Flush with cash from moving the Raiders to Las Vegas, Raiders owner Mark Davis is now officially the owner of the Las Vegas Aces franchise of the WNBA.
Both the WNBA and the NBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the Aces from MGM Resorts International to Davis. Here are some press release comments from WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
Davis is a very big fan of the Aces and he attended just about every home game, watching from a courtside seat at Mandalay Bay Events Center, which is now called Michelob Ultra Arena.
Davis was seen at Aces games with friends like Tommy White of Laborers Local 872.
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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