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Glimpse Inside Life — And House — Of Las Vegas Sports Bettor Lem Banker; His Funeral Was Three Days Ago

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 Alan Snel Al Davis, Chris Maathuis, John L. Smith, Lem Banker

  By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Most people take bicycle rides with a set route. But sometimes I let bike

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LVSportsBiz’s 2020 Year In Review: A Stadium Is Born, Coping With COVID-19 And Different Paths To Racial Justice

December 18, 2020December 20, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Dana White, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A highly-contagious worldwide virus shut down sports in Las Vegas for several months in 2020

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Gambling Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC UNLV 

On Sports Betting: Bet On The Raiders? The ‘Experts’ Warned Against It

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Hank Goldberg, Marcus Arroyo

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Bet on the Las Vegas Raiders? In a key late-season game vs. the Indianapolis Colts?

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UNLV competes against K-State at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas on December 5, 2020.
Gambling Raiders Team UFC UNLV 

On Sports Betting: Runnin’ Rebels Flash Momentum; Raiders Jolt Jets In Jersey

December 7, 2020 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, David Jenkins Jr., Derek Carr, T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com It was a little thing, really. But the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels came away with their

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Gambling UNLV 

On Sports Betting: UNLV Sports Gave Bettors Nasty Case of Holiday Indigestion

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Jon Gruden, T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com It was Thanksgiving Eve, and the table was set for UNLV basketball. The Runnin’ Rebels

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Gambling 

BetMGM Piling Up Sports Leagues, Teams As Partners: Pittsburgh Steelers Cut Deal With BetMGM As Team’s First Gaming Partner

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Alan Snel Matt Prevost, Ryan Huzjak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com BetMGM, the sports betting app and platform being pitched by entertainer Jamie Foxx, has signed up

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: Chiefs Avenge Earlier Loss, Stun Raiders — But Fail To Cover

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Alan Snel Derrick Lewis, Jon Gruden, Patrick Mahomes

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Maybe the Kansas City Chiefs took a victory lap around Allegiant Stadium. The Chiefs, with

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: Are You Ready To Bet Some UNLV Rebels Football? Be Careful

November 16, 2020 Alan Snel

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Are you ready to bet on some UNLV Rebels football? It’s a question a casual

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: Beating The NFL Appears Easy, But Is It Really?

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Alan Snel

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Well, that was easy. It was TNF, which is of course Thursday Night Football, and

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Gambling 

Circa’s Sportsbook Poised For Second NFL Weekend

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Stevens

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s a golden era of sports betting in this country. With legal barriers removed, more

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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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

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A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

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

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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

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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

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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.

 

 

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