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

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?

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

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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)

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

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

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Steve Hill (left) and Jeremy Aguero (right). Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Big Sports City, Small Town Politics: In Las Vegas, Overseeing and Promoting Explosive Sports Growth On Public Side Opens Doors To Conflict-of-Interest Discussions

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Las Vegas’ sports development is exploding with new teams and venues and the

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Nevada Teachers Union Takes Swing At Athletics Stadium Subsidy Bill With PAC That Plans Litigation, Voter Campaign In Effort To Reverse $380 Million Ballpark Subsidy

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Strip, where it’s OK to suspend reality because entertainment is rule one,

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

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

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

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Jeremy Aguero,center, during a stadium board meeting

Eye Of Sports Hurricane In Las Vegas: Consultant Jeremy Aguero’s Fingerprints On Raiders Stadium, Athletics Ballpark Push, F1 Race Economic Numbers, Super Bowl Are Everywhere In Vegas

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer He’s the pied piper of Las Vegas’ sports parade, a nattily-dressed, Las Vegas-based go-to

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March Madness Had Las Vegas In Its Grips This Week As More Than 100 College Basketball Teams Competed For Ticket To NCAA Big Dance

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Emotions run deep in the Madness. UC Santa Barbara’s Ajay Mitchell sobbed in

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