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Aces

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 VegasĀ    Buying Power at the Ballpark Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   It

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MGM Resorts International CEO celebrates the Aces win with team center Liz Cambage at Mandalay Bay Events Center Tuesday night.
Aces 

LVSportsBiz Exclusive With MGM Resorts Intl CEO Murren: ‘We Won The Game When I Was Able To Bring The Team Here’

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Hornbuckle, Jim Murren, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   He drank a beer. And between sips, he gave some lip to the refs after

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Late NBA legend Bill Russell watching Aces basketball. Photo by Steve Rosenthal/LVSportsBiz.com
Aces 

Aces Polish Off Minnesota As NBA Legend Bill Russell Watches WNBA Game In Las Vegas

July 21, 2019July 21, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Russell, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas Aces All-Star A’ja Wilson was injured with a bad ankle and couldn’t show

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Raiders owner Mark Davis
Aces 

Raiders Owner Is A Regular At WNBA Aces Games — Even the 12 Noon Camp Day Games

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Kayla McBride, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   No matter when the Las Vegas Aces tip off their WNBA games at Mandalay Bay

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Las Vegas' three teams this summer have found their niches.
Aces Aviators Lights 

Las Vegas Teams of Summer Carve Out Unique Demographic Bases in Expanding Sports Market

June 29, 2019June 30, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Adam Silver, Bill Laimbeer, Brett Lashbrook, Jim Murren

  By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   At just after 7:30 pm Saturday, Las Vegas hit the trifecta. The WNBA Las

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Aces center Liz Cambage scored 14 points in the team's 60-56 win over Seattle.
Aces 

WNBA Aces Draw Announced Attendance 4,215, Beat Seattle, 60-56

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Dearica Hamby, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Only 12 seconds were left in the Las Vegas

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MGM Resorts International President Bill Hornbuckle celebrates next to Raiders owner Mark Davis after a fan made a promotion shot during a break in the Aces win Saturday night.
Aces Aviators 

Las Vegas’ Busy Sports Night With Aces, Aviators, Lights In Action

June 22, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   Raiders owner Mark Davis and MGM Resorts Intl

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Aces Aviators Lights UNLV 

Beer Chugging in Las Vegas: Both Las Vegas Aces and Las Vegas Aviators Stage Beer Promotions Thursday Night

June 20, 2019June 21, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer

  By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   Not only did the Las Vegas Aces

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Aces 

LeBron, Raiders Owner and VGK PA Announcer Among Star-Studded Courtside Fans As Las Vegas Aces Wipe Out Liberty, 100-65

June 14, 2019June 15, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Chris Paul, LeBron James, Liz Cambage, Russell Westbrook

  By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Photos by LVSportsBiz.com photographer J. Tyge O’Donnell   LeBron James craned his neck to

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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 onĀ F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.Ā Ā 

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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