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Golden Knights

Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Superfan’s Advice For VGK Fans Tonight In LA: Watch Out For Angry LA Kings Supporters

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 Alan Snel Jason Griego

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com    Downtown Los Angeles — Vegas Golden Knights superfan Jason Griego has a word of advice

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Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

T-Mobile Arena vs. Staples Center Is Also Very Competitive In VGK-Kings Attendance

April 16, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Vegas Golden Knights and Los Angeles Kings have played three one-goal games, with the

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Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com
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Golden Knights One Game From Checkmate; ‘They Have The City On Its Shoulders’

April 15, 2018April 16, 2018 Alan Snel Cody Eakin, James Neal, Steve Carell, William Karlsson

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Downtown Los Angeles — This time, Vegas Golden Knights fans turned the tables.  

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Sports get under our skin. And on our skin, too.
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Sports Get Under Our Skin — And On Our Skin, Too (In Other Words, You Will Like These VGK Photos)

April 14, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Sports.   There’s UFC fighter Conor McGregor throwing a dolly into a bus window and

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Game over. Knights win in OT, 2-1.
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Golden Knights Scoring Big With Partisan VGK Crowds, And Pricy Tickets For Kings Fans; Vegas Wins In Double OT

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Alan Snel Erik Haula

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Another Golden Knights first — a double overtime playoff game that ended with a 2-1

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Las Vegas is ready for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Photo credit: L.E. Baskow/LVSportsBiz.com
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Las Vegas Is All In On Golden Knights, Stanley Cup Playoffs

April 13, 2018 Alan Snel Erik Haula, Gerard Gallant, Jon Merrill, William Carrier, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Vegas Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant thought it was cool for the Bellagio on the

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Photo credit: L.E. Baskow/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Henderson Company Fabricates Giant Golden Knights Helmet Prop That Wowed Game 1 Crowd

April 12, 2018April 13, 2018 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Jonny Greco, Marc Andre-Fleury, Robert Waroway

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Did you enjoy the 20-foot-tall Golden Knights helmet making a 45-second descent from the T-Mobile

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The goal stood up. The Golden Knights defeated the Kings, 1-0. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com
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New Playoff Ticket Strategy Keeps More Golden Knights Jerseys In Game 1 Crowd

April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 Alan Snel Cameron Hughes, Carnell Johnson, Gerard Gallant, Jonathan March

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The partisan crowd was mostly dressed in steel grey, a gigantic, glowing Golden Knights

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Crowd igniter Cameron Hughes went from living in his dad's basement to becoming a crowd-pleaser. Photo credit: Daniel Clark
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Golden Knights ‘Crowd Igniter’ Says You Come To Las Vegas ‘With Permission To Be Crazy’

April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 Alan Snel Jonny Greco

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Cameron Hughes’ adult life has taken him from his dad’s basement in Ottawa to professional

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Enjoy our photos.
Golden Knights 

Game On For Stanley Cup Playoffs Today; LVSportsBiz’s Golden Knights Playoff Preview Via Photo

April 11, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gerard Gallant, Kerry Bubolz, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photographers Daniel Clark, Erik Ricardo and L.E. Baskow have captured the Vegas Golden Knights’

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Briefs

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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