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Raiders' Maxx Crosby (Photo: Hugh Byrne)

No Prime Time Attraction: 2026 Raiders Schedule Released

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Alan Snel Fernando Mendoza, Kirk Cousins, Klint Kubiak

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Take a look at the Raiders schedule for 2026 and one thing

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Excitement For Professional Women’s Hockey On Display At PWHL Team Announcement In Las Vegas Wednesday

May 13, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The line of parents with girls of all ages stretched for

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Vegas Golden Knights Find A Way Without Stone, McNabb To Defeat Anaheim, 3-2, In Overtime; VGK One Win From Conference Final

May 12, 2026May 13, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella, Olen Zellweger, Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — One swing

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Sports Teams Will Not Stop Coming To Las Vegas: This Time, Professional Women’s Hockey League Starts At T-Mobile Arena In 2026-27

May 12, 2026May 13, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Everyone (in sports) loves Las Vegas. Professional women’s hockey is coming

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Anaheim Ducks Use Power Play To Score 4-3 Win Sunday, Evening Series At 2-2; Game 5 Is In Las Vegas Tuesday

May 10, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Brett Howden, Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The hometown Ducks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3, tonight and guaranteed

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Sorry Anaheim, It Was A Mitch Of A Loss To VGK Friday As Golden Knights Ride Marner’s Hat Trick And Beat Ducks, 6-2, To Take A 2-1 Series Lead

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Alan Snel Brayden McNabb, Mitch Marner, Shea Theodore

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer ANAHEIM, California — Their team color is orange, their arena still has a cozy hockey

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Getting Defensive: Anaheim Earns Split In Las Vegas In Round 2 Series, Beating VGK, 3-1, In Game 2 Wednesday

May 6, 2026May 7, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Carter Hart, Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella, Leo Carlsson, Lukas Dostal, Mark Stone

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The

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Golden Knights Hold On For 3-1 Win Over Anaheim Thanks To Stellar Goaltending In Game 1; Anaheim Ticked Off At Non-Icing Call That Led To VGK’s Winning Goal

May 4, 2026May 5, 2026 Alan Snel Brett Howden, Carter Hart, Ivan Barbashev, Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella, Lukas Dostal, Mikael Granlund, Mitch Marner, William Karlsson

* Get in ticket price for Games 1 and 2 on secondary market: VGK tickets are sold out online

Fans watching Las Vegas Lights soccer before the pandemic. LVSportsBiz.com photo by J. Tyge O'Donnell.

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What About Market Saturation? Can Las Vegas Support Raiders, VGK, Aces — Plus A’s, NBA, Possible MLS? Soccer Team Proposal For Las Vegas Submitted To MLS

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 Alan Snel B. Wayne Hughes, Don Garber, Grant Gustavson, Nassef Sawiris, Tamara Gustavson, Wes Edens

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — How many major league sports teams can this growing

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Golden Knights Pull Off Another Wild 5-4 Win Over Utah In Game 5; This Time, It Was A Double Overtime Thriller Wednesday

April 29, 2026April 30, 2026 Alan Snel Brett Howden, Carter Hart, Jack Eichel, John Tortorella, Jonathan Marchessault, Pavel Dorofeyev

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada

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.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

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Another day, another NBA arena idea in Las Vegas: During a quarterly earnings report call, VICI Properties execs said they’re teaming up with Caesars Entertainment on an idea to build an NBA arena behind three hotel-casinos in the center of the Strip just north of Flamingo Road.

The Thrill is back: The pro women’s volleyball team, the Thrill, was out of business last year but a press release says the Thrill has a new local owner and a new coach and details will be reveled at a Monday presser. The Las Vegas Thrill of Major League Volleyball used to play at the Lee Family Forum in Henderson.

Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

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

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president Marc Badain

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

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.