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Aviators Prez Don Logan Says Team Will Take A Look At Rebranding After Previous Owner Howard Hughes Spins Off Aviators

September 5, 2024September 5, 2024 Alan Snel Don Logan

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A's stadium for the Vegas Strip. Credit: Design by BIG/Image by Negativ

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Aviators Season Ticket Holders Eligible For Priority Seat Selection At Future A’s Stadium On Strip If They Make Deposit For 2025 Aviators Games

August 29, 2024 Alan Snel Don Logan, John Fisher

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You can see through the old Tropicana hotel now. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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Tropicana Hotel Building Scheduled To Be Reduced To Rubble Early Morning October 9 To Make Way For A’s Stadium On Strip

August 26, 2024August 26, 2024 Alan Snel John Fisher

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Las Vegas Ballpark opened in April 2019 and is home to Triple A baseball's Las Vegas Aviators

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Summerlin Master Developer Howard Hughes Wraps Up Spinoff Of Seaport Entertainment Group, Which Owns Las Vegas Aviators, Las Vegas Ballpark In Downtown Summerlin

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 Alan Snel

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A's official Sandy Dean talking to the Las Vegas stadium board Thursday.

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A’s Say Public Will Contribute Closer To $350 Million, Not $380 Million, For $1.5 Billion Las Vegas Domed Stadium On Strip; Owner Fisher Will Pay Rest Through Equity, Loan

July 18, 2024July 19, 2024 Alan Snel John Fisher, Mark Arnold, Sandy Dean, Steve Hill

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Vegas Stadium Meeting Is Thursday: Nevada Approved $380 Million For A’s Stadium On Strip 13 Months Ago, But Where Is A’s Owner John Fisher’s Stadium Financing Plan For Public Stadium Board?

July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 Alan Snel John Fisher, Steve Hill

Tropicana hotel-casino will be razed to make way for a new A’s stadium on the Strip. Than the plan, anyway

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When And If A’s Move To Las Vegas In 2028, Oakland Coliseum Head Groundskeeper Would Welcome Chance To Run Groundskeeping Operation In Ballpark In Sin City

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 Alan Snel Clay Wood, Gunnar Henderson, Jim Palmer

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Last Dance For A’s In Oakland This Season: MLB Team Bound For Las Vegas In 2028 Plays One Final Season In Oakland; 11,596 Announced Attendance At Coliseum July Fourth

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, John Fisher

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Father’s Day, 2024: Amid Our Differences It Was Baseball That Brought Us Together On Common Ground

June 12, 2024June 13, 2024 Alan Snel

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Jeremy Koo and friend

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Q and A On Athletics’ Vegas Stadium: Deeper Dive On A’s Seeking Approval From Las Vegas Stadium Board To Play Seven Neutral Site ‘Home’ Games

June 8, 2024June 9, 2024 Alan Snel Billy Beane, Dave Kaval, Jeremy Koo, John Fisher, Ken Hofmann, Lew Wolff, Michael Lewis, Steve Schott

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July 5, 2021

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

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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

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.