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By ALAN SNEL It was no secret that MGM Resorts International wants an NBA team as a second major-league

Basketball

Golden Nugget Owner Tilman Fertitta, Cousin of Lorenzo and Frank, Buys Houston Rockets For NBA Record $2.2 Billion

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 Alan Snel Frank Fertitta, Leslie Alexander, Lorenzo Fertitta, Tilman Fertitta

By ALAN SNEL The new owner of the NBA Houston Rockets has a familiar name for Las Vegans.

Big3 title game rolls into MGM Grand garden Arena Saturday.

Basketball

BIG3 Hoops Roll Into Las Vegas, Eclipsed By Hyped Boxing Bout

August 26, 2017 Alan Snel Ice Cube Al Harrington

By ALAN SNEL They played only a few hours before the big “Money Fight” Saturday and the former NBAers

Tampa man flies in to Las Vegas to watch Big3 hoops, not boxing spectacle.

Basketball Boxing

Tampa Man Comes to Vegas For Big3, Finds Out There’s Another Sports Event in Town

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather, Gary Payton, Rashad McCants, Rashard Lewis

By ALAN SNEL Basketball fan Jason Wilson came all the way from Tampa to Las Vegas Friday for what

Credit: Sam Morris/ Las Vegas News Bureau

NBA Summer League Thomas & Mack Center

Lakers Fans Have A Ball At NBA Summer League, Help Set Attendance Record In Vegas

July 16, 2017July 19, 2017 Alan Snel Warren LeGarie

By ALAN SNEL The 11-day NBA Summer League with 24 teams ended Monday with a Los Angeles Lakers celebration for

Veteran NBA executive Jerry Colangelo predicts the NBA will expand to Las Vegas one day.

NBA Summer League T-Mobile Arena

Vegas’ Big-League Harmonic Convergence Means the NBA is Next

July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 Alan Snel Albert Hall, Jerry Colangelo, Jim Murren, Mark Jackson

We interrupt the Mayweather-McGregor World Promotion Tour for a small announcement: In a few years, Las Vegas will be home

NBA Summer League founder Warren Legarie said, "We had to stop selling tickets -- yesterday" for today's sellout crowd.

NBA Summer League Thomas & Mack Center

NBA Summer League Scores Sellout, Record Attendance for Saturday’s Action in Vegas

July 6, 2017July 8, 2017 Alan Snel Albert Hall, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL Saturday’s massive Lakers fan-dominated crowd at the NBA Summer League helped the Summer League score a record

July 5, 2021

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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

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