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Author: Alan Snel

Aces 

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: WNBA Players Say Las Vegas Franchise Adds Marketing Punch To League

July 26, 2019July 27, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Elizabeth Williams, Lance Evans, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas and MGM Resorts International, owner of the Las Vegas Aces, received high grades

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MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren chats with Aces staffer Rushia Brown after a recent Aces-Seattle Storm game.
Aces 

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: Las Vegas Aces’ Rushia Brown Advises Players On Careers

July 25, 2019 Alan Snel Jim Murren, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage, Rushia Brown, Tamara Young

(We start our WNBA All-Star Game weekend coverage with a 1-on-1 with Rushia Brown, a former WNBA player and staffer

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Las Vegas Aviators, The Silver Kings/Reyes De Plata vs El Paso Chihuahuas at Las Vegas Ballpark
Aces Aviators 

LVSportsBiz Variety Pack of News: Pop-up Retail Store at Aviators Ballpark; Levy Restaurants Goes for Grand Slam in Las Vegas; WNBA All-Star Performersrs

July 25, 2019July 26, 2019 Alan Snel Kristin Chenoweth, Teyana Taylor

When news comes buffet-style in Las Vegas    Buying Power at the Ballpark Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   It

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MGM Resorts International CEO celebrates the Aces win with team center Liz Cambage at Mandalay Bay Events Center Tuesday night.
Aces 

LVSportsBiz Exclusive With MGM Resorts Intl CEO Murren: ‘We Won The Game When I Was Able To Bring The Team Here’

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Hornbuckle, Jim Murren, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   He drank a beer. And between sips, he gave some lip to the refs after

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UFC 

UFC Joins Forces With Canadian Company For 8-Year Deal To Study Impact of CBDs on UFC Fighters

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel Dana White, Darren Karasiuk, Terry Booth

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   It’s in UFC’s DNA to push the frontier for

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The Pacman has an interesting connection to Floyd Mayweather through Mayweather's promoters.
Boxing 

Pacquiao Has Intriguing Business Connection To Mayweather’s Promoters, Making MayPac 2 A Possibility

July 24, 2019 Alan Snel Adrien Broner, Floyd Mayweather, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Saul Canelo Alvarez

By Cassandra Cousineau LVsportsBiz.com   In the aftermath of Manny Pacquiao punching his way to a split-decision welterweight win over

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Raiders stadium, under construction, will host the 2020 and 2021 Pac-12 football championship games.
Raiders Stadium 

Pac-12 To Hold Conference Football Title Game At Raiders’ Las Vegas Stadium In 2020, 2021

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel Larry Scott, Marc Badain

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   The Raiders and their new Las Vegas stadium operators, AEG Facilities, added another date on

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Samina the psychic at Mountain West Conference football media day courtesy of Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich
UNLV 

Mountain West Football Media Event Delivers UNLV Coach Sanchez and Samina The Fortune Teller

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Alan Snel Britney Spears, Elvis Presley, Nick Rolovich, Tony Sanchez

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   There’s no official new Mountain West football TV deal, so the news out of the

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: Sports Betting Line Moves Provide Great Entertainment

July 22, 2019 Alan Snel

Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com Watching sports betting lines move is almost as entertaining as people-watching in a Las Vegas dive bar

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Late NBA legend Bill Russell watching Aces basketball. Photo by Steve Rosenthal/LVSportsBiz.com
Aces 

Aces Polish Off Minnesota As NBA Legend Bill Russell Watches WNBA Game In Las Vegas

July 21, 2019July 21, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Russell, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas Aces All-Star A’ja Wilson was injured with a bad ankle and couldn’t show

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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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

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BRIEFS

A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

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

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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

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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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