The NBA Summer League enjoyed an uptick in attendance Friday after slower days Wednesday and Thursday.
Friday’s attendance was 12,749 as the 11-day, 75-game pro basketball event heads into its final weekend with games Saturday and Sunday. Attendance Thursday was 8,279.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said attendance was pegged at 135,000 for the July 7-17 Summer League.
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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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