Las Vegas Stadium Board Scheduled To Vote On Spending $1 Million In Public Dollars On Legal Costs Related To Athletics Stadium On Strip

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Amid all the sports hub-bub in Las Vegas these days, the Oakland Athletics’ planned baseball

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Nevada Teachers Union Takes Swing At Athletics Stadium Subsidy Bill With PAC That Plans Litigation, Voter Campaign In Effort To Reverse $380 Million Ballpark Subsidy

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Strip, where it’s OK to suspend reality because entertainment is rule one,

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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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VGK Owner Foley On Subsidized Athletics Stadium On Strip: ‘Baseball Will Be Tough, There’s A Lot Of Games’

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Fresh off winning the Stanley Cup, Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley was

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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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Bellying Up To Public Trough: Both F1, Athletics Shared Limelight This Week With High-Profile Requests For Public Money For Neighboring Sports Projects On Strip

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The public cost of underwriting Las Vegas’ thirst for major league sports was

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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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Proposed Athletics ballpark site -- Tropicana hotel on the Strip. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

Athletics Ballpark Funding Senate Bill 509 Spells Out $380 Million In Government Assistance For A’s Venue Construction On Strip

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s officially called Senate Bill 509, and the Athletics have a proposed baseball

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