Tag: Las Vegas

Stadium

Can anyone support the constant waste of public money by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority?

In 2024, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) spent more than $2.2M on “influencers to promote the city.” However, the LVCVA refused to tell the public how much each influencer received because LVCVA claimed it was a “trade secret.” Let me get this straight. A taxpayer-funded agency is giving taxpayer money to a contractor, and the public isn't allowed to know who was paid what?

William Neilson Jr.
Stadium

Applied Analysis claims Las Vegas saw a $1 billion economic impact from the Super Bowl

But maybe some readers aren't concerned about his unbelievable conflict of interest issues. Let's get to his actual past predictions. Months ago, Applied Analysis claimed in a report that the A’s could draw close to 400,000 new visitors to Las Vegas each year. A number of outlets looked into this claim and universally found that the A's have almost no chance of coming anywhere close to 400,000 yearly. Hell, some doubt they could produce half…

William Neilson Jr.
Stadium

Las Vegas Raiders embarrass themselves with $2.3 billion economic impact claim

There are so many things that annoy me about the Las Vegas Raiders owner, Mark Davis. He is the type of person who gets $750 million from taxpayers yet still charges taxpayers almost $700,000 to renovate his never-been-used-before stadium suite. Mark Davis comes off as the type that thinks it is hilarious to fleece taxpayers for almost a billion dollars and then spend $14 million building a mansion that looks like the stadium that taxpayers…

William Neilson Jr.
Ballpark

The Las Vegas Review-Journal claims the Oakland A’s will “boost” their economy, increase tourism & give city additional dollars.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal went after these teachers for their political action committee. According to the newspaper, the teachers are simply “blinded by its misguided opposition”. I was interested to see what the newspaper would say as to why the teachers were wrong. Instead, the Las Vegas Review-Journal uses the same arguments that have been disproven numerous times.

William Neilson Jr.