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Nikki Fargas (center) new president of the Las Vegas Aces
Aces 

Nikki Fargas Named Las Vegas Aces President; Aces Will Refund All 2,000 Season Ticket Holders For 2020 Season So That They Attend For Free

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Alan Snel Angel McCoughtry, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The WNBA Las Vegas Aces will refund ticket prices to all 2,000 season ticketholders for

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Aces 

Las Vegas Aces On National TV 25 Times In 2021

May 4, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Cathy Engelbert, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage, Tania Flynn

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com After a long seven-month offseason, the Las Vegas Aces will be featured on national broadcasts

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Basketball Gambling Silver Knights UFC 

Henderson Silver Knights Will Have 20 Percent Crowd Capacity For April Games At Orleans Arena

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The day after Gonzaga became a once-beaten team in 2021: Las Vegas-based UFCs joined the

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Aviators Basketball Gambling Golden Knights 

Monday Morning Gambler: And Then There Were Two, Gonzaga And Baylor

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 Alan Snel Bryson DeChambeau, Pete DeBoer

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com From the Sweet Sixteen to the Elite Eight to the Final Four, we are down

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Basketball COVID-19 LVCVA Sports Marketing 

Las Vegas Events Agency Pays One-Third Of Normal College Basketball Tournament Sponsorship Fees Because Of COVID-19, No Fans; Pandemic Forces Sports Partnership Deals To Be Renegotiated

March 26, 2021 Alan Snel Michael Mack

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Usually at the West Coast Conference basketball tourney at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, it

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Basketball Gambling Golden Knights 

Monday Sports Gambler: The Madness Prevails — The Bigger They Are, The Louder The Sounds When They Fall

March 22, 2021 Alan Snel

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Oh, the madness. Snaky, socially distanced lines to the betting counter. Buckets of Bud, complete

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Basketball COVID-19 T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center UNLV 

College Hoops Take Over Las Vegas, But No Fans In Arenas; UNLV Plays Air Force In Mountain West Tourney Wednesday

March 9, 2021 Alan Snel Dick Vitale, Mark Few

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s creepy quiet on the main concourse here at Thomas & Mack Center in the

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Basketball Golden Knights Speedway UNLV 

Golden Knights and NASCAR Fans Are Returning To Las Vegas Venues In March, But College Basketball Fans Are Shut Out At Conference Tournaments In Vegas

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Fans of college basketball powerhouse Gonzaga typically make Orleans Arena Spokane South for a week

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Mark Davis at previous Aces game. Photo: J. Tyge O'Donnell
Aces Raiders Team 

It’s Official: Las Vegas Raiders Owner Mark Davis Also Owns WNBA Las Vegas Aces

February 12, 2021 Alan Snel Cathy Engelbert, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Flush with cash from moving the Raiders to Las Vegas, Raiders owner Mark Davis is

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Aces Marketing 

MGM Resorts Cuts Naming Rights Deal To Change Mandalay Bay Events Center To Michelob ULTRA Arena

February 11, 2021 Alan Snel Chuck Bowling, Mark Davis, Matt Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The home arena of the WNBA Las Vegas Aces has a new name under a

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LVSportsBiz Contact

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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VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2026-27 NATIONAL TV BROADCASTS

Tue. Sept. 29 vs. Chicago (ESPN)

Tue. Oct. 20 vs. Tampa Bay (ESPN)

Wed. Nov. 11 vs. Utah (TNT)

Tue. Nov. 17 vs. Dallas (TNT)

Thu. Nov. 19 vs. Dallas (ESPN+)

Tue. Nov 24 at Edmonton (TNT)

Wed. Dec. 16 vs. San Jose (TNT)

Tue. Dec. 22 at Anaheim (TNT)

Thu. Jan. 7 vs. Minnesota (ESPN)

Wed. Jan. 20 vs. Edmonton (TNT)

Sat. Feb. 20 at Dallas (ABC) 2027 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series™

Wed. Feb. 24 vs. Florida (TNT)

Sun. March 7 at N.Y. Rangers (ESPN)

Tue. March 9 vs. San Jose (ESPN+)

Tue. April 6 vs. St. Louis (ESPN)

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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

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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.

 

 

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