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LVCVA Draws Scrutiny For Awarding CFP Championship Game Consulting Job To Company That Includes Former Husband Of LVCVA’s VP Of Sports

June 9, 2025February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Jeff Motley, Lisa Motley, Melissa Grossman, Michael Naft, Richard Manhattan, Steve Hill

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Steve Hill, LVCVA CEO

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LVCVA Spent More Than $70,000 On Travel, Meals For College Football Championship Game Expenses; LVCVA Says Travel Part Of Research Protocol Of Staging Title Game In Vegas

May 13, 2025February 14, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Feldman, Brian Yost, Erick Harper, Jim Gibson, John Saccenti, Katie Wik, Lisa Motley, Michael Naft, Mike Newcomb, Rob Dondero, Steve DePue, Steve Hill

(Publisher’s Note: Why did we report this travel expenses story? The Las Vegas market ranks low compared to its peer

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Congrats, Las Vegas/Clark County: You’re Only $1,178,161,041 From Paying Off Your Raiders Stadium Debt (Remember, It’s Principal AND Interest)

May 17, 2024February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Mark Davis, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Congratulations, Las Vegas. You are only $1,178,161,041 away from paying off all the principal and

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

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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

August 21, 2023February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, Selena La Rue Hatch, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak, Zach Conine

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

Jeremy Aguero,center, during a stadium board meeting

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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

May 4, 2023February 14, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Carolyn Goodman, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, Rob Manfred, Sam Joffray, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

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

LVCVA chief Steve Hill, also chairman of the Las Vegas stadium authority board

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Your Public Dollars: LVCVA Spends Nearly $165,000 On Attending Super Bowl In Los Angeles Two Months Ago

April 25, 2022February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Jeremy Aguero, Lisa Motley, Sam Joffray, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Steve Hill, Steve Zanella, Virginia Valentine

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority — the local public tourism agency — spent

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Inside Look At How Las Vegas Grew An NHL Team In The Desert

May 27, 2018February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Alex Ovechkin, Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Jon Merrill, Kerry Bubolz, Marc Andre-Fleury, Steve Sisolak, Todd Pollock

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The date was Feb. 10, 2015 and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and a wealthy businessman

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.

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

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

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel is a nationally-known bicycle rights leader and bicycle travel writer.

Alan focuses on reducing road violence and has asked government to enforce road safety laws, design better roads for bicyclists and walkers not just motorists, educate drivers, install more penalties for reckless motorists and lower speed limits.

Here are Alan’s travel story samples, literary adventures based on Alan’s expansive and curious approach to reporting sports-business news and a bicycle life:

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel has also written two books: Long Road Back To Las Vegas and Bicycle Man. Purchase Long Road Back To Las Vegas on Amazon and contact Alan to buy Bicycle Man at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com.