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Zach Collins at Gonzaga Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports

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In a Sports World of Entitlement, Gorman’s Zach Collins Kept Battling Daily To Become NBA’s 10th Overall Pick In 2017 Draft

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 Alan Snel Zach Collins

(Publisher’s Note: Las Vegas D.J. Allen wrote a story in light of today’s NBA Draft.) By D.J. ALLEN Special

Basketball Thomas & Mack Center

Overhead Video Cameras To Be Tested At NBA Summer League In Las Vegas

April 16, 2018 Alan Snel Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com ESPN will experiment with overhead cameras during games at the NBA Summer League in

March Madness at Red Rock Resort Thursday.

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Nobody Does March Madness Like Vegas

March 15, 2018March 16, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com No city does March Madness like Las Vegas, which has the sports gambling and hospitality

A Pac-12 committee has recommended ending the one-and-done rule.

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Pac-12 Basketball Task Force Recommends Ending NBA’s One-and-Done Rule

March 13, 2018 Alan Snel Condoleezza Rice, Dan Guerrero, Larry Scott

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Pac-12 Conference has proposed a slew of college basketball reforms such as ending the

March Madness is here in Las Vegas.

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March Madness With A Pinch of Brand Power and TV Ratings

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 Alan Snel Bobby Hurley, Bruce Rasmussen, Deandre Ayton, Jovan Mooring, Trae Young

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com There’s power in commercial brands. And that brings us to the NCAA men’s national

UNLV in action during the Mountain West Conference basketball tourney. MWC officials have extended their stay at Thomas & Mack Center through 2020.

Basketball

Despite Small Mountain West Tourney Crowds, MWC Extends Tournament Stay At Thomas & Mack One Year To 2020

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Mountain West Conference has extended its basketball tournament in Las Vegas for one more

The Pac-12 will have its men's and women's hoops tourneys in Vegas through 2020.

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Pac-12 Moves Women’s Basketball Tourney To Las Vegas, Extends Men’s Tourney To 2020

March 8, 2018 Alan Snel Larry Scott

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Pac-12 enjoys Las Vegas so much that the conference is moving the women’s basketball

Stanford's Groovy Band Cowbells Vegas

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Stanford’s Groovy Band (and Tree) Give Vegas More Cowbell

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com As Stanford’s basketball team was crushing California’s hoops squad at T-Mobile Arena, a little-known tragedy

Basketball

Small School With Mighty Fan Base Enjoys Travelling To See Its Hoopsters In Vegas

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Alan Snel Mark Few

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The college basketball teams and their fans have begun flowing into Las Vegas for no

West Coast Conference is receiving $300,000 from Las Vegas Events to stage its tournament in Vegas and Orleans Arena. Credit:West Coast Conference

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College Basketball Tourneys Come To Vegas, But Springboard To March Madness Comes With A Price

March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 Alan Snel Michael Mack

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It’s that special time of the year for basketball fans in Las Vegas when four

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.

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A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

WNBA Commish retires: Following seven years as the first-ever Commissioner of the WNBA, Cathy Engelbert has informed the league of her decision to retire at the end of 2026.

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.