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

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

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

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

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Athletics Release Ballpark Renderings For Tropicana Hotel Site On Strip; Public Funding Bill Named ‘Southern Nevada Tourism Innovation Act’ Introduced In Carson City Friday

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer With a proposed Athletics stadium bill set for consideration by the Nevada Legislature,

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

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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Official Announcement: Athletics Have Deal With Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties For Ballpark At Tropicana Hotel Site On Strip

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The owner of the Tropicana hotel-casino on the Strip made it official Monday.

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

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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