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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Nevada Governor Plays Money Ball With Public Assistance For MLB Team: Lombardo Signs Bill For $380 Million Subsidy For Athletics Ballpark In Las Vegas Amid VGK Stanley Cup Title Mania

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s official. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo Thursday signed a bill into law that

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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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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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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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MIA: Transportation, Parking Plan For Athletics Ballpark At Tropicana Hotel Site On Strip; Public Has Not Seen A’s Stadium Infrastructure Proposal

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Electric Daisy Carnival attendees dressed in colorful outfits staggered off the buses

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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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