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Strip Runs By Its Own Rules; Clark County Government Is Mere Rubber Stamp For Sports Venues, Events In Strip Corridor

September 11, 2024September 12, 2024 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, John Fisher

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Aces Allegiant Stadium Bill Foley Column Golden Knights Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

Happy Birthday, LVSportsBiz.com: Five Years Old Never Looked So Grateful

June 3, 2022June 5, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bryan Salmond, Chris Maathuis, Derek Carr, Derek Stevens, Ed Graney, Joe Maloof, Kerry Bubolz, Kevin Bolinger, Mark Davis, Mark Obmascik, Steve Carp, T.C. Martin

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A Chevrolet Cruze is a compact car with a low bumper. So when Dennis Brophy

Column COVID-19 Raiders Stadium Soccer

Clues To MLS Team In Las Vegas Might Be Found In Sunday’s Sold Out Gold Cup Soccer Match At Allegiant Stadium

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Don Garber, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The NHL Golden Knights were born in Las Vegas in 2017. The NFL Raiders migrated

Coliseum, home of both the Raiders and A's.

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Here We Go Again: More Chit-Chat About Oakland Athletics Moving To Las Vegas

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com I’d love to see Bill Murray in a modern adaptation of Groundhog Day play some

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One Golden Knights Fan Was Missing At T-Mobile Arena Monday Night

March 2, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Snel

ADVERTISER By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They danced and screamed and cheered Monday night. The Vegas Golden Knights fans were

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Yes Las Vegas, That’s Snow: What Would You Expect In Hockey Vegas USA?

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, Las Vegas has turned into the hockey town of the desert, a place where

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Driving Mr. King: Larry King’s Former Driver Shares Funny (Sports) Tales About Talk Show Host

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 Alan Snel George Steinbrenner, Joe Maloof, Joey Diorio, Larry King, Reggie Jackson, Steve Wynn, Yogi Berra

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Joey Diorio knew Larry King well. King, the famed talk show host who died at

Bicycling Column

Remembering Bicyclist Jennifer Rarden With A Morning Bicycle Ride

November 19, 2020 Alan Snel Jennifer Rarden

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Jennifer Rarden was a gentle soul, one of those chill folks who would offer a

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Monday In Mid-October During A Pandemic

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Some stuff on a Monday in mid-October during a pandemic. * Pac-12 back in business

Four Dallas and Vegas players took a knee before Monday's postseason game in Edmonton. Photo from Dallas Stars Twitter.

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Las Vegas Air Force Veteran and Father of Multi-Racial Children Says Kneeling Players Not Disrespectful To Military

August 4, 2020August 5, 2020 Alan Snel Jason Dickinson, Jason Griego, Robin Lehner, Ryan Reaves, Tyler Seguin

(Publisher’s Note: Ryan Reaves and Robin Lehner of the Vegas Golden Knights and Tyler Seguin and Jason Dickinson of the

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LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

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Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

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

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.