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Meaningful Words from an Old Buddy and Baseball Pal

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Alan Snel Willie Drye

(Publisher’s Note: This story first appeared on Willie Drye’s blog called Drye Goods. Drye is an accomplished book author and National Geographic

Las Vegas should enjoy its new Triple A ballpark and not worry about a Major League Baseball team.

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Big League Baseball in Las Vegas? Not A Good Idea (For Now)

December 11, 2018 Alan Snel Deron Nardo, Don Logan, Stu Sternberg

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Major League Baseball in Las Vegas? There are sobering tales out there for Las Vegas

Teams in a new football league pick quarterbacks Tuesday night at the Luxor's esports arena.

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New Football League Comes to Las Vegas to Draft Its Teams’ Quarterbacks

November 27, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Polian, Charlie Ebersol, Hines Ward, Mike Singletary

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Somehow, the sports world’s trails of dreams seem to always find their way to Las

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Top Trends for the 2020s

November 21, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas is a red-hot sports market with the Raiders stadium near the Strip set

Steers in downtown Las Vegas? Just part of the Plaza's new permanent equestrian center.

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Golden Knights+Downtown Steers+Wacky Sports=Nation’s Most Unique Sports Market

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights took over Las Vegas like a benevolent alien landing here at

OG Photos by Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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Olympic Garden Strip Club Owner Pursues Ex-NFL Player For Millions Of Dollars In Ill-Fated Purchase Deal

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 Alan Snel Dashon Goldson, Peter Eliades

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It’s anticipated the former — and now back to being current — owner of the

A story of trauma in Florida and recovery in Las Vegas, with a little help from LVSportsBiz.com and the Golden Knights. Cover helmet photo by Daniel Clark and cover design by Mark Antonuccio.

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Book To Be Released In November

September 29, 2018October 5, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The sticky, pasty feeling below my skin above my knee is still there and

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Nike’s Hiring of Kaepernick Sets Up Potential Showdowns with NFL

September 4, 2018September 5, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Racial inequality protester/ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick can’t find a job in the National Football League.

Bicycling Column Stadiums/Arenas (General)

LVSportsBiz Bicycle Tour of Las Vegas Stadiums and Arenas

June 15, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Every few weeks I would take a bicycle ride from Summerlin to the Raiders stadium

My bicycle after a distracted, negligent motorist drove his car into me while I was bicycling near Fort Pierce, Fla. March 7, 2017.

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Broken System of Educating Motorists Is Killing Bicyclists, Pedestrians

May 11, 2018 Alan Snel

(Besides publishing LVSportsBiz.com, Alan Snel is also a bicyclist deeply concerned and upset by the deaths of bicyclists and pedestrians

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.