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Sin City Turns Into Cheesehead City For Monday Night Football In Las Vegas; Raiders Hold Off Pack, 17-13, For Second Win On Season

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 Alan Snel AJ Dillon, Amik Robertson, Christian Watson, Jakobi Meyers, Jimmy Garoppolo, Jordan Love, Josh Jacobs, Josh McDaniels, Mark Davis, Robert Spillane

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Mark Davis is seeing the contrast on back-to-back days. On Sunday at noon,

Chris Daly, Nevada State Education Association political director, tells the Las Vegas Stadium Authority that hiring the LVCVA for stadium board work is a clear conflict of interest. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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Man Of Many Hats: Steve Hill Center Of Three-Way Between Stadium Authority, Tourism Agency, Athletics Stadium Subsidy

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Chris Daly, Jeremy Aguero, Lawrence Epstein, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Steve Hill wears many hats. The former concrete business owner is CEO of

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Nevada Lawmaker La Rue Hatch Takes Swing At Athletics Stadium Subsidy Deal With Letter Monday

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Alan Snel Selena La Rue Hatch

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Selena La Rue Hatch is one Nevada Assembly member who is not ready

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Nevada Teachers Union Takes Swing At Athletics Stadium Subsidy Bill With PAC That Plans Litigation, Voter Campaign In Effort To Reverse $380 Million Ballpark Subsidy

July 2, 2023July 2, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Strip, where it’s OK to suspend reality because entertainment is rule one,

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In Las Vegas’ Bread And Circuses Approach To Public Policy, Public Dollars Handed Out To MLB Team For Baseball Stadium On Strip

June 23, 2023June 24, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Jonathan Marchessault, Steve Hill, Tim Leiweke, William Karlsson

ADVERTSEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Things are kind of busy in Las Vegas in the sports world. Local

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Weekend Sports Gambler: Las Vegas Aces Tearing Up Competition, But Only Mediocre On Betting Line

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 Alan Snel Becky Hammon

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer To no one’s surprise, the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA

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Nevada Assembly Leader: Lombardo Advised To Hold Athletics Stadium Special Session Later In Summer To Refine Bill, But Governor’s New Stadium Bill Urgency Leads To Monday’s Meeting

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nevada Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager said he advised Gov. Joe Lombardo to have

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Bellying Up To Public Trough: Both F1, Athletics Shared Limelight This Week With High-Profile Requests For Public Money For Neighboring Sports Projects On Strip

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, John Fisher

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The public cost of underwriting Las Vegas’ thirst for major league sports was

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Assembly, Senate Adjourn Until Monday: No Movement On Subsidized Athletics Stadium Bill In Carson City Thursday

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Round 2 of the Great Athletics Stadium Subsidy Debate never took place Thursday.

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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

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.

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

BRIEFS

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.

The Thrill is back: The pro women’s volleyball team, the Thrill, was out of business last year but a press release says the Thrill has a new local owner and a new coach and details will be reveled at a Monday presser. The Las Vegas Thrill of Major League Volleyball used to play at the Lee Family Forum in Henderson.

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

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.