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LVSportsBiz.com Q/A: BIG3 CEO Chris Hannan; Las Vegas Serves As Anchor City

August 28, 2021August 29, 2021 Alan Snel Amy Trask, Chris Hannan, Clyde Drexler, Dana White, Ice Cube, Jeff Kwatinetz, Lisa Leslie, Nancy Lieberman

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com For BIG3 CEO Chris Hannan, professional basketball could use some innovation. Launched in 2017, the

Mark Davis got a big public subsidy for his NFL stadium. What about the Oakland Athletics getting public money for a ballpark? Probably not. Photo: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Aces Boxing Gambling Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

LVSportsBiz Roundup: Public Money For Athletics Ballpark In Vegas?; Raiders Ticket Prices; Pacquiao On Boxing vs Life Outside Ring; NFL Betting Panel

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 Alan Snel Manny Pacquiao, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Mark Davis, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was just a few minutes before the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium ribbon-cutting Saturday and local

Aces fans and the team mascot BUCKET$ before a game during the pre-pandemic era.

Aces

Las Vegas Aces Open Games To More Fans With Single-Game Ticket Sales

August 19, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com It looks like the WNBA and Las Vegas Aces are finally ready to open up

Aces Gambling Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Monday Morning Gambler: Bettors On Right Side As Raiders Win First Preseason Game At Allegiant Stadium

August 16, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Nathan Peterman

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Forget the crowd of 50,101. Forget the traffic and the parking. Forget the concern over

NBA Summer League

NBA Summer League As Innovation Platform: League Trying Out ‘Top Shot’ Digital Game Moments And Selling Them For $5 Each

August 10, 2021August 11, 2021 Alan Snel Adrienne O'Keeffe

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com While young NBA players are trying to make a name for themselves here at the

COVID-19 NBA Summer League

NBA Summer League In Las Vegas Adapts To County’s Mask Mandate, Draws 11,218 Fans On First Day Of 10-Day Event On UNLV Campus

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Alan Snel Albert Hall, Nikola Jokic, Steph Curry, Warren LeGarie

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com After a year wiped out because of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the NBA Summer

COVID-19 NBA Summer League Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Sports Tourism

Start Of NBA Summer League Coincides With NFL Raiders Practice That’s Open To Season Ticket Holders At Allegiant Stadium In Las Vegas Sunday

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 Alan Snel Steph Curry, Zion Williamson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On Sunday, the convergence of the Big Leagues is coming to Las Vegas. The NBA

Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Richard Brian

Basketball Gambling

Monday Morning Gambler: Bucks Stun Suns in Game 5, Surprise Many Bettors

July 19, 2021 Alan Snel Collin Morikawa, Giannis Antetokounmpo

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Now aren’t you glad you didn’t bet the ranch, the Longhorn Cattle and the casita

USA national team vs WNBA all-stars in Las Vegas. Photo: USA Basketball Twitter

Aces Basketball NBA Summer League

Bigtime Basketball Takes Over Las Vegas This Summer

July 14, 2021July 15, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray, Damian Lillard, Dearica Hamby, Kelsey Plum, Kevin Durant, Liz Cambage, Matt Metcalf

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Known as the fight mecca, Las Vegas has also morphed into the summertime center of

Dustin Poirier Photo: UFC

Aces Basketball Gambling UFC

Monday Morning Gambler: Poirier’s Victory at UFC 264 Delights Favorite Bettors

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Conor McGregor, Dana White, Dustin Poirier, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joey Gallo, Shohei Ohtani

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com That line of people you saw late Saturday night and early Sunday at your local

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.

BRIEFS

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

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

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.