With sports becoming a major driver of special events in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will hire a chief sports officer and pay that person up to $347,400 a year.
LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill said Tuesday the new executive is expected to be announced soon and the LVCVA board of directors on Tuesday unanimously approved a salary range for the new executive.
The LVCVA on Wednesday will name a vice president of sports business development. That executive and the vice president of event operations will report to the chief sports officer, but in the interim, they will report to Hill.
