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NBA cameraman Thomas Stewart testing a "LapCam" during an NBA Summer League game at Thomas & Mack Center Monday.

NBA Using Summer League As Tech Laboratory To Test Broadcast Cameras, Basketball Rim Sensors

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Alan Snel John Carter, Stephen Hellmuth, Thomas Stewart

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Courtside fans at the NBA Summer League usually include the likes of Lakers superstar LeBron

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and sports fan chatted with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Sunday.

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Unofficial Nevada Sports Commissioner (He Just Happens To Be Governor) Schmoozes With NBA Commish At NBA Summer League Day 3 Sunday

July 7, 2019July 7, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com He has been known to wear Derek Carr’s number four Raiders jersey and he’s been

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NBA Summer League Returns to Action At Thomas & Mack Center After Friday’s SoCal Earthquake

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Alan Snel Tacko Fall

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com It was back to basketball as usual at the NBA Summer League Day 2 Saturday

The crowd taking photos and video of Zion Williamson.

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Earthquake Prompts NBA Summer League To Suspend, Postpone Games After Giant Crowd Filled Thomas & Mack For Zion Debut Game Friday; WNBA Aces Suspend Second Half of Game Against Washington Mystics

July 5, 2019July 6, 2019 Alan Snel Floyd Mayweather, Mark Davis, Rashad Evans, RJ Barrett, Zion Williamson

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com That was not a Zion Williamson thunderous dunk. That was a 7.1 earthquake 150 miles

NBA Summer League is here in Las Vegas July 5-15 for 83 games.

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Who Needs An NBA Team In Las Vegas When You Have The NBA Summer League?

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Albert Hall, Jim Murren, Warren LeGarie, Zion Williamson

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Adam Silver is no stranger to Las Vegas. The NBA commissioner comes to the big

Secondary market ticket prices for the NBA Summer League opening day Friday are increasing.

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NBA Summer League Opening Day Ticket Is Hot Commodity On Secondary Market; Zion Williamson Effect Taking Hold

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Alan Snel RJ Barrett, Zion Williamson

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Ticket re-seller Vivid Seats says NBA Summer League Day 1 tickets on their secondary market

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NBA Summer League’s First Two Days in Las Vegas Are Sold Out for July 5, 6

June 27, 2019July 3, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com (UPDATED Saturday) Last year’s NBA Summer League drew nearly 140,000 fans in 12 days to

LVSportsBiz.com photos by Daniel Clark

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NBA Summer League Breaks Attendance Record In Vegas, Drawing 139,972 For 12 Days

July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The NBA Summer League broke its attendance record with Monday’s two semi-final games

It was a first -- producing a vertical feed of a basketball game for cell phones.

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Oh Those Millennials: NBA Says Don’t Go Sideways With Them

July 9, 2018July 10, 2018 Alan Snel Stephen Hellmuth, Warren LeGarie

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Photos by DANIEL CLARK Inside an NBA production trailer outside Thomas & Mack Center, about

Larry Coon of the Sports Business Classroom meets with students and alums of the program during the NBA Summer League Sunday.

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Sports Business Program At NBA Summer League Gives Inside Look At Pro Basketball’s Biz World

July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 Alan Snel Albert Hall, Larry Coon, Warren LeGarie

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Ahmad Eletreby has owned Papa John’s Pizza shops and works as a computer contractor, but

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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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.