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On Sports Betting: Maybe the Sharps Aren’t the Real Wiseguys After All

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Alan Snel

By DANIEL BEHRINGER LVSportsBiz.com   So much for the sharps. And squares who want to think like sharps. The line

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Gambling Jim Murren 

Another Sports Partnership for MGM Resorts–This Time, Big League Baseball

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 Alan Snel Jim Murren, Nehme Abouzeid, Robert Manfred

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   This time, it’s Major League Baseball’s logos you will see in MGM Resorts International’s advertisements

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: Of Duke and Dunks and Rivalry Games

November 26, 2018 Alan Snel Benjamin Franklin

By DANIEL BEHRINGER LVSportsBiz.com   Late Monday afternoon, we were in line at one of the local shops with the

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: Lighter Moment Punctuates Week of Sports Betting

November 19, 2018 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury

By DANIEL BEHRINGER LVSportsBiz.com   Toward the end of week 10 in the NFL, we witnessed an unusual conversation regarding

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: College Hoops Join an Already Crowded Sports Book Board

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Alan Snel

By DANIEL BEHRINGER LVSportsBiz.com A few days before last week’s Monday Night Football game with the Tennessee Titans and the

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: You never know which way the ball bounces in the NBA

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 Alan Snel Nick Mullens

By DANIEL BEHRINGER LVSportsBiz.com Sometime last Monday, we looked at a website and saw the Golden State Warriors were leading

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Gambling 

MGM Resorts International Becomes New York Jets’ Official Gaming Partner

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, Jim Murren, Neil Glat

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   It seems like Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International can’t go a day without announcing another

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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman in Las Vegas. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com
Gambling 

MGM Resorts Scores Another Sports Gambling Deal — This Time, It’s the NHL

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, Jim Murren

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International made another splash in the sports gambling arena by cutting

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VGK's Jonathan Marchessault scores on a penalty shot to defeat Ottawa, 4-3, in OT Sunday evening. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com
Gambling 

On Betting: It’s Still a Game of Inches and Backdoor Covers

October 29, 2018 Alan Snel Clayton Kershaw, Eli Manning, Jonathan Marchessault

By DANIEL BEHRINGER LVSportsBiz.com   We weren’t exactly riveted by last week’s edition of Monday Night Football. Late in the

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UNLV touchdown by Lexington Thomas against Air Force Friday night. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.cm
Gambling 

ON SPORTS BETTING: When you’re right, you’re right — and the other way around

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 Alan Snel Rob Roy

By DANIEL BEHRINGER LVSportsBiz.com The betting weekend opened with a bang. Or a thud, depending on how you look at

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July 5, 2021

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LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president 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

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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