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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — During the Super Week that seems awfully quiet, here are some Las Vegas sportsbiz news nuggets to chew on while you ponder the state of journalism in this country.
Raiders/Aces owner Mark Davis will be one of five inductees into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame. Davis built the $2 billion Raiders stadium project thanks to $759 million in government assistance and has seen his Raiders franchise soar to the $8 billion range after he moved the Raiders from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020.
With that type of franchise value, I would be laughing, too:
Joining Davis in the local Hall of Fame will be Tim Grgurich, Ryan Moore and Mark Warkentien. Cliff Findlay will be honored as the inaugural recipient of the Legacy Award. Including this induction class, the Hall of Fame now consists of 137 members.
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Next week the media are invited to something the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix is calling the “Cookie Pit Stop”—a VIP media day to taste the new Girl Scouts Exploremores cookie, see a life-size cookie box reveal, and witness the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada’s entrepreneurial skills in action.
F1 Las Vegas had a few PR issues to deal with in grand prix Year 1 in 2023 when the car race disrupted life on the Strip like no other event. But with the Girl Scouts on their side, F1 has its hand in the cookie jar of improved community relations in Las Vegas.
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You cannot stop the pickleball growth in Las Vegas and the U.S. I don’t think you can hope to contain it either. LVSportsBiz.com received another press release on another pickleball development.