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Aces owner Mark Davis and Aces president Nikki Fargas

WNBA Aces Increase 2027 Season Ticket Prices By Blended 17.65%, With 72 Percent Of Season Tickets Under $35 and $10 Seats Still Sold

July 31, 2026July 31, 2026 Alan Snel Larry Delsen, Mark Davis, Matt Delsen, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After a year of holding the line on ticket prices,

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‘MVP’ Chants Echo Through Arena As A’ja Wilson Leads Las Vegas Aces To 104-99 Win Over NY Liberty Thursday

July 30, 2026July 31, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Mark Davis

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada

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NBA Commish Says Private Groups Bidding For Expansion Teams In Las Vegas, Seattle Besides Public Bidders (But He’s Not Saying Who They Are)

July 14, 2026July 15, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Jerry Colangelo, Kawhi Leonard

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The NBA’s top executive said there are some private ownership groups

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NBA Pushing Technology Frontier With Tech Expo, Launchpad Demo Event During NBA Summer League In Las Vegas

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Jaylen Brown, Jewell Loyd

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Kevin Gehsmann was chatting about his company, PROTECT3D, Monday when he

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Indiana Fever Bury Las Vegas Aces By 34 Points Sunday

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Chelsea Gray, Dana White, Dawn Staley, Kelsey Mitchell, Lisa Leslie, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas, Sophie Cunningham

Photos by Hugh Byrne and Story by LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas, Nevada — Las Vegas Aces games are celebrity

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Epicenter Of Global Hoops Here In Las Vegas Through July 19; NBA Summer League Enjoys 17,500 Sellout For Day 1 Thursday

July 10, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Jerry Colangelo

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Year after year, I refer to the NBA Summer League

Jerry Colangelo from 2017's Summer League. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

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Colangelo-Led Group Enters NBA Expansion Competition In Las Vegas With Bid To Create Las Vegas Jacks Team

July 8, 2026July 8, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Levy, Jay Williams, Jerry Colangelo, Jonathan Thomas, Scott Colangelo

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After VGK owner Bill Foley entered the Las Vegas NBA expansion sweepstakes

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Without A’ja, Las Vegas Aces Lose, 84-68, To Indiana Sunday; Attendance 17,796 At T-Mobile Arena

July 6, 2026July 6, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Caitlin Clark, Jackie Young, Jim Gray, Kelsey Mitchell, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

* Photos by Hugh Byrne with story by LVSportsBiz.com LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It was an impressive crowd of announced 17,796

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Proposed Jet Terminal Part Of NBA Arena Proposal On Strip Across From Mandalay Bay

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Tom Letizia

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The development company proposing to build an NBA arena across from Mandalay

Golden Knights owner Bill Foley talking with LVSportsBiz.com in 2017. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVsportsBiz.com.

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It’s Official: Bill Foley Wants To Own An NBA Team, Too

June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Now, Bill Foley is officially after an NBA team. The 1967 West

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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.

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.

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

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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.