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Las Vegas Aces Addressing Both Racial Justice And Basketball In Florida During WNBA’s Pandemic Season

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry, Bill Laimbeer, Carolyn Swords, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com It’s been just over a week since the WNBA tipped off with its 12 teams

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VGK’s Robin Lehner On COVID-19 Era: ‘You’ve Got To Have Something To Look Forward To’

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Alan Snel Brayden McNabb, Elena Delle Donne, Peter DeBoer, Robin Lehner

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Players across sports and leagues have voiced various thoughts on playing during a COVID-19 pandemic

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Lamar Advertising Cuts Digital Display Deal With Raiders; Redskins Will Drop Name and Logo; Aces on TV

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Alan Snel Harry Reid

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Much has been written about the public $750 million for the Las Vegas Raiders’ new

UFC Fight Island events start Saturday -- Photo from UFC twitter

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UFC’s Nimble Business Style Comes In Handy During COVID-19 Pandemic As Sports Leagues Cope With Players Testing Positive

July 6, 2020July 8, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Gilbert Burns, Jorge Masvidal, Kamaru Usman, Lawrence Epstein, Tyron Woodley

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com For all the goofy “Fight Island” shtick and references to tiki huts and beaches, Las

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SportsBiz Update: Raiders Brand Outweighs Losses Since Expansion; Aces and WNBA Start in Florida in July; NHL Playoffs at the Big Ice House by the Strip

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders’ latest media buy has a new digital billboard message along valley

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On Sports Law: How Michael Jordan and Bulls’ Last Dance Changed NBA’s Salary Structure

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Alan Snel Cecil Fielder, Deion Sanders, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky

By Dan Lust for LVSportsBiz.com In 1997 and 1998, Michael Jordan — at the forefront of the American media

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COVID-19 and Sports: Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Las Vegas Aces To Send Message To Fans

May 15, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The WNBA and the Las Vegas Aces were supposed to start their seasons this weekend.

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MGM Resorts To NBA: Come To Las Vegas To Play Season; Disney World In Orlando Also Wooing NBA

May 3, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Jim Murren

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In March, LVSportsBiz.com suggested the notion of making Las Vegas an interim sports hub during the

LeBron James wants to own an NBA team in Vegas and arena projects are lining up. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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LVSportsBiz.com Legal Analysis: May 10 Is Key Date For NBA To Avoid Cancelling Season

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Alan Snel LeBron James

By Dan Lust for LVSportsBiz.com May 10 is the first hurdle to avoid a cancelled NBA season. I had the

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.