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Oakland Athletics team president Dave Kaval. Photo: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

As Expected: Lords Of Baseball Bless Athletics’ Relocation To Las Vegas Thanks To Public Stadium Funding For A’s In Nevada; A’s Owner Moved To Avoid Losing MLB Revenue Sharing Dollars

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Rob Manfred, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Lords of Baseball have cleared a path for the Oakland Athletics to

Alexander Marks, representative of Schools Over Stadiums, addresses the Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board last month. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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Athletics Stadium Funding Law In Nevada Violates State Constitution, Teachers PAC Says In Preparing Lawsuit Against A’s Stadium Bill

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Dave Kaval, Dawn Etcheverry, Joe Lombardo

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Only two days before Major League Baseball team owners could vote on the Oakland Athletics’

Proposed Athletics ballpark site -- Tropicana hotel on the Strip. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

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Judge Sacks Educators Group’s Legal Attempt At Forcing Public Vote On Government Funding Of Planned Athletics Stadium On Strip

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Dave Kaval

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer A First District Court judge in Carson City has struck down a lawsuit Monday that

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Getting Stadium Band Back Together With Hill, Aguero, Mortensen McCarthy For Athletics Stadium On Strip; Construction Starts April 2025

October 25, 2023October 26, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Chris Daly, Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, Mark Arnold, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak, Zach Conine

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne Well, here we go again. It’s Stadium 2.0 for

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Las Vegas Stadium Board Scheduled To Vote On Spending $1 Million In Public Dollars On Legal Costs Related To Athletics Stadium On Strip

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Mark Arnold, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Amid all the sports hub-bub in Las Vegas these days, the Oakland Athletics’ planned baseball

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Sin City Turns Into Cheesehead City For Monday Night Football In Las Vegas; Raiders Hold Off Pack, 17-13, For Second Win On Season

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 Alan Snel AJ Dillon, Amik Robertson, Christian Watson, Jakobi Meyers, Jimmy Garoppolo, Jordan Love, Josh Jacobs, Josh McDaniels, Mark Davis, Robert Spillane

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Mark Davis is seeing the contrast on back-to-back days. On Sunday at noon,

Chris Daly, Nevada State Education Association political director, tells the Las Vegas Stadium Authority that hiring the LVCVA for stadium board work is a clear conflict of interest. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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Man Of Many Hats: Steve Hill Center Of Three-Way Between Stadium Authority, Tourism Agency, Athletics Stadium Subsidy

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Chris Daly, Jeremy Aguero, Lawrence Epstein, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Steve Hill wears many hats. The former concrete business owner is CEO of

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While Raiders Struggle On Gridiron, Visiting NFL Fans Help Pay Off Southern Nevada’s Debt On Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Thanks To Hotel Room Tax Revenues

September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 Alan Snel Jimmy Garoppolo, Kenny Pickett, Mark Davis, Mike Tyson, Pat Freiermuth, Sandra Douglass Morgan

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne It’s hard to celebrate your home-opener of the National Football

Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board Chairman Steve Hill (left) chats with Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval (right) at a recent stadium board meeting in Las Vegas. Photo: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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Las Vegas Stadium Authority Looks To Hire LVCVA Tourism Agency For Staff Work, But Is There Conflict Of Interest When Same Person Runs Both Public Entities And Represented A’s Before State Legislature?

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Las Vegas public board charged with overseeing the Las Vegas Raiders and

Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade and Export Promotion Chair Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-NV, leads a hearing with CEO and President of MGM Resorts International Bill Hornbuckle, Las Vegas Raiders President Sandra Douglass Morgan, Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Mary Beth Sewald, and LVCVA CEO and President Steve Hill Friday, August 25, 2023, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Sam Morris, LVCVA Archive)

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On Las Vegas Sports Tourism: U.S. Senator Rosen Stages Tourism Field Hearing Friday To Hear From Las Vegas Big Hitters

August 25, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Hornbuckle, Jacky Rosen, Mary Beth Sewald, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer She was a pleasant and very earnest host, even trying to slide a

July 5, 2021

Alan Snel, veteran journalist and LVSportsBiz.com publisher. ASnel@LVSportsBiz.com.

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking news on Las Vegas’ sports/stadium industry. Our stories are quoted nationally and we set the sportsbiz news agenda in Las Vegas. Publisher Alan Snel has reported on the business of sports and stadiums in Denver, South Florida, New York, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

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Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president Marc Badain

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LVCVA spends $8.25 million on A’s sponsorship

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

May 24, 2021

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Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet

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