Oakland A's Howard Terminal, Las Vegas Ballpark: Who's On Athletics Team Of Lobbyists In Nevada?

Oakland A's Howard Terminal, Las Vegas Ballpark: Who's On Athletics Team Of Lobbyists In Nevada?
The recent news has been that Oakland A's President Dave Kaval is listed as a lobbyist with the Nevada Legislature, as part of its effort to build a new ballpark home in Las Vegas. But while Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao reports that "talks are back" with the A's regarding Howard Terminal, the truth is Dave Kaval and John Fisher have amassed a group of people who can do the Las Vegas Ballpark government affairs work, while Kaval talks to Oakland politicians, thus keeping the Howard Terminal fires burning. The Oakland Athletics have not just one, but several registered lobbyists at work in Nevada for the 2023 Nevada Legislative Session. One of them has been noted as Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval, but the others are Jennifer Atlas, Jennifer Lazovich, Shelly Capurro, Alexander Dean, Arthur (A.J.) Delap, Mark Fiorentino, and Michael Hillerby. Of all of the listed lobbyists beyond Dave Kaval, and who have the Athletics Investment Group as a client, Alexander Dean is with Sansome Partners LP/ Hawk Hill Management Co LLC, in San Francisco, and with Mr. Kaval is the only other non-Nevada-based listed lobbyist. Sansome Partners LP is a private equity firm with offices in Seattle, Boston, and New York, that reportedly "makes long-term investments in high-quality businesses and assets." Sansome Partners is a family office for the Fisher Family (GAP Clothing). As for Alexander Dean, or "Sandy Dean", the founder of Sansome Partners has run it for 26 years,and is described as "a long-time Fisher family friend." Prior to that, in 1992, Sandy worked for Senator Diane Feinstein's husband Dick Blum at Blum Capital Partners. Sansome Partners has deployed $3+ billion of private equity capital since it was launched. If Sandy is listed as a Nevada Lobbyist, and he is, that means, for all practical purposes, John Fisher and the Fisher family are officially doing business in Las Vegas, beyond just Dave Kaval as Oakland A's President. The Other Members Of The Oakland A's Lobbying Team In Nevada Jennifer Atlas - Jennifer Atlas is Director of Government Affairs for The Griffin Company, a public policy and government affairs consulting firm with Nevada roots that go back to 1864. She previously had MGM Resorts International as a client. AJ Delap - Working with Jennifer Atlas is AJ Delap. Mr. Delap has a long history of government affairs work in Nevada. He worked for Governor Sandoval and then Governor Sisolak. And his involvement in the Nevada Legislature also "allowed him the opportunity to work with local city and county governments on a broad range of issues", the firm's website reports. Jennifer Lazovich is a Partner in the law firm of Kaempfer Crowell. Kaempfer Crowell says it's "one of Nevada’s top law firms for Government Relations, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation, Gaming, Energy & Natural Resources, Real Estate and Bankruptcy." Jennifer has 20 years of experience focusing on (for the purpose of the Oakland A's interests) land use planning, zoning, and government affairs. She's the one the A's turn to to handle the matter of land entitlements in Las Vegas in other words, getting political approval to build what the Oakland A's want to construct - but she has partners involved with the A's effort in Las Vegas. Working with Ms. Lazovich at Kaempfer Crowell is Shelly Capurro. Ms. Capurro is listed as "Associate Director of the Legislative Affairs department and represents a diverse group of clients before the Nevada Legislature and Northern Nevada local government entities" on the firm's website. "Shelly brings to the firm a background of lobbying, government, election and campaign finance law, real estate, as well as public and legislative affairs," her description reads. Joining Lazovich and Capurro at Kaempfer Crowell is Michael Hillerby. Mr. Hillerby is Director of Legislative Affairs for the firm and with the practice areas of land use, zoning, and legislative affairs. Mr. Hillerby is a noted lobbyist for clients with interests before the Nevada Legislature. And joining Hillerby, Lazovich, and Capurro is Mark Fiorentino. Mark is a Partner in the practice areas of Gaming Law, Land Use, Zoning & Government Affairs, Legislative Affairs, Privileged Licensing , and Real Estate & Construction (for the purpose of the Oakland A's Ballpark lobbying in Las Vegas.) The Oakland A's have amassed a high-powered team of lobbyists to work in the matter of crafting of new legislation specific to the Las Vegas Ballpark. This is very similar to what the late Sheldon Adelson did for Mark Davis and the Oakland Raiders in bringing them from Oakland to Las Vegas: establishing a team of lobbyists that pushed the passage of Senate Bill 1, the law that gave birth to the $750 million subsidy used to pay (in part) for the construction of Allegiant Stadium.
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