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Inside Las Vegas Sports Marketing: Lights FC Owner Brett Lashbrook Says Expect More Zaniness in Year 2

January 15, 2019February 8, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Brett Lashbrook brought professional soccer to downtown Las Vegas and fans responded well with crowds

The Las Vegas Lights FC is known for its wacky marketing stunts like the helicopter cash drop at halftime of a game last season. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Lights Return to Wacky Marketing Ways, Searching for World’s ‘Most Interesting Player’

December 6, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com You get the sense that Brett Lashbrook was probably having a little marketing withdrawal this

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Lights Owner: On-Field Performance Has To Match Off-Field Success

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com He looked like an older college student, sitting at a work cubicle in a co-working

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Lights’ New Coach Wants to Stabilize Roster and Forge Stronger Connections with Las Vegas

October 18, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It was the inaugural season for the Las Vegas Lights FC and the soccer team

Helicopter drops cash at halftime of Lights FC-LA Galaxy 2 game at Cashman Field. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Heat Is On For UNLV Football To Win But Also Draw Fans As Lights’ Cash Drop and VGK Rookie Game Bring Crowds Saturday

September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It was a toasty 106 degrees on the Sam Boyd Stadium field when UNLV’s

Last Triple-A ballgame was played today at Cashman Field.

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Las Vegas Lights Waiting For 51s To Give 60-Day Lease Termination Notice To Leave Cashman So Soccer Team Can Make Venue Improvements

September 3, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbook, Don Logan

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas 51s said Monday’s Labor Day game was the final Triple-A baseball game

A video grab from the Samford University helicopter cash drop after a college baseball game in 2014.

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Lights FC To Beef Up Security For Saturday’s Helicopter Cash Drop Promotion At Cashman Field

September 2, 2018September 2, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Lights FC is beefing up security for Saturday night’s half-time promotion that

Vegas Golden Knights are the big dogs of Las Vegas' sports world.

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With Golden Knights Ruling Las Vegas, Other Sports Resort To Luring Fans With Money, Swimming Pool, All-you-can-eat Nachos/Hot Dogs

August 28, 2018 Alan Snel Canelo Alvarez, Gennady Golovkin

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Nobody expected the Vegas Golden Knights to make a miracle run to the Stanley Cup

LVSportsBiz.com interviews longtime Las Vegas lawyer Ed Bernstein about his sports sponsorship deals Monday morning.

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Longtime Las Vegas Lawyer Beefs Up Local Sports Sponsorship Deals

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Dana White, Ed Bernstein

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Ed Bernstein is no stranger to advertising his legal services. The lawyer who grew

Lights technical director and entertainer Jose Luis Sanchez Sola at Saturday's 2-2 tie with Fresno FC. Photo credit: L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Lights FC

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Lights Enduring Mediocre First Season, But Dispensary and Gambling Deals Plus $5,000 Cash Drop Sept. 8 Give Fans Something To Talk About

August 26, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Jose Luis Sanchez Sola, Ricardo Ferrino

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com When your local soccer team has a miserable record of seven wins, 12 losses and

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.

BRIEFS

T-Mobile Arena’s plaza has a new naming rights partner: Toshiba Plaza is now called Paramount+ Plaza.

A’s stadium site partner announces CFO move:

A’s Spring Training schedule in the Arizona Cactus League

WNBA Commish retires: Following seven years as the first-ever Commissioner of the WNBA, Cathy Engelbert has informed the league of her decision to retire at the end of 2026.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2026-27 NATIONAL TV BROADCASTS

Tue. Sept. 29 vs. Chicago (ESPN)

Tue. Oct. 20 vs. Tampa Bay (ESPN)

Wed. Nov. 11 vs. Utah (TNT)

Tue. Nov. 17 vs. Dallas (TNT)

Thu. Nov. 19 vs. Dallas (ESPN+)

Tue. Nov 24 at Edmonton (TNT)

Wed. Dec. 16 vs. San Jose (TNT)

Tue. Dec. 22 at Anaheim (TNT)

Thu. Jan. 7 vs. Minnesota (ESPN)

Wed. Jan. 20 vs. Edmonton (TNT)

Sat. Feb. 20 at Dallas (ABC) 2027 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series™

Wed. Feb. 24 vs. Florida (TNT)

Sun. March 7 at N.Y. Rangers (ESPN)

Tue. March 9 vs. San Jose (ESPN+)

Tue. April 6 vs. St. Louis (ESPN)

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.