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Retiring Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson addressing LVCVA board

Sports Tourism

LVCVA Tourism Agency Approves More Than $800,000 For Sports Events In Las Vegas

July 9, 2019 Alan Snel Carolyn Goodman, Pat Christenson, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas public tourism agency’s job is to attract visitors to Southern Nevada, but

Las Vegas Bowl LVCVA Raiders Stadium

Las Vegas Bowl Starts New Era At Raiders Stadium In 2020 With Pac-12 Team Matched Vs SEC/Big Ten School

June 4, 2019June 7, 2019 Alan Snel Brent Musburger, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

The ESPN-owned Las Vegas Bowl has dumped its affiliation with the Mountain West Conference and will feature a match-up of

LVCVA head Steve Hill discusses NHL awards show at Mandalay Bay in June in Las Vegas. Not included: public money spent on these sponsorship deals.

Golden Knights LVCVA Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Speedway Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena UFC

Public Price Of Subsidized Sports In Las Vegas: How Hype Doesn’t Include Public Cost

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz, Rob Dondero, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com It was April 16 at T-Mobile Arena and it turned out the date marked the

Aviators

Aviators’ New Swanky Ballpark Makes Debut In Summerlin Amid Gusty Winds; Team Prez Logan: ‘This Place Has A Wow Factor’

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 Alan Snel Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by Daniel Clark and J. Tyge O’Donnell Reporting contributions by Cassandra Cousineau

Las Vegas Ballpark, as seen on Tuesday morning.

Aviators LVCVA Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

The LVCVA: ‘It’s A Public Agency That Acts Like A Private Company’

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Rossi Ralenkotter, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com About a week after the “Great Las Vegas Snow Blizzard of 2019” coated the elevated

Raiders President Marc Badain is already talking with event organizers and promoters.

LVCVA Raiders Stadium

Sports Event Panel’s Game Plan Defines Roles for LVCVA and Las Vegas Events to Handle New Mega Events

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com A Las Vegas sports events panel heard a proposal Wednesday that would beef up event

New Triple-A ballpark being built thanks to LVCVA $80 million contribution for naming rights of Las Vegas Ballpark.

51s Aces Aviators LVCVA National Finals Rodeo Speedway Sports Tourism

LVCVA Enriches Las Vegas’ Older Sports, While New Teams Get Much Less

September 7, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Rossi Ralenkotter, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is your local tourism agency in Las Vegas

Raiders President Marc Badain (left) and Golden Knights President Kerry Bubolz (right) followed different career paths to Las Vegas. Photo credits for this story: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights Raiders Team

Two Big-League Team Presidents Charted Very Different Routes To Las Vegas

July 28, 2018July 30, 2018 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, Kerry Bubolz, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com One guy has spent his entire adulthood with a single NFL team from California that

Raiders President Marc Badain has resigned Monday.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Give Free Stadium Luxury Suite To Las Vegas Stadium Authority

March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com One of my favorite stadium stories I wrote in Tampa was how the members of

An email went out today that the Raiders stadium board meeting is cancelled for Thursday. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Raiders Stadium

Thursday’s Raiders Stadium Board Meeting Cancelled; Next Session Is Feb. 15

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Ken Evans, Sean Stewart, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It was lining up as an interesting meeting with some intense discussions, but today the

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

Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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

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.