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Sold Out Las Vegas Aces Crowd Celebrates WNBA Championship Rings, Title Banner Saturday As Aces Cruise By LA Sparks In Home-Opener

May 27, 2023May 28, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Anita Baker, Becky Hammon, Candace Parker, Chelsea Gray, Curt Miller, Dearica Hamby, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Sydney Colson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Cassandra Cousineau Photos by Hugh Byrne They waited 250 days for tonight. The Las

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Weekend Sports Gambler: No. 1 Seeded Knights Home Dogs in Key Game 5 Tonight

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer So, it’s back to square one. Not surprisingly, the second-round, best-of-seven

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Defending Champ Las Vegas Aces Show Impressive New Training Center In Henderson Friday

April 28, 2023April 29, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Blair Hardiek, Candace Parker, Cayla George, Jennifer Azzi, Kelsey Plum, Mark Davis, Natalie Williams, Nikki Fargas

(LVSportsBiz.com’s Cassandra Cousineau also interviewed Aces head coach Becky Hammon at the Aces facility media event about Hammon interviewing for

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Weekend Sports Gambler: Playoff Fever Grips Knights Fans, Bettors

April 21, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Mark Stone

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Betting Writer For the Vegas Golden Knights and fans, it’s Stanley Cup playoff fever.

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WNBA Updates Charter Plane Program So That Playoff Teams Can Use Charter Jets For All Postseason Games

April 10, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The WNBA is expanding its charter plane program so that teams can travel

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College Basketball’s NIT Visits Las Vegas, With North Texas Playing UAB In Final At Orleans Arena Thursday; Tuesday’s Semifinals’ Announced Attendance, 2,931

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne The Las Vegas sports

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NIT Update: LVCVA Tourism Agency Pays $150,000 To NIT/NCAA For College Basketball Tournament Semifinals, Finals At Orleans Arena In Las Vegas

March 27, 2023March 28, 2023 Alan Snel Lisa Motley, Trey Woodbury

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) paid $150,000 to sponsor the

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Fans Belly Up To Las Vegas Sports Buffet In City Of Stadiums/Arenas Saturday; March Madness, XFL, Lacrosse, Boxing, Even Racing+Swift

March 25, 2023March 26, 2023 Alan Snel Caleb Plant, David Benavidez, Mark Davis, Nic Roy

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer It was inevitable. Eventually, there would be nights like this in Vegas.

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Weekend Sports Gambler: NIT Set For Championship at Orleans Arena Next Week

March 24, 2023 Alan Snel Caleb Plant, Logan Thompson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer The NIT Championship is coming! The NIT Championship is coming! Yes,

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NCAA Does Vegas This Week, With Gonzaga Defeating UCLA In Wild Finish To Advance To Saturday’s West Regional Final; Announced Attendance, 18,544

March 23, 2023March 24, 2023 Alan Snel Drew Timme, Julian Strawther, Mark Few, Mick Cronin

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The NCAA finally came to Las Vegas Thursday and gifted Sin City with another

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.