Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Dysfunctional Baseball: Oakland Athletics’ Bizarre, Strange, Surreal Adventure To Win $380 Million In Government Assistance From Nevada For Ballpark On Strip

June 7, 2023June 8, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Fabian Donate, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Nicole Cannizzaro, Rob Manfred, Rochelle Nguyen, Steve Hill, Steve Pastorino, Wayne Coy

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nobody invited the Oakland Athletics and their owner, John Fisher, to Las Vegas

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Another Sports Organizer Wants Public Dollars In Las Vegas: Formula One Asks Clark County For $40 Million Toward $80 Million Las Vegas Grand Grand Prix Infrastructure Work

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Justin Jones, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Michael Naft

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Now it’s Formula One’s turn to belly up to the public trough and

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Stanley Cup Final Game 2: Vegas Routs Florida, 7-2, Before Giant Crowd Of 18,561 Monday; VGK Two Wins From Hoisting Stanley Cup

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Alec Martinez, Alex Lyon, Billy Smith, Brett Howden, Bruce Cassidy, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault, Kevin Weekes, Mark Stone, Matt Tkachuk, Michael Amadio, Paul Maurice, Wayne Gretzky, William Karlsson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Golden Knights dominated the Florida Panthers

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Nevada Legislature Takes No Action On Athletics Stadium Subsidy Bill; But Proposed A’s Ballpark Legislation Goes To Special Session For Extra Innings Vote

June 5, 2023June 7, 2023 Alan Snel Joe Lombardo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer On the last day of the 120-day session for the Nevada Legislature Monday,

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NHL Commish Says League Revenues Pushing $6 Billion A Year; Game 1: VGK 5 Fla 2 Before 18,432

June 3, 2023June 4, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Anthony Duclair, Bruce Cassidy, Eric Staal, Gary Bettman, Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone, Paul Maurice, Reilly Smith, Sergei Bobrovsky, Shea Theodore

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The National Hockey League’s annual revenues

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Stanley Cup Game Day In Vegas: VGK vs Panthers In Game 1 at 5 PM

June 3, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Vincent Viola

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer They’re up early and working early. Arena crews and security were getting music

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NHL Welcomes Media Friday For Sunbelt Stanley Cup Final: Game 1 For VGK vs Florida Starts Saturday In Las Vegas

June 2, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Aleksander Barkov, Alex Ovechkin, Alex Pietrangelo, Bruce Cassidy, Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault, Paul Maurice, Steve Mayer

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Compared to the manic

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Weekend Sports Gambler: Brace Yourself And Prepare For Fan-Demonium

June 2, 2023 Alan Snel Aleksander Barkov, Jack Eichel, Kelsey Plum, Mark Stone, Paul Maurice

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer Here we go. Brace yourself for fan-demonium. This is it, the

Long line of Vegas fans wait to get into practice arena for VGK practice time.

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Second Time In Stanley Cup Final For Golden Knights Means It’s All About Taking Care Of Business After Vegas’ Cinderella Ride To Cup In Year 1

June 1, 2023June 4, 2023 Alan Snel Brayden McNabb, Bruce Cassidy, William Carrier

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne It’s Las Vegas, so there’s going to be a

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill -- at NFL Draft in las Vegas in April 2022. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Athletics Stadium Subsidy Fact Check: LVCVA Chief’s Claim That Tourism Drops In Summer In Las Vegas Not Supported By LVCVA’s Visitors Data

May 31, 2023June 1, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Steve Hill, Zach Conine

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Talk about a wild pitch. When making his case for a proposed $380 million

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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

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

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