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Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak
Column COVID-19 

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

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Sports and The Law: In Florida, Essential Business Are Health Care, Food — And Now Pro Sports With National Audiences Too

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Alan Snel

By Daniel Lust for LVSportsBiz.com   Twitter: @SportsLawLust Pro sports are considered “essential” business? The answer was “no” until Florida changed

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Column COVID-19 

Veteran Las Vegas Photographer Tom Donoghue Captures Images Of Thunderbirds’ Aerial Salute To Health Care Workers

April 12, 2020 Alan Snel Tom Donoghue

(Publisher’s note: In these difficult, anxious and trying times of living through a virus pandemic, LVSportsBiz.com will publish stories that

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New LVSportsBiz.com Contributors Adding Insight: Today’s Guest Writer Is Attorney Dan Lust

April 8, 2020 Alan Snel

(Publisher’s Note: You may have noticed some new names of contributing writers. In addition to Cassandra Cousineau who reports on

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Baseball Feature: Best of LVSportsBiz’s Weirdest Baseball Cards

April 8, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There are few more intense emotional bonds between people and things than the connection baseball

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Column COVID-19 

How Sports Teams Can Beat COVID-19

April 5, 2020 Alan Snel Katie Taylor

By Vivi Lin for LVSportsBiz.com TW: @vivishootvids IG: @vivionthespot4tv FB: ViviLinOnTheSpot In the wake of COVID-19, team owners and leaders

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Brian Sandoval leaves MGM Resorts International to pursue University of Nevada, Reno president's job.
Column Raiders Stadium 

Former Gov. Sandoval, Advocate For Raiders Stadium Subsidy Bill, Leaves MGM Resorts To Pursue University of Nevada, Reno Prez Job

April 2, 2020 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He’s the forgotten man who made the Raiders stadium a reality in Las Vegas. No,

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Gonzaga wons the 2020 WCC title before sports officials shut down sports because of the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the U.S. and the world. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com
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NBA Started Sports Industry Dominoes To Fall, But Big East, ACC and MLB Took Longer Than They Should To Shut Down

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Alan Snel John Swofford

By Toby Srebnik for LVSportsBiz.com Only one week ago, my son Bailey celebrated his 16th birthday. As part of his

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Time To Shut Down Pro Sports Industry In U.S. For A While; Universal Timeout Needed In Response To Coronavirus Pandemic Health Crisis

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com As sports leagues and college sports are suspending their events one-by-one, it’s time for the

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Aviators Basketball Column UFC 

Exactly Three Years After Painful Near-Death, Day of Gratitude and Tripleheader of Sports-Business Events To Cover To Celebrate Life

March 7, 2020March 8, 2020 Alan Snel Brian Dutcher, Dana White, Kris Bryant, Sam Merrill, Steve Fisher

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com  The ambulance tech was wheeling me into the ER at Lawnwood Medical Center in Fort

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July 5, 2021

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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. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president 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

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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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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