countdown clock<\/a> on the Z Athlete site says 871 days. “Soon” is relative.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWe’re sort of over having to be the voice of reason with these idiotic projects. We always sound so negative and pessimistic. But we don’t sound that way when real projects are announced. This isn’t that.<\/p>\n
The blame doesn’t just land on our crappy local journalism, the LVCVA is a key enabler, too. They brought us the shitshow that is F1, then trumpeted the financial success of four casinos while excluding the financial devastation suffered by the majority of Las Vegas businesses. They are pushing the A’s relocation, despite the fact the A’s have yet to show how they plan to pay for their imaginary ballpark. The LVCVA has given its stamp of approval to this Z Athlete Village, too.<\/p>\n
“Upon opening, Z Athlete Village and its venues will change the landscape of sports in Las Vegas, paving the way to expand the portfolio of sports programming that the destination can host,” said Lisa Motley, vice president of sports and special events for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). “We’re excited to help make this campus a reality.” How, exactly? Through flushing more tax dollars? Please.<\/p>\n
Why wouldn’t local media gobble this up? It’s the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. The taxpayer-funded agency charged with promoting and growing Las Vegas. The agency that hires nimrods (sorry, analysts) like Jeremy Aguero of Applied Analysis to pull numbers out of his butt in support of those goals, with zero accountability when those numbers are wrong and taxpayers are left holding the bag.<\/p>\n
Don’t get us started.<\/p>\n
Anyway, a make-believe project was announced and we’re only writing about this so later we can point back to this story and say we told you so. No sources required, just half a brain.<\/p>\n
And don’t think we didn’t hear what you just thought. Rude.<\/p>\n
Update (6\/14\/24): We asked Z Athlete how the project is being funded and received this statement: “Z Athlete Village is a privately held company funded by a mix of debt, venture capital, and private equity.” The bottom line is never trust any person, organization or company that uses the pedantic and pompous Oxford comma. ‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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