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Gary Arlitz, Las Vegas Aviators director of game entertainment

Aviators’ New Ballpark Will Take Game Entertainment to New Level Thanks to Giant Scoreboard, More Cameras

March 20, 2019 Alan Snel Gary Arlitz, Wayne Danielson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com A new $150 million minor league ballpark in Downtown Summerlin will deliver everything from better

Panoramic photo of Aviators ballpark.

Aviators

Aviators’ New Ballpark Looking Green, Sod Rolled Out for Playing Field

March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 Alan Snel Don Logan, Pat Delano

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It’s the green grass and the

Aviators

Aviators’ New Ballyard Big Letters Arrive for Main Sign: Las Vegas Ballpark; Venue Opens in One Month

March 9, 2019 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The gigantic letters arrived by truck trailer this week. And then they were installed letter

Las Vegas Ballpark, as seen on Tuesday morning.

Aviators LVCVA Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

The LVCVA: ‘It’s A Public Agency That Acts Like A Private Company’

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Rossi Ralenkotter, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com About a week after the “Great Las Vegas Snow Blizzard of 2019” coated the elevated

Aviators Golden Knights Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

One Final Season in Oakland (Again) for Raiders in 2019 Before NFL Team Moves to Vegas for 2020; And Other Sports Business News

February 26, 2019 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It turned out the Raiders’ goodbye to the Coliseum in 2018 was a false alarm.

Cosmo the baseball mascot is in the center at a Las Vegas Lights FC game that had all the mascots for Las Vegas' sports teams last summer.

Aviators

Mascot Cosmo’s Future With Aviators? He’ll Be At New Summerlin Ballpark in 2019 But His Permanent Role Is Up In The Air

February 13, 2019 Alan Snel Cosmo, Jim Gemma

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The newly re-branded Las Vegas Aviators fled Cashman Field for a new luxurious Downtown Summerlin

Aviators Golden Knights Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Bicycle Tour of Las Vegas Stadiums Reveals Market’s Expanding Sports Industry

February 9, 2019 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Construction workers were digging a trench in the road next to the new Raiders stadium

Aviators President Don Logan said the new ballpark will not be ready in time to host Big League Weekend in March.

Aviators Lights

Aviators Prez Logan: No Big League Weekend in 2019, But It Will Return To Las Vegas In 2020

February 6, 2019 Alan Snel Don Logan

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Big League Weekend in Las Vegas — the baseball weekend in March when the Chicago

The Las Vegas Lights FC staff is working in the former 51s sales offices at Cashman Field as both the Lights and new Aviators prepare for new seasons.

Aviators Golden Knights Lights Raiders Team

Las Vegas’ Exploding Sports and Stadium Scene Means Teams Face Logistical Business Challenges

February 5, 2019February 6, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Chuck Johnson, Don Logan, Justin Roper

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com When you’re the secondary tenant in your sports stadium, it means the business staff behind

51s Aviators

Las Vegas Ballpark Sign Letters Go Up, Pedestrian Flashers To Be Installed For Crosswalk At Aviators Ballyard

January 23, 2019January 28, 2019 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Crews began hanging a “Las Vegas Ballpark” sign on the Las Vegas Aviators’ new $150

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.

BRIEFS

T-Mobile Arena’s plaza has a new naming rights partner: Toshiba Plaza is now called Paramount+ Plaza.

A’s stadium site partner announces CFO move:

A’s Spring Training schedule in the Arizona Cactus League

WNBA Commish retires: Following seven years as the first-ever Commissioner of the WNBA, Cathy Engelbert has informed the league of her decision to retire at the end of 2026.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2026-27 NATIONAL TV BROADCASTS

Tue. Sept. 29 vs. Chicago (ESPN)

Tue. Oct. 20 vs. Tampa Bay (ESPN)

Wed. Nov. 11 vs. Utah (TNT)

Tue. Nov. 17 vs. Dallas (TNT)

Thu. Nov. 19 vs. Dallas (ESPN+)

Tue. Nov 24 at Edmonton (TNT)

Wed. Dec. 16 vs. San Jose (TNT)

Tue. Dec. 22 at Anaheim (TNT)

Thu. Jan. 7 vs. Minnesota (ESPN)

Wed. Jan. 20 vs. Edmonton (TNT)

Sat. Feb. 20 at Dallas (ABC) 2027 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series™

Wed. Feb. 24 vs. Florida (TNT)

Sun. March 7 at N.Y. Rangers (ESPN)

Tue. March 9 vs. San Jose (ESPN+)

Tue. April 6 vs. St. Louis (ESPN)

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

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.