Jim Gibson Archives - LVSportsBiz

LVCVA board chairman/Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson

LVCVA Board OKs $2 Million Payment To Video Game Event Promoter; $300,000 For Amateur Baseball Tournament

November 10, 2026November 10, 2026 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — What is striking about Las Vegas’ publicly-funded tourism agency is not just

College football LVCVA Sports Tourism Tourism Travel

Boondoggle or Legit Public Spending?: Travel Expense Records Show LVCVA Spent About $200,000 On College Football Championship Trip To Miami In January

October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 Alan Snel Andy Gorchov, Brian Yost, Erick Harper, Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, John Saccenti, Justin Carley, Kate Wik, Mike Newcomb, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Steve Hill, Will Hunter

(Publisher’s Note: Why do we report these record-based Las Vegas stories? People promoting Las Vegas as a destination claim sports

A's executive Sandy Dean addresses the Clark County Commission

Clark County Fans Formula 1 Formula One Grand Prix Sports Tourism

Clark County Commissioners (‘We’re Not Las Vegas’) Take Two Whole Minutes To Discuss, Approve F1 Race On Strip As Annual Event Through 2037

May 19, 2026 Alan Snel Flavor Flav, Jim Gibson, Justin Jones, Michael Naft, Sandy Dean, Steve Hill, Tick Segerblom

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Poor Flavor Flav. First, Clark County Commission Chairman Michael Naft had to

LVCVA Sports Tourism

No Bidding: What Happens At LVCVA Board Meeting Includes R&R Partners Staying As Public Tourism Agency’s Ad Company For $530 Million

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Alan Snel Billy Vassiliadis, Jim Gibson, Kate Wik

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Billy Vassiliadis did not miss this LVCVA meeting Tuesday morning. His

Raiders owner Mark Davis. pictured before a Raiders game

Allegiant Stadium College football LVCVA Mark Davis Marketing Sports Marketing Tourism

Raiders Execs, LVCVA Tourism Officials In Miami For College Football National Championship Game

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, John Spytek, Mark Davis, Rob Dondero, Steve Hill, Tom Brady

ADVERTISEMENT Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip

Allegiant Stadium LVCVA

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill Says Second Contract Bidding Procurement Process For 2027 College Football Playoff Title Game Job In Las Vegas Was Fair

October 14, 2025 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Richard Manhattan, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. ADVERTISEMENT

Steve Hill

Fans Formula 1 Formula One Grand Prix Las Vegas Grand Prix LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

LVCVA Poised To Approve $20 Million Sponsorship For F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix For 2026, 2027 At Tuesday’s LVCVA Board Meeting

August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, Michael Naft, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. ADVERTISEMENT

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill

College Basketball LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

After LVSportsBiz.com Reported LVCVA Contract Bidding Problems, LVCVA CEO Steve Hill Tells Board ‘Process Did Not Meet Our Standards’

July 8, 2025July 9, 2025 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Jeff Motley, Jim Gibson, Lisa Motley, Melissa Grossman, Michael Naft, Richard Manhattan, Steve Hill

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The LVCVA

Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson, who is chairman of the LVCVA board 0f directors. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Allegiant Stadium College football LVCVA Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

LVCVA Rebidding Job For 2027 CFP Title Game In Vegas After Telling LVCVA Board Chair Jim Gibson In March That Bid Process Was Fine

June 30, 2025July 1, 2025 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Jeff Motley, Jim Gibson, Lisa Motley, Melissa Grossman, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It’s not every day the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA),

Steve Hill, LVCVA CEO

Allegiant Stadium College football Featured Featured LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Super Bowl Travel

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

← Previous

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

LVSportsBiz.com endorses RIPT ULTRA for your sports headphones needs. I report hundreds of stories a year at venues where these headphones allow me to focus and write. Order these headphones here.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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.