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Las Vegas Aces Add To Their Star Power With Tom Brady Buying An Ownership Interest In WNBA Team

March 23, 2023March 24, 2023 Alan Snel Kelsey Plum, Mark Davis, Tom Brady

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Tom Brady never did get to play for Mark Davis’ Raiders, but he did buy a share of

Team President Nikki Fargas with Aces owner Mark Davis

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Las Vegas Aces Dealing With Investigations Into Salary Cap Issues, Dearica Hamby Charges

February 9, 2023 Alan Snel Alysha Clark, Candace Parker, Dearica Hamby, John Maxwell, Kiah Stokes, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau/LVSportsBiz.com Aces/WNBA Writer The WNBA is investigating the Las Vegas Aces for potential salary cap violations.

UFC President Dana White. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Las Vegas Odd Couple Of Dana White and Mark Davis Facing Problems With Their Billion-Dollar Sports Organizations

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Alan Snel Candace Parker, Dan Ventrelle, Dana White, Dearica Hamby, Donald Trump, Mark Davis, Steve Sisolak

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer They came to Las Vegas from opposite ends of the United States. And

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WNBA Champs’ Surprise Move: Las Vegas Aces Trade All-Star Dearica Hamby To LA Sparks

January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 Alan Snel Amanda Zahui B., Becky Hammon, Chelsea Gray, Dearica Hamby, Jackie Young, Natalie Williams

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com WNBA Writer In a surprising announcement early Saturday morning, Las Vegas Aces said the

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New Start, New Year, New Lens: Bye 2022 Through LVSportsBiz.com’s 4,000 Photos

December 31, 2022January 2, 2023 Alan Snel Tyge O'Donnell

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Publisher’s note: One of the best things about publishing this sports-business news site is working with the gifted,

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Aces’ A’ja Wilson Speaks Out About WNBA Defending Champs Opening 2023 Season On Road, Receiving Championship Rings Month Into New Season

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer When Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson believes something is off kilter, the

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Like Year 1, Golden Knights Launch Season Six Amid Uncertainty; VGK Say Attendance Was 17,026 For Exhibition Game Against LA Monday

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Alan Snel Adrian Kempe, Bruce Cassidy, Fleury, Gerard Gallant, Jack Eichel, Kevin Fiala, Logan Thompson, Mark Stone, Pete DeBoer, Robin Lehner, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Well, well, well. Here we are for

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Las Vegas Comes Together On Strip Tuesday To Celebrate Aces’ WNBA Championship: ‘This Is Just The Beginning’

September 20, 2022September 21, 2022 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Bill Laimbeer, Chelsea Gray, Dearica Hamby, Jackie Young, Jim Murren, Kelsey Plum, Mark Davis, Natalie Williams, Nikki Fargas, Riquna Williams, Steve Sisolak

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Cassandra Cousineau Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Las Vegas came to the Strip to

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Las Vegas Aces Owner Mark Davis’ Hirings Culminate In WNBA Championship Rally At Bellagio Fountains Tuesday

September 19, 2022 Alan Snel Becky Hammon, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer In January, LVSportsBiz.com published a story on Las Vegas owner Mark Davis setting

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Las Vegas Aces Celebrate WNBA Championship With Finals Game 4 Win Over Connecticut Sun On Road Sunday

September 18, 2022September 18, 2022 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Bill Laimbeer, Chelsea Gray, Gregg Popovich, Jim Murren, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, WNBA/Aces Writer The Las Vegas Aces have won the Vegas market’s first major league sports

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

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.

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.