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Gov. Brian Sandoval creates a sporting event committee for Southern Nevada.
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Gov. Sandoval Creates Sports Event Committee For Southern Nevada (But It Seems Highly-Paid People Are Already Recruiting Sports Events To Southern Nevada)

April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Marc Badain, Pat Christenson, Rossi Ralenkotter

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Raiders President Marc Badain is trying to bring a Super Bowl and World Cup soccer

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Goaltending and defense secured a first round win over the LA Kings. Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Fans In LA Enjoy First Round Sweep of LA Kings After Fleury Stonewalls Kings, 1-0, At Staples Center

April 17, 2018April 18, 2018 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz, Marc Andre-Fleury

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Downtown Los Angeles — The Vegas Golden Knights move on — and Golden Knights

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Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Superfan’s Advice For VGK Fans Tonight In LA: Watch Out For Angry LA Kings Supporters

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 Alan Snel Jason Griego

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com    Downtown Los Angeles — Vegas Golden Knights superfan Jason Griego has a word of advice

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Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

T-Mobile Arena vs. Staples Center Is Also Very Competitive In VGK-Kings Attendance

April 16, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Vegas Golden Knights and Los Angeles Kings have played three one-goal games, with the

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Basketball Thomas & Mack Center 

Overhead Video Cameras To Be Tested At NBA Summer League In Las Vegas

April 16, 2018 Alan Snel Mike Newcomb

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   ESPN will experiment with overhead cameras during games at the NBA Summer League in

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The Las Vegas 51s won't be known as the 51s next season in Summerlin. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com
51s Aviators 

As Expected, Howard Hughes Corp. Will Change 51s’ Name and Branding at New Summerlin Ballpark

April 16, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Chuck Johnson, Don Logan, Jim Gemma

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   When the owners of the Las Vegas 51s Triple A ballclub talked about moving

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Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights One Game From Checkmate; ‘They Have The City On Its Shoulders’

April 15, 2018April 16, 2018 Alan Snel Cody Eakin, James Neal, Steve Carell, William Karlsson

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Downtown Los Angeles — This time, Vegas Golden Knights fans turned the tables.  

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This dispensary ad sprouted at the Lights FC venue in downtown Las Vegas.
Lights 

So Many Puns, But We’ll Pass On Them: LV Lights Soccer Team Has Deal With Marijuana Business

April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   They’re the new sports team in Las Vegas that’s taking joy in the unconventional.  

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Sports get under our skin. And on our skin, too.
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Sports Get Under Our Skin — And On Our Skin, Too (In Other Words, You Will Like These VGK Photos)

April 14, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Sports.   There’s UFC fighter Conor McGregor throwing a dolly into a bus window and

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Game over. Knights win in OT, 2-1.
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Scoring Big With Partisan VGK Crowds, And Pricy Tickets For Kings Fans; Vegas Wins In Double OT

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Alan Snel Erik Haula

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Another Golden Knights first — a double overtime playoff game that ended with a 2-1

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July 5, 2021

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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. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president 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

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

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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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T-Mobile Arena opened in April 2016 and is home to Vegas Golden Knights and UFC
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