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Lure of Las Vegas: NBA Owners To Vote Next Week On Exploring Expansion To Las Vegas For 2028-29

March 16, 2026March 19, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Joe Lombardo, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Shaquille O'Neal

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Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan (right) and Aces president Nikki Fargas (left). Photos by Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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LVSportsBiz.Com News Roundup: Two Team Presidents Form Duo At Preview Vegas; VGK’s First Employee Moves On; Flavor Flav Invites U.S. Gold Medal-Winning Women’s Team To Vegas To Celebrate

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 Alan Snel Eric Tosi, Flavor Flav, Jack Eichel, Kerry Bubolz, Mark Stone, Mitch Marner, Nikki Fargas, Noah Hanifin, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Shea Theodore, Todd Pollock

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Raiders/Aces owner Mark Davis at the Allegiant Stadium event that invited fans into the stadium for the first time. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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Raiders Owner Mark Davis Makes Hall Of Fame: The Southern Nevada Hall Of Fame

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 Alan Snel Mark Davis

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Las Vegas Aces Sweep Phoenix To Win Third WNBA Crown In Four Years, Capping Season Of League’s Record-Setting Growth

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Mark Davis

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Las Vegas Aces Two Wins From Garnering Their Third WNBA Crown In Four Years; Young, Wilson Combine For 60 Points In Game 2 Win Over Phoenix Sunday

October 5, 2025October 5, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Jackie Young, Mark Davis

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Aces 89 Phoenix 86 Finals Game 1: Embattled Engelbert Falls Back On Corporate Playbook Of Denying Collier’s Explosive Claims, Citing Inaccuracies In Media Reports About Her WNBA Leadership

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 Adelaide Chen A'ja Wilson, Alyssa Thomas, Becky Hammon, Cathy Engelbert, Dana Evans, Jewell Loyd, Kahleah Cooper, Napheesa Collier

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Las Vegas Aces Clinch Finals Berth With Game 5 Overtime Win Over Gutsy Indiana Fever Tuesday; Aces Play Phoenix For WNBA Title

September 30, 2025September 30, 2025 Adelaide Chen A'ja Wilson, Aliyah Boston, Becky Hammon, Caitlin Clark, Cathy Engelbert, Jackie Young, Kelsey Mitchell

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Las Vegas Aces Blast Fever In Semis Game 2 On Las Vegas’ Big Sports Night; VGK Start Home Preseason Sked; Even Aviators See Playoff Action

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, George McPhee, Mark Davis

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Indiana Fever Ruin A’ja Wilson MVP Party Sunday; Final: Indiana 89 Las Vegas 73 In WNBA Semis Game 1 As A’ja Wins Record Fourth MVP

September 21, 2025September 21, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Alanna Smith, Caitlin Clark, Dana Evans, Jackie Young, Kelsey Mitchell, Mark Davis, Napheesa Collier, Nikki Fargas, Stephanie White

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In Win-Or-Go-Home Playoff Game, A’ja Wilson Carries Aces To WNBA Semifinals As Las Vegas Defeats Seattle, 74-73, In Thriller Thursday

September 18, 2025September 18, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon

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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.

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

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Another day, another NBA arena idea in Las Vegas: During a quarterly earnings report call, VICI Properties execs said they’re teaming up with Caesars Entertainment on an idea to build an NBA arena behind three hotel-casinos in the center of the Strip just north of Flamingo Road.

Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

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

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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

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.