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Las Vegas Mayor Says Formula 1 Made Street Race Pitch To City In 2019, But Downtown Hotels, Businesses Did Not Have “Appetite” For Grand Prix

November 20, 2023November 22, 2023 Alan Snel Carolyn Goodman, Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, Steve Dimopoulos

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Race promoter Formula 1 first approached the city of Las Vegas about staging

LVCVA representative Brian Yost tries to reassure the Clark County Commissioners that everything will be a-ok at the Las Vegas Grand Prix F1 race next week.

Fans Formula 1 Formula One LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

Las Vegas Grand Prix: Epic Sports Event Or Epic Logistics Disaster? County Commissioners Get Update On F1 Race Plan Tuesday

November 7, 2023November 8, 2023 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Jim Gibson, Marilyn Kirkpatrick

F1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix event next week: Epic event? Or epic disaster? Las Vegas Grand Prix and LVCVA representatives

Formula 1 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix LVCVA

Another Sports Organizer Wants Public Dollars In Las Vegas: Formula One Asks Clark County For $40 Million Toward $80 Million Las Vegas Grand Grand Prix Infrastructure Work

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Justin Jones, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Michael Naft

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Now it’s Formula One’s turn to belly up to the public trough and

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

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

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

May 29, 2023May 30, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager, Zach Conine

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nevada. First in stadiums. Last in a lot of other stuff. Nevada lawmakers

LVCVA chief Steve Hill Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

Formula 1 Formula One Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

How Much Is Clark County Paying For Las Vegas Grand Prix Road Resurfacing? County Still Doesn’t Know; Las Vegas Tourism Board Also Approves $7 Million Grand Prix Ticket Deal

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Kevin Bagger, Michael Naft, Steve Hill

(Publisher’s Note: Security at the Las Vegas Convention Center initially refused to allow LVSportsBiz.com to attend a public LVCVA board

Athletics Las Vegas Ballpark Major League Baseball Marketing Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Oakland Athletics Visit Las Vegas For Spring Games This Weekend, But Will They Try To Plant Roots Here With New Ballpark Near Strip?

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 Alan Snel Don Logan, Ernie Clement, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Larry Brown

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne A 26-year-old second baseman for

Gov. Steve Sisolak greets NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at NFL Draft In Las Vegas

NFL NFL Draft Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

NFL Meetup Of The Dudes At Flamingo and Las Vegas Boulevard: Goodell, Sisolak, Davis, Hill Open 2022 NFL Draft With Main Intersection Presser

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Alan Snel Dan Ventrelle, Jim Gibson, Mark Davis, Roger Goodell, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

Raiders owner Mark Davis chatting with Gov. Steve Sisolak Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

July 5, 2021

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

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Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

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