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Online Retailer Zappos No Longer Sponsor Of Las Vegas Lights, Decides To Not Renew Sponsorship Deal

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There was so much excitement in 2017 when the Las Vegas Lights soccer team was

Tony Hsieh at a VGK hockey game in December 2019. Photo credit: Mary Peters/LVSportsBiz.com

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Las Vegas, Business World Mourn Loss of Former Zappos CEO and Workplace Innovator Tony Hsieh, Who Died Friday At Age 46; Zappos Sponsored Downtown Lights Soccer Team, VGK

November 28, 2020November 30, 2020 Alan Snel Alfred Lin, Brett Lashbrook, Carolyn Goodman, Derek Stevens, Jeff Bezos, Kerry Bubolz, Steve Sisolak, Tony Hsieh

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He was the original disruptor, a man who disliked formal corporate culture so much that

Fans watching Las Vegas Lights soccer before the pandemic. LVSportsBiz.com photo by J. Tyge O'Donnell.

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Las Vegas City Council Green Lights Another Six Months To Negotiate With Soccer Stadium/Downtown Redevelopment Investor

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Carolyn Goodman, Floyd Kephart, Michelle Fiore, Seth Klarman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They’re going to talk about big-league soccer, redevelopment around Cashman Center and stadiums in downtown

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Person Involved In Las Vegas Lights FC Soccer Game Tests Positive For COVID-19 Virus, Tonight’s Las Vegas vs. San Diego Game Postponed

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 coronavirus has grounded Saturday’s Las Vegas Lights FC vs San Diego Loyal SC

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COVID-19 and Sports: Las Vegas Aviators Prez Logan Says 2 Marlins Players ‘Caused All This Grief’ For MLB’s Miami Marlins

August 1, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Brian Killingsworth, Don Logan, George McPhee

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 outbreak at the Miami Marlins was caused by two players who did not

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Las Vegas Lights Soccer Team Outsources Ticket Sales To Learfield IMG

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Lights soccer team is outsourcing its ticket sales to a well-known name

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The Lights Go Back On In Las Vegas August 1; Owner Lashbrook Discusses Soccer Returning To Sin City Amid Pandemic

July 17, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Team sports return to Las Vegas in August as the Las Vegas Lights FC, the

Las Vegas Lights FC owner Brett Lashbrook during as game at Cashman Field in 2019. Photos for this story by J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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United Soccer League Will Play In 2020, Lights Prepare For Amended Season During COVID-19 Pandemic

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The United Soccer League and the USL Players Association have reached a deal to play

Fired Lights coach Eric Wynalda. Photos for this story by J. Tyge O'Donnel of LVSportsBiz.com

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Fired Lights Soccer Coach Eric Wynalda on Owner Brett Lashbrook: ‘He Doesn’t Want To Pay For Anything Right Now’

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com So much for the Las Vegas soccer fairy tale of American soccer legend Eric Wynalda

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Las Vegas Lights Could Play As Early As July 11, But Virus-Testing Protocol, Schedule Format, Player Deal Need To Be Resolved

June 4, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Lights FC could be playing soccer games as early as July 11,

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

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.

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.