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Aviators Baseball Las Vegas Ballpark 

Famous Weather Terms For $200: Answer — Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Chargers, Skye; Question — What Is A Bolt? That Is Correct!

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 Alan Snel Skye Bolt

   Story by Alan Snel  Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell  He was back in Las Vegas, back at the amenity-filled

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Aviators Baseball 

Las Vegas Has Major Leagues, But There’s Always A Place For Minors In This Market

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com No matter the size of the sports market, there’s always a niche for the minor

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51s Aviators Baseball Las Vegas Ballpark 

Pro Baseball Returns To Las Vegas Tuesday With Aviators’ Opening Night Win Before 8,475

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Alan Snel

Story by Alan Snel   Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell They get to eat a mountain of nachos out of plastic

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Aviators Baseball Las Vegas Ballpark UNLV 

UNLV Visits Las Vegas Ballpark In Summerlin For Tuesday Evening Baseball Against Arizona State; Final UNLV 11 Arizona State 10

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was baseball night in Summerlin Tuesday. The UNLV baseball team, a club that had

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Aviators Baseball Basketball Gambling Golden Knights 

Monday Morning Gambler: Golden Knights’ Dramatic Win Just Another Sweat for Bettors

March 28, 2022March 30, 2022 Alan Snel Evgenii Dadonov, Pete DeBoer

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Many considered the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 overtime win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday

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It's Las vegas and the LVCVA is the main sponsor of the ballpark so it's showgirls for Big League Weekend.
Aviators Baseball Major League Baseball 

Swing And A Miss Again: Major League Baseball Wipes Out Big League Weekend March 18 and 19

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There’s no joy in Summerlin-ville. Major League Baseball has canceled Big League Weekend set for

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Aviators Baseball 

MLB Labor Impasse Means Big League Weekend Spring Training Games At Las Vegas Ballpark Are Canceled March 12 and 13

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Alan Snel Don Logan

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The labor stoppage in Major League Baseball means the spring training games between the Cleveland

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Gonzaga coach Mark Few
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Las Vegas Market Pays Pac-12, Mountain West, West Coast Conferences More Than $1 Million To Stage Postseason Tourneys In Sin City

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Sports are fun. They’re also not free. You’re paying. And when I say, “you,” I

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Aviators Basketball Gambling Golden Knights NHL Thomas & Mack Center UNLV 

Monday Morning Gambler: Surprising Runnin’ Rebels Are Cashing Tickets For Bettors

February 21, 2022 Alan Snel Kevin Kruger, Pete DeBoer

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com If cashing betting tickets on Las Vegas teams appeals to you, you probably have picked

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Aviators 

New Grass Arrives In Summerlin (No, Not That Type Of Grass)

February 17, 2022 Alan Snel

  By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Major League Baseball owners and big league players are still embroiled in a labor

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Briefs

July 5, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com CONTACT: 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Please read our investigative reports on:

F1 race promoting misleading economic data on race event in Las Vegas

Las Vegas still owing more than $1 billion on its debt for contributing $750 million for construction of Raiders’ NFL stadium.

LVCVA spending $165,000 on Super Bowl trip to LA

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill’s claiming that tourism decreases in Las Vegas in summer is wrong

Las Vegas consultant Jeremy Aguero having conflict of interest for asking Nevada Legislature for A’s stadium construction money while also working as administrative support for Las Vegas Stadium Authority.

LVCVA awarding $1.2 million contract to Phoenix-based sports marketing company that hires former husband of LVCVA’s vice president of sports & events less than a month after.


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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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