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Author: Alan Snel

Pete DeBoer, VGK coach
COVID-19 Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Find New Lodging In San Jose After Fairmont In Downtown SJ Declares Bankruptcy; VGK Blank Sharks 4-0 Behind Fleury, Tuch Saturday

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Chandler Stephenson, Fleury, Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone, Nick Holden, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com What can you say? When the Vegas Golden Knights play the Sharks in San Jose,

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Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Move To 15-4-1 With 5-4 OT Win Over Sharks In San Jose Friday

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pacioretty, Alex Tuch, Brent Burns, Chandler Stephenson, Kurtis Gabriel, Logan Couture, Martin Jones, Matt Nieto, Max Pacioretty, Oscar Dansk, Reilly Smith, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com After 10 consecutive starts by VGK goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, the Knights had a new goalie

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Gambling UFC 

UFC Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Epstein Breaks Down UFC’s DraftKings Sponsorship Deal

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Lawrence Epstein

LVSportsBiz.com talked with UFC Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Epstein to break down the Las Vegas-based MMA promotion’s $350 million, five-year

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Dana White is heading to Florida for UFC 261 . Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com
COVID-19 UFC 

UFC Boss Man Dana White Tells LVSportsBiz He’s Looking At Houston To Host UFC Fights After ‘Dallas Shot Us Down’

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Greg Abbott

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Not one to don a COVID-19 mask, UFC President Dana White told LVSportsBiz.com Thursday he

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UFC's Dana White
Gambling UFC 

UFC, DraftKings Cut Major Sportsbook, Fantasy Partner Sponsorship Deal

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Jason Robins

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based UFC and DraftKings announced a big partnership deal Thursday that outlines a plan

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COVID-19 Golden Knights 

Fans Return Again As Golden Knights Sweep Minnesota With 5-1 Win At Big Ice House Wednesday

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Ayron Sequeira, Chandler Stephenson, Cody Glass, Fleury, Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone, Nic Hague, William Carrier

ADVERTISER By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com PA announcer Bruce Cusick welcomed 2,605 hockey fans back to the Big Ice House

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Gambling Speedway Sports Marketing 

Richard Childress Racing Debuts BetMGM Car at Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas Sunday

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Snel Austin Dillon, Richard Childress

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com BetMGM has another deal. Richard Childress Racing (RCR) and BetMGM unveiled the first NASCAR racecar

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Aviators COVID-19 

COVID-19 Prompts Las Vegas Aviators Season To Start In May

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aviators, the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, are now scheduled to

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Column COVID-19 Fans Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

One Golden Knights Fan Was Missing At T-Mobile Arena Monday Night

March 2, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Snel

ADVERTISER By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com  They danced and screamed and cheered Monday night. The Vegas Golden Knights fans were

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COVID-19 Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Golden Knights Welcome Fans Back Into Arena With Wild 5-4 Comeback OT Win Over Minnesota Monday

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Alan Snel Cody Glass, Fleury, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Nic Hague

  By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com — Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell of LVSportsBiz.com A worldwide virus kept Vegas Golden

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LVSportsBiz Contact

July 5, 2021

Alan Snel, veteran journalist and LVSportsBiz.com publisher. ASnel@LVSportsBiz.com.

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking news 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, New York, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

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LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president Marc Badain

Marc Badain

LVCVA spends $8.25 million on A’s sponsorship

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip


May 24, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel is a nationally-known bicycle rights leader and bicycle travel writer.

Alan focuses on reducing road violence and has asked government to enforce road safety laws, design better roads for bicyclists and walkers not just motorists, educate drivers, install more penalties for reckless motorists and lower speed limits.

Here are Alan’s travel story samples, literary adventures based on Alan’s expansive and curious approach to reporting sports-business news and a bicycle life:

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

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LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel has also written two books: Long Road Back To Las Vegas and Bicycle Man. Purchase Long Road Back To Las Vegas on Amazon and contact Alan to buy Bicycle Man at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com.

 

 

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