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UNLV Football Releases 2020 Ticket Prices For New Stadium, Trying To Carve Out Sports Identity As Affordable Alternative To More Pricey Tickets

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Alan Snel Megan Caligiuri

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   As the Las Vegas sports market matures with new big league teams and upscale sports

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Aces Aviators 

More Than 5,000 Watch WNBA Aces Defeat Phoenix, 84-79, in OT on Breast Health Awareness Night

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell    The Las Vegas Aces enjoyed one of their bigger

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Will Aces' attendance increase for the playoffs?
Aces 

Aces’ Year 2: More Wins, Less Attendance — What Gives? Will Playoffs Help Spike Attendance?

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Jim Murren, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com   Welcome to Las Vegas — Basketball City USA, for the summers anyway. The summer of

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Aces' star center Liz Cambage discussed mental health issues in a recent story. LVSportsBiz.com photo by J. Tyge O'Donnell
Aces 

Aces’ Cambage Shines Light On Mental Health Issues In WNBA

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Cathy Engelbert, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com   Sometimes things just aren’t what they appear to be. Especially from a distance. Las Vegas

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Smaller than usual crowd at Aviators ballpark in Summerlin Tuesday evening.
Aces Aviators 

Aviators’ Attendance Hits 7,683 on Toasty Tuesday Night; Ballpark to Host Movie Nights

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   It was a Tuesday night and another 100-degree-plus day in Las Vegas. Typically, attendance used

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Las Vegas Aces will resume suspended earthquake game from July 5 at T-Mobile Arena on Aug. 5.
Aces 

Aces Will Play At T-Mobile Arena For First Time Aug. 5 To Complete Suspended ‘Earthquake’ Game From July 5

July 29, 2019 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Thanks to some shake, rattle and roll, the Las Vegas Aces will play a regular

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2019 WNBA All Star Game, Las Vegas -- New Commissioner Cathy Engelbert addresses the media before the game.
Aces 

New WNBA Commissioner: ‘I’m In Listening Mode And I’m Getting A Lot Of Feedback’

July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Brittney Griner, Cathy Engelbert, Elena Delle Donne, Erica Wheeler, Kobe Bryant

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   A mere month on the job, new WNBA Commissioner

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Aces 

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: WNBA Players Say Las Vegas Franchise Adds Marketing Punch To League

July 26, 2019July 27, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Elizabeth Williams, Lance Evans, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas and MGM Resorts International, owner of the Las Vegas Aces, received high grades

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MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren chats with Aces staffer Rushia Brown after a recent Aces-Seattle Storm game.
Aces 

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: Las Vegas Aces’ Rushia Brown Advises Players On Careers

July 25, 2019 Alan Snel Jim Murren, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage, Rushia Brown, Tamara Young

(We start our WNBA All-Star Game weekend coverage with a 1-on-1 with Rushia Brown, a former WNBA player and staffer

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Las Vegas Aviators, The Silver Kings/Reyes De Plata vs El Paso Chihuahuas at Las Vegas Ballpark
Aces Aviators 

LVSportsBiz Variety Pack of News: Pop-up Retail Store at Aviators Ballpark; Levy Restaurants Goes for Grand Slam in Las Vegas; WNBA All-Star Performersrs

July 25, 2019July 26, 2019 Alan Snel Kristin Chenoweth, Teyana Taylor

When news comes buffet-style in Las Vegas    Buying Power at the Ballpark Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   It

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July 5, 2021

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LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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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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