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Former Golden Knights Chief Marketing Officer Nehme Abouzeid shows the logo for his new consulting business.
Golden Knights 

Chief Marketing Officer Left Golden Knights Amid Mystery, Aims to Launch Turnkey Consulting Business

August 4, 2017August 7, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Nehme Abouzeid

By ALAN SNEL Nehme Abouzeid had what most marketing professionals would consider a dream job – serving as chief marketing

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Golden Knights 

First Look At The Golden Knights’ Practice Facility’s Ice Rink (and Those Freshly-Painted Sponsor Logos)

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Murray Craven

By ALAN SNEL Few NHL team training centers will play a business role as much as the Vegas Golden Knights’

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A happy Bill Foley shows off the team's jersey to LVSportsBiz.com at its unveiling last month.
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Golden Knights Release A Flurry of Single Game Ticket, Game Day Parking and TV Programming News

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Eric Tosi, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL With their inaugural season just months away, the Vegas Golden Knights went on the power play today

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Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Hire Former Tampa Bay Bucs Marketing Exec as New Chief Marketing Officer

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Nehme Abouzeid

By ALAN SNEL With the start of the team’s inaugural season just a few months away, the Vegas Golden Knights

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The Golden Knights' training facility, officially called City National Arena, opens later this summer.
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Cut Naming Rights Deal for Practice Facility, Calling it City National Arena

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL The Vegas Golden Knights have cut a naming rights deal with a Los Angeles-based bank for the

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Executive Chef Garry DeLucia shows some of Levy's premium offerings.
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

T-Mobile Arena’s Executive Chef Offers Delights for Foodie Fans

July 23, 2017August 1, 2017 Alan Snel Garry DeLucia

LVSportsBiz.com founder/writer’s note: Arenas are just not for sports anymore. They’re entertainment centers where not only hard-core sports and music

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Nehme Abouzeid is no longer the chief marketing officer for the Golden Knights.
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Owner Foley Tells LVSportsBiz that Abouzeid Left NHL Team to Pursue ‘Personal Consulting’

July 10, 2017July 11, 2017 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL Former Vegas Golden Knights Chief Marketing Officer Nehme Abouzeid left the NHL expansion franchise June 30 to

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Golden Knights President Kerry Bubolz's long-term marketing plan focuses on transforming kids into the next generation of VGK fans.
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Prez Builds Marketing Plan with Youth Movement

July 6, 2017July 12, 2017 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz, Sean Henry

By ALAN SNEL Vegas Golden Knights GM George McPhee isn’t the only architect designing a future for Las Vegas’ NHL

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Raiders Hire Denver-based ICON Firm as their ‘Owner’s Advocate’ for Las Vegas Stadium Project

June 28, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel

The Raiders have hired ICON Venue Group out of Denver to monitor their Las Vegas stadium construction project and to

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Golden Knights Bill Foley snagged his first big catch -- Marc-Andre Fleury
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Golden Knights Pick Their Marquee Marketing Star to Dazzle Vegas

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, George McPhee, Marc Andre-Fleury

By ALAN SNEL The 30 players of Las Vegas’ new NHL team were set tonight when Golden Knights fans Robert

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LVSportsBiz Contact

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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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.”

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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

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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.

 

 

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