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

Basketball

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

Clark County is spending $16 million on a baseball complex next to Mountains Edge Regional Park.

Basketball

Clark County Spends $16 Million For New Baseball Complex Next To Mountains Edge Park

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 Alan Snel Connie Hurlbut

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The new sports facilities in the Las Vegas area just keep on coming. This

The NBA Summer League drew record attendance in 2017 -- and it's going to go up in 2018. Photo credit: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

NBA Summer League

NBA Summer League Will Beef Up Presence In Las Vegas In 2018 With All 30 Teams Participating

January 19, 2018January 30, 2018 Alan Snel Albert Hall, Mike Newcomb, Waren LeGarie

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It’s official — all 30 NBA teams will be playing in the NBA Summer League

Basketball UNLV

UNLV Runnin’ Rebels and the Basketball Media Guide Player Profile Gems

December 10, 2017December 11, 2017 Alan Snel Marvin Menzies

By ALAN SNEL I spent the first half of my journalism career working as a metro government reporter, covering

UNLV celebrates tonight's big win over Utah.

Basketball UNLV

Seize The Moment, UNLV: Start Marketing Runnin’ Rebels Big-time to Reverse Dismal Attendance

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017 Alan Snel Cliff Findlay, Desiree Reed-Francois, Marvin Menzies, Robbie Findlay

By ALAN SNEL There’s about seven minutes left in tonight’s UNLV-Utah basketball games and the Runnin’ Rebels are blasting

The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas set an attendance record in July. Photo credits: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Basketball UNLV

Orlando Summer League Closes, Setting Up NBA Summer League Extravaganza In Las Vegas For 2018

November 21, 2017 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL Las Vegas, you want the NBA? You got it. All of it. The

The Vegas Golden Knights are just one of several rookie teams in the Las Vegas market.

51s Aviators Basketball Boxing Golden Knights Golf Lights NBA Summer League Raiders Team Thomas & Mack Center

Slow Down Las Vegas and Make Sure Southern Nevada Can Financially Support New Teams and Venues

October 30, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Ed Stolze

By ALAN SNEL OK, Las Vegas. How about a timeout? After years of not caving in to handout

Basketball

MGM Resorts Buys WBNA Team, But How Will MGM Market Team In Busy LV Sports Scene?

October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Lilian Tomovich, Lisa Borders, Nancy Lough

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

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.

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

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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.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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.