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COVID-19 and Sports: Minor League Baseball and Las Vegas Aviators Are Shut Out In 2020

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 Alan Snel Don Logan, Pat O'Conner

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There’s no joy in Downtown Summerlin today. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the 2020 Minor

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Aviators Golden Knights Raiders Team UNLV 

Sports-Business During COVID-19: How Sports Social Media Teams Stay Relevant Without Sports

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Alan Snel

By Toby Srebnik for LVSportsBiz.com People often make lemonade from lemons in the toughest of situations. Now imagine working in

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Aviators Basketball Column UFC 

Exactly Three Years After Painful Near-Death, Day of Gratitude and Tripleheader of Sports-Business Events To Cover To Celebrate Life

March 7, 2020March 8, 2020 Alan Snel Brian Dutcher, Dana White, Kris Bryant, Sam Merrill, Steve Fisher

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com  The ambulance tech was wheeling me into the ER at Lawnwood Medical Center in Fort

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Aviators Golden Knights 

Who Knew Summerlin Was A Major League Sports Hub? This Morning, NHL, MLB Collide In Las Vegas Suburb

March 1, 2020March 1, 2020 Alan Snel Marcus Semien, Mark Stone, Matt Chapman, Nic Roy, Pete DeBoer, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Only seven years ago in Las Vegas’ western affluent suburb of Summerlin, what was called

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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 

Big League Weekend Brings MLB Spring Training To Downtown Summerlin

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 Alan Snel Rossi Ralenkotter

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Ballpark enjoyed a banner year in attendance in its first year in 2019

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Aviators 

Goodyear Blimp Beats The Nasty CES Show Traffic In Las Vegas

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com  The traffic around Las Vegas Convention Center is a mess with the mega CES show

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Aviators 

Baseball Big Leagues Return To Las Vegas For Two Weekends Of Spring Training Games In 2020

November 12, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Back in the good ol’ days when baseball was played at Cashman Field, the former

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The Aviators ballpark in Downtown Summerlin
Aviators 

Aviators’ First Season In New Summerlin Ballpark Transcends Playoff Loss To Sacramento

September 8, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Triple A baseball did just fine in its new suburban baseball home in Downtown Summerlin

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Photo by Tom Donoghue
Aviators 

Las Vegas Aviators Finish Home Season Averaging 9,299 Announced Attendance Per Game To Lead Minor League Baseball

September 2, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   The Las Vegas Aviators completed a banner first inaugural season in their new ballpark in

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UNLV football is back.
Aces Aviators UNLV 

Las Vegas Saturday Tripleheader Matches Aviators vs. UNLV Football vs. Aces

August 28, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   The UNLV football season is coming and the Las Vegas Aces and Aviators seasons are

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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.

 

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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)

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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

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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.

 

 

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