LVCVA tourism chief Steve Hill is pleased the Las Vegas market is hosting the Formula 1 race on the Strip in 2023, Super Bowl 58 at Allegiant Stadium in 2024 and the college basketball’s Final Four in 2028.

But he wants the grand slam of mega sports events in Las Vegas — college football national championship game.

Las Vegas has been on a roll with news that the market is hosting major sports events.

Hill, head of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), said it’s only time until the NCAA announces that Las Vegas will host a national championship football game. The next college football championship game will be in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium next month. The stadium in Inglewood, California opened when Allegiant Stadium opened for business.

LVSportsBiz.com caught up with Hill before the UNLV-UNReno rivalry football game at Allegiant Stadium Saturday afternoon after the NCAA announced Las Vegas would host the Final Four in 2028.

 

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.

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