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NHL Player Playoff Game Boycott On Racial Injustices Sparked Difficult Conversation In Las Vegas

August 31, 2020September 1, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Jacob Blake, Jon Gruden, Nissa Tzun, Ryan Reaves, Steve Grammas

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On Sunday, hockey fans in Las Vegas rejoiced about fan favorite Marc-Andre Fleury returning to

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Las Vegas Aces Addressing Racial Injustice While Piling Up Wins In WNBA’s Bradenton, Fla. Bubble

August 30, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry, Bill Laimbeer, Dearica Hamby

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces clinched a playoff berth Saturday while staying the course with its

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No NHL Games Thursday, Friday; VGK’s Ryan Reaves: ‘Conversation Started With White Players From Other Teams’

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Evander Kane, Matt Dumba, Pete DeBoer, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights vs. Vancouver Canucks playoff game scheduled for Thursday has been postponed

Dearica Hamby

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On Sports Betting: Las Vegas Aces Were Hot, Then Cold, Then Hot Again

August 24, 2020 Alan Snel Frankie Edgar, Pedro Munhoz, Robin Lehner

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces were hot. The WNBA team was 8-2 since the season’s restart

Las Vegas Aces coach Bill Laimbeer gets a haircut at the WNBA Bubble Wednesday, marking the end of a hairy era. Photo: Aces.

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Las Vegas Aces Coach Bill Laimbeer Finally Gets Haircut (And Aces PR Director’s Hairy Updates Come To An End)

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, John Maxwell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 pandemic may have turned the sports industry upside-down and made our lives a

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Chat With Roscoe Wilson — Father of Las Vegas Aces Star A’ja Wilson

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Roscoe Wilson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Roscoe Wilson is one proud daddy. Wilson’s daughter, A’ja, just turned 24 Saturday and her

Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson, league MVP

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A’jA Wilson Leads Las Vegas Aces To Scrappy Two-Point Win Over New York Sunday Despite Bill Laimbeer’s Gut Feeling

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry, Bill Laimbeer, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Before the Las Vegas Aces were about to play their third game in five days

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Las Vegas Aces Addressing Both Racial Justice And Basketball In Florida During WNBA’s Pandemic Season

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry, Bill Laimbeer, Carolyn Swords, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com It’s been just over a week since the WNBA tipped off with its 12 teams

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Lamar Advertising Cuts Digital Display Deal With Raiders; Redskins Will Drop Name and Logo; Aces on TV

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Alan Snel Harry Reid

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Much has been written about the public $750 million for the Las Vegas Raiders’ new

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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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.