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MGM Resorts' new sports betting alliance.

MGM Resorts International Beefs Up Sports Betting Profile With New Alliance With Buffalo Wild Wings

September 5, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Global sports bar franchise Buffalo Wild Wings is joining forces with Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts

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On Betting: As Baseball Drones On, Some Reliable Indicators Click For Bettors

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Alan Snel

By Dan Behringer LVSportsBiz.com Is there anything better on a Monday than a Major League Baseball double-header between two

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On Sports Betting: Buyer Beware — Take Touts’ Picks with Grain of Salt

August 12, 2019 Alan Snel

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com Psst … Would you take a betting tip from this person? When it comes to

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On Sports Betting: In the Late Summer Swelter, Everyone’s Attention Turns to Football

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 Alan Snel

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com When it’s a sweltering 112 degrees in Las Vegas, there’s a noticeable dash of humidity

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On Sports Betting: Baseball ‘Game of the Year’ Helps Dispel Myths of the Game

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 Alan Snel

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com Baseball is boring. Baseball is too slow. Nobody watches baseball anymore. Arguably true in all cases. But then there

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On Sports Betting: Sports Betting Line Moves Provide Great Entertainment

July 22, 2019 Alan Snel

Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com Watching sports betting lines move is almost as entertaining as people-watching in a Las Vegas dive bar

Las Vegas Aces are rolling.

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Home Run Derby a Smash Hit While Aces Continue to Win and Sometimes Cover

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 Alan Snel Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Novak Djokovic, Pete Alonso, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Simona Halep

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com During Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby a week ago before Tuesday’s All-Star Game, the

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On Sports Betting: Plenty of Cheers – and Winning Tickets – for USA Women’s World Cup Winners

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Jon Jones, Manny Pacquiao

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com Sometime in the early afternoon on Tuesday, our ears perked up as we heard a

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On Sports Betting: Soccer Interest Piqued, But London Series A Definite Home Run

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Alan Snel James Holzhauer

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com It was a beautiful night for a baseball game. The game-time temperature was a balmy

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On Sports Betting: Even the Best of All Possible Bets Sometimes Go Awry

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Alan Snel

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com It was just another day ending in “y” in the race and sports books. We

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.