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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

Schools Over Stadiums Files Referendum Petition With Nevada Secretary Of State In Attempt To Hold Statewide Public Vote On Subsidy For Athletics Ballpark On Strip; 102,362 Signatures Needed To Force Referendum

September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Dave Kaval

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer A teachers group opposing the state’s $380 million public subsidy to the MLB

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

Athletics Baseball LVCVA Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

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

July 2, 2023July 2, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Steve Hill

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

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.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

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Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

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

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.