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Dysfunctional Baseball: Oakland Athletics’ Bizarre, Strange, Surreal Adventure To Win $380 Million In Government Assistance From Nevada For Ballpark On Strip

June 7, 2023June 8, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Fabian Donate, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Nicole Cannizzaro, Rob Manfred, Rochelle Nguyen, Steve Hill, Steve Pastorino, Wayne Coy

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nobody invited the Oakland Athletics and their owner, John Fisher, to Las Vegas

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill -- at NFL Draft in las Vegas in April 2022. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Athletics Stadium Subsidy Fact Check: LVCVA Chief’s Claim That Tourism Drops In Summer In Las Vegas Not Supported By LVCVA’s Visitors Data

May 31, 2023June 1, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Steve Hill, Zach Conine

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Talk about a wild pitch. When making his case for a proposed $380 million

Speaker Steve Yeager at state hearing on proposed Athletics ballpark funding bill.

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Stadium Subsidy Debate: Backers, Opponents Of Athletics Ballpark Subsidy Of $380 Million Argue Points At State Hearing On Memorial Day

May 29, 2023May 30, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager, Zach Conine

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nevada. First in stadiums. Last in a lot of other stuff. Nevada lawmakers

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A’s President Quoted As Saying Ballpark Funding Bill Will Advance ‘In A Responsible Way;’ Hearing For A’s Proposed Ballpark Subsidy Legislation Set For Memorial Day

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Joe Lombardo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Not much has been heard from the Oakland Athletics management after the Nevada

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

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Athletics Ballpark Funding Senate Bill 509 Spells Out $380 Million In Government Assistance For A’s Venue Construction On Strip

May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 Alan Snel John Fisher

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s officially called Senate Bill 509, and the Athletics have a proposed baseball

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Nevada Governor Announces Tentative Deal For Athletics Ballpark On Strip; Deal Goes To Nevada Legislature

May 24, 2023May 25, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Matt Ortega, Nicole Cannizzaro, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager, Tick Segerblom

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nevada’s governor says there’s a tentative deal for a $1.5 billion Athletics ballpark

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MIA: Transportation, Parking Plan For Athletics Ballpark At Tropicana Hotel Site On Strip; Public Has Not Seen A’s Stadium Infrastructure Proposal

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Tick Segerblom

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Electric Daisy Carnival attendees dressed in colorful outfits staggered off the buses

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Weekend Sports Gambler: You’ve Got Your Knights Gear, What About A Futures Ticket?

May 19, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Pete DeBoer, Ramon Laureano

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Betting Writer Ready for the NHL’s Western Conference Finals? Of course, you are. You’ve

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The Big Squeeze: Athletics Look To Shoehorn New Baseball Stadium Into Tropicana Hotel Site On Strip

May 12, 2023May 14, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Mark Davis

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer As I slowly pedaled my bicycle around the Tropicana hotel-casino site on the

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Athletics Briefed Clark County On Tax District Idea For Ballpark, But County Waiting For Nevada Legislature Action Before Staging Public Discussion On A’s Stadium

May 8, 2023May 9, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Joe Lombardo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Oakland Athletics have outlined their proposed tax district for a ballpark at Tropicana

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.