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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

June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Mark Davis, Tim Leiweke

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

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager

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

June 7, 2023June 8, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Fabian Donate, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Nicole Cannizzaro, Rob Manfred, Rochelle Nguyen, Steve Hill, Steve Pastorino, Wayne Coy

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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Nevada Legislature Takes No Action On Athletics Stadium Subsidy Bill; But Proposed A’s Ballpark Legislation Goes To Special Session For Extra Innings Vote

June 5, 2023June 7, 2023 Alan Snel Joe Lombardo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer On the last day of the 120-day session for the Nevada Legislature Monday,

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill -- at NFL Draft in las Vegas in April 2022. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Athletics Stadium Subsidy Fact Check: LVCVA Chief’s Claim That Tourism Drops In Summer In Las Vegas Not Supported By LVCVA’s Visitors Data

May 31, 2023June 1, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Steve Hill, Zach Conine

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Talk about a wild pitch. When making his case for a proposed $380 million

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

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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

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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

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Joe Lombardo

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

May 24, 2023May 25, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Matt Ortega, Nicole Cannizzaro, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager, Tick Segerblom

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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Athletics Briefed Clark County On Tax District Idea For Ballpark, But County Waiting For Nevada Legislature Action Before Staging Public Discussion On A’s Stadium

May 8, 2023May 9, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Joe Lombardo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Oakland Athletics have outlined their proposed tax district for a ballpark at Tropicana

Jeremy Aguero,center, during a stadium board meeting

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Eye Of Sports Hurricane In Las Vegas: Consultant Jeremy Aguero’s Fingerprints On Raiders Stadium, Athletics Ballpark Push, F1 Race Economic Numbers, Super Bowl Are Everywhere In Vegas

May 4, 2023February 14, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Carolyn Goodman, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, Rob Manfred, Sam Joffray, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer He’s the pied piper of Las Vegas’ sports parade, a nattily-dressed, Las Vegas-based go-to

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.

BRIEFS

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

The Vegas Golden Knights Foundation said it raised $2,001,640 through the 51/49 Raffle during the 2025-26 season. All proceeds came from the team’s home games at T-Mobile Arena from the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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.