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Jon Gruden gets new Ford. Photo from Southern Nevada Ford Dealers tweet.

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CES Will Not Be Coming To Las Vegas In January 2021 — And Six Other News Items From This Morning

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Jim Murren, Jon Gruden, Patrick Mahomes

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com This one hurts for Las Vegas. The monster-sized CES trade show — the biggest convention

Funnyman Bill Murray taking a few cuts during a home run derby in Baltimore in 1993.

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In A Crazy, Strange Sports World During COVID-19, Baseball Starts Season July 23

July 23, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Murray

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You know the universe is out of kilter — or a virus pandemic has an

Winemaker Margaux Alvarez defended her Mt Olympus title on the Tital Games TV show Monday night.

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Las Vegas Winemaker/CrossFit Athlete Alvarez Excels On Titan Games TV Show Monday Night

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 Alan Snel Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Margaux Alvarez, Wayne Skivington

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas was well represented on NBC’s The Titan Games Monday night as Cirque du

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College Players Use Power Social Media To Exercise Their Leverage On Racial Equality Issues

June 29, 2020 Alan Snel Chubba Hubbard, George Floyd, Kylin Hill, Marvin Wilson

By Toby Srebnik for LVSportsBiz.com It was just 25 days ago on June 4 when I posted about FSU’s Marvin

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Buy An Ad or Donate As LVSportsBiz.com Marks Third Year This Month

June 22, 2020 Alan Snel

When LVSportsBiz.com celebrated its first and second anniversary in June 2018 and June 2019, each time we drank Tenaya Creek

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Sports Reporters Can No Longer ‘Stick To Sports’ When NFL, ESPN, UFC Refer To Horrifying George Floyd Death That Has Rocked This Country and Spotlighted Racism

June 1, 2020June 2, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Donald Trump, George Floyd, Jesse Granger, Pete Alonso

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The party is over for the “Stick to Sports” folks, who want sports reporters to

Winemaker/crossfit athlete Margaux Alvarez will be on NBC's The Titan Games

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Las Vegas CrossFit Competitor/Trainer With Passion For Winemaking Goes Prime Time On Titan Games TV Show Hosted By The Rock

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Alan Snel Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Margaux Alvarez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NBC-TV is bringing back Dwayne Johnson’s The Titan Games for season two this month, and

Receiver Henry Ruggs III celebrated in 2020 when the Las Vegas Raiders made him a first round draft pick.

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More Than 50 Years Ago When A Player Challenged The NFL Draft

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alan Snel Curt Flood, James "Yazoo" Smith

By Dan Lust for LVSportsBiz.com I have a legal question for you: How are players forced to go to the

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Another Step To Allow College Players To Be Compensated As Paid Sponsors

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Alan Snel

By Dan Lust for LVSportsBiz.com NCAA student-athlete compensation moves one step closer to reality. Colleges are now finalizing their

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak

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Tuesday’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Gov. Sisolak, Mayor Goodman Capture Headlines With Opposing Public Policy Perspectives

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Alan Snel Carolyn Goodman, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On Tuesday, you did not see more polar opposite public policy perspectives on the COVID-19

July 5, 2021

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.

ADVERTISEMENT: Please shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. Jay’s Market is the official presenting sponsor of LVSportBiz.com’s stories.

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.