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On Sports Betting: Vegas Golden Knights 6/1 to Win Stanley Cup

May 25, 2020May 26, 2020 Alan Snel Bob Arum, Peyton Manning, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Boxing is back. Promoter Bob Arum plans to stage a card of five fights June

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Golf UFC 

How COVID-19 Pandemic Forced Sports Industry To Innovate In First Round Of Sports Return Broadcasts This Month

May 23, 2020May 27, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Matthew Wolff, Rickie Fowler

By Vivi Lin for LVSportsBiz.com LinkedIn: @ViviOnTheSpotĀ IG: @ViviOnTheSpot4TVĀ  Facebook: @ViviOnTheSpot4TV With the widespread impact of the novel coronavirus and suspension

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Golf 

Shriners Open Attendance Announced at Nearly 73,000 in Las Vegas

October 7, 2019 Alan Snel Kevin Na

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The big leagues of professional golf brought more than 70,000 fans to TPC Summerlin for

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Golf 

Kevin Na Of Southern Highlands Wins Shriners Open Title In Playoff

October 6, 2019October 6, 2019 Alan Snel Kevin Na, Patrick Lindsey

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Kevin Na — the local guy from Southern Highlands —

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Golf 

Shriners Golf Event Draws Nice Crowd Saturday, But How Many Free Tickets Were Doled Out?

October 5, 2019 Alan Snel Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com I don’t doubt that attendance is building at the PGA stop in Las Vegas, the

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Golf 

Shriners Golf Tourney Director: Attendance of 75,000 Is Possible in Las Vegas This Week

October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Scott, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Lindsey, Phil Mickelson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Shriners Hospitals for Children Open got underway the week of the Vegas Golden Knights

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Golf 

Tiger vs. Phil: Too Late, Too Gimmicky

November 23, 2018 Alan Snel Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods

By STEVEN SLIVKA LVSportsBiz.com   Tiger v. Phil, dubbed “The Match” with a $9 million payout at Shadow Creek in

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Shriners Hospitals for Children Open champ Bryson DeChambeau
Golf 

Great Weather and Higher-Profile PGA Tour Players Help Attendance at Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

November 4, 2018November 5, 2018 Alan Snel Aaron Wise, Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   Gorgeous fall weather and some big PGA

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The U.S. Adaptive Golf Alliance puts on golf clinic for Shriners kids at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Friday.
Golf 

Shriners Kids Find Golfers They Can Relate to at Adaptive Golf Clinic at PGA Tourney

November 2, 2018 Alan Snel Brandon Canesi, Jordan Spieth, Mark Johnson, Mike Babcock, Rickie Fowler

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   While three-time major champion Jordan Spieth was teeing off at the Shriners Hospitals for Children

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Golf 

Golf Tourney Shining Bigger Spotlight on Shriners Hospital Kids and Big-Name Golfers

October 31, 2018November 2, 2018 Alan Snel Aaron Wise, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Lindsey, Rickie Fowler

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   You’re not going to be surprised by the

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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 onĀ F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.Ā Ā 

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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