Las Vegas Bowl Expected To Get $1.5 Million From LVCVA; Tourism Board Meets Tuesday 9AM

Back in the good ol’ days when Mitsubishi was the title sponsor

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Another LVCVA board meeting, another chance for Las Vegas’ public tourism agency to dole out public money to a sports event promoter.

This time, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board is expected to give $1.5 million to ESPN Events for the annual Las Vegas Bowl, which is being held Dec. 31 at Allegiant Stadium.


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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.