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Sports Betting in Age of COVID-19: Optimistic Sportsbook Officials Post Betting Numbers on College Football

April 20, 2020 Alan Snel Ed Ogeron, Nick Saban, Steve Sisolak

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Desperate times call for desperate measures. While Las Vegas, the nation and the rest of

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COVID-19 Update: Construction Worker Tests Positive For Coronavirus At Downtown Circa Project, Home Of The Gigantic Sportsbook Screen

April 16, 2020April 18, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Stevens

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders stadium construction site is getting lots of attention these days amid the COVID-19

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Las Vegas Sports-Business World Absorbs Punch to the Gut as MGM Resorts, Wynn Will Shut Down Operations Starting Tuesday in Response to Virus Pandemic

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 Alan Snel Jim Murren

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The spread and threat of coronavirus hit Las Vegas in the gut Sunday when two

The SuperBook

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Life In The Sportsbook During COVID-19: ‘We’ll Spend More Time Doing Other Things We Like To Enjoy’

March 13, 2020 Alan Snel Jay Kornegay

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com These are surreal times for Jay Kornegay, who oversees the Westgate SuperBook as vice president

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Coronavirus Deals Las Vegas a Bad Hand: Sportsbook ‘Eerily Quiet’

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Alan Snel

(Publisher’s Note: Daniel Behringer writes a weekly sports betting column and this week he added this story based a visit

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On Sports Betting: Golden Knights Miss a Beat or Two But Generally Reward Bettors

March 9, 2020 Alan Snel Israel Adesanya, Pete DeBoer, Robin Lehner

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com They’re on again. The Vegas Golden Knights, that is. Two days after having their eight-game

VGK's Robin Lehner was solid in his debut in a 4-2 win over Buffalo last week.

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On Sports Betting: Riding Winning Streaks Proves Profitable for Golden Knights, Runnin’ Rebel Bettors

March 2, 2020 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury, Paul Stastny, Pete DeBoer, Robin Lehner, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com “Back the Knights in the desert,” the headline at Covers read. The handicapper went on

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On Sports Betting: Runnin’ Rebels Pay Off Big On Money Line As Golden Knights Bettors Cruise

February 24, 2020 Alan Snel Deontay Wilder, Pete DeBoer, T.J. Otzelberger, Tyson Fury

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Sports bettors had a rare quintet of Las Vegas-centric opportunities over the weekend. It began

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On Sports Betting: Golden Knights, Rebels Present Close Calls for Recreational Handicappers

February 17, 2020 Alan Snel Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com What a game to handicap. It was the Vegas Golden Knights vs. the Minnesota Wild

Golden Knights take on Carolina at T-Mobile Arena Saturday night. LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O'Donnell

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On Sports Betting: Golden Knights Tempt Bettors, Runnin’ Rebels Not So Much

February 10, 2020 Alan Snel Pete DeBoer, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer of LVSportsBiz.com Tough match-up for the Vegas Golden Knights. And a tough game for sports bettors to

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.