LAS VEGAS, Nevada — You can make a nice living promoting sports for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), the public tourism agency charged with attracting visitors to Southern Nevada.
LVCVA Chief Sports Officer Janis Burke makes $347,000 a year, Sports Business Development VP Jennifer Hawkins makes $210,000 a year and Event VP Will Hunter was hired at $220,000 a year when he began in October, according to LVCVA’s response to an LVSportssBiz.com records request May 6. It took seven weeks for the LVCVA to provide three annual salaries.
Less than a year after getting hired, Hunter is no longer an LVCVA staffer and works as a “large event planning advisor to the LVCVA,” according to the LVCVA.
The LVCVA hired Burke at the maximum salary for her position minus $400, according to this LVCVA graphic:
It’s also newsworthy to report that the percentage of LVCVA payroll has increased 50 percent from 12 percent in 2022, 2023 and 2024 to 18 percent for the 2027 budget, according to the LVCVA’s own data.
Other people are making money from sports in the LVCVA…