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Circa Sports owner Derek Stevens

Las Vegas-Based Circa Sports Cuts Sports Betting Deal With Colorado Hotel-Casinos

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Stevens

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In November 2019 Colorado voters approved sports betting and Las Vegas-based Circa Sports wasted little

Westgate SuperBook chief Jay Kornegay

Gambling

‘Very Solid Day For Us’ At Westgate SuperBook for Super Bowl 54 In Las Vegas

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 Alan Snel Jay Kornegay

(Publisher’ Note: Nevada state gaming officials said Monday “due to technical difficulties experienced by one of our licensees in compiling

Fireworks go off during the Super Bowl halftime show. Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Dramatic Kansas City Comeback Sparks Super Bowl, Gives Chiefs A Cover

February 3, 2020 Alan Snel Patrick Mahomes, Peter DeBoer, Rod Brind'Amour, Tyreek Hill

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com The line to bet on the game at one of the local casinos snaked past

Gambling

Super Bowl 54 Preview: 26 Million Americans Will Bet $6.8 Billion On Big Game, According To Gambling Trade Group

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Miller

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Americans will place bets of about $6.8 billion on Sunday’s Super Bowl, while close to

Westgate SuperBook's Jay Kornegay oversees the book's operations.

Gambling

Super Bowl 54 Preview: For The Record, SuperBook’s Superman Did Not Call Broncos Coach To Put Bubby Brister Into Super Bowl Game

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Alan Snel Bubby Brister, Jay Kornegay, Mike Shanahan

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Jay Kornegay is bracing for the tsunami of Super Bowl fans who will pack the

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Bettors Playing Vegas Golden Knights Have Little To Cheer About

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Maybe they should fire the coach. Nevermind, the Vegas Golden Knights have already tried that.

Gambling Jim Murren Raiders Team

No Surprise Here: Raiders’ New Gaming Partner Is MGM Resorts International

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Alan Snel Chuck Bowling, Jim Murren, Marc Badain

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Of all the corporate partnerships the Las Vegas Raiders have been racking up, this one

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Knights Scuffle, But Runnin’ Rebels Stitch Together Wins

January 20, 2020 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com The serious Vegas Golden Knights fan wonders if the team has the moxie to make

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Party Time: Golden Knights Roll, Runnin’ Rebels Have a Win Streak

January 5, 2020 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com There was a little party in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve, and about 330,000

Gambling

On Sports Betting: For Many Bettors, Bowl Season Is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

December 30, 2019 Alan Snel

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Holidays abound this time of year. Christmas. Hanukkah. Kwanzaa. Boxing Day. And New Year’s Eve

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.

BRIEFS

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.