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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In Las Vegas’ Bread And Circuses Approach To Public Policy, Public Dollars Handed Out To MLB Team For Baseball Stadium On Strip

ADVERTSEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Things are kind of busy in Las Vegas in the sports world. Local

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What A Week: LVSportsBiz.com’s Top 10 SportsBiz Items In Las Vegas

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer One: Well, it’s officially official now. That’s because the U.S. Senate’s passage of

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Steve Yeager's Twitter post shows the assemblyman in a Vegas hockey jersey with Nevada Legislature leaders and committee chairs. The Nevada lawmakers have a baseball stadium bill to deal with during the special session this week.

Only In Vegas: Major League Sports Confluence Of VGK Pursuing Stanley Cup While Athletics Pursue Subsidized Stadium On Strip This Week

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Only Las Vegas could create this week’s confluence of a MLB stadium bill

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Nevada Assembly Leader: Lombardo Advised To Hold Athletics Stadium Special Session Later In Summer To Refine Bill, But Governor’s New Stadium Bill Urgency Leads To Monday’s Meeting

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nevada Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager said he advised Gov. Joe Lombardo to have

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Bellying Up To Public Trough: Both F1, Athletics Shared Limelight This Week With High-Profile Requests For Public Money For Neighboring Sports Projects On Strip

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The public cost of underwriting Las Vegas’ thirst for major league sports was

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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

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

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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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