Las Vegas golf journalist Dennis Silvers delivers inside Vegas golf info for LVSportsBiz.com,

LVSportsBiz.com Is No One-Man Show; Guest Columnists Such as Golf Guru Dennis Silvers to be Featured

June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 Alan Snel Dennis Silvers

We’re off and running at LVSportsBiz.com, where business and politics meets sports, stadiums, sponsorships and teams in Las Vegas.

Lucky for us, we have lots of sportsbiz stories to serve up.

Raiders stadium. A new NHL club. Another annual NASCAR race at the Speedway. Dana White hyping a cross-combat sport fight between UFC’s Conor McGregor and boxing’s undefeated Floyd Mayweather.

And so much more, including the 51s, the National Finals Rodeo, UNLV sports, and big-time events such as the PGA coming to town.

LVSportsBiz.com will feature guest columnists who will add voice, insight and new perspectives to our original content.

And I’m happy to say that Dennis Silvers, a syndicated golf talk show host who works with CBS Sports Radio 1140 and KSNV-NBC Channel 3 Las Vegas, will be writing guest columns on the business of golf in the southern Nevada market.

Syndicated golf columnist Dennis Silvers will be delivering golf-business news in his guest columns.

Dennis’ contacts and sources run deep in Las Vegas, so expect newsy content when you see his column posted on LVSportsBiz.com. Check out Dennis’ 19th Hole Radio website here.

We’re lining up more guest columnists to add more sportsbiz news, opinions and perspectives, so bookmark us or sign up for alerts.

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.

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LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info on Las Vegas’ sports/stadium industry. Our stories are quoted nationally and we set the sportsbiz news agenda in Las Vegas. Publisher Alan Snel has reported on the business of sports and stadiums in Denver, South Florida, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

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Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.