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Epicenter Of Global Hoops Here In Las Vegas Through July 19; NBA Summer League Enjoys 17,500 Sellout For Day 1 Thursday

July 10, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Jerry Colangelo

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Year after year, I refer to the NBA Summer League

Jerry Colangelo from 2017's Summer League. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

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Colangelo-Led Group Enters NBA Expansion Competition In Las Vegas With Bid To Create Las Vegas Jacks Team

July 8, 2026July 8, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Levy, Jay Williams, Jerry Colangelo, Jonathan Thomas, Scott Colangelo

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After VGK owner Bill Foley entered the Las Vegas NBA expansion sweepstakes

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Lure of Las Vegas: NBA Owners To Vote Next Week On Exploring Expansion To Las Vegas For 2028-29

March 16, 2026March 19, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Joe Lombardo, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Shaquille O'Neal

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With News Of NBA Awarding Team To Las Vegas, T-Mobile Arena Could Be In Spotlight To Host Expansion Franchise

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, LeBron James

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Knicks Coach Mike Brown Hopes Las Vegas, Seattle Both Get NBA Teams; NBA’s Global Reach On Display For Cup Games In Vegas

December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mike Brown

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NBA Summer League Attendance In Las Vegas July 10-20 Hits 136,130

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley

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Las Vegas Will Have To Wait: NBA Will Conduct In-Depth Analysis Of Expansion, But No Timeline And Expansion Fee Set

July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley

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Erik Anderson, CEO of "smart" basketball technology company Sport IQ (SIQ). Photo credits: LVSportsBiz.com

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NBA ‘Launchpad’ Starting Five: League’s Annual Program Showcases Inventive, Entrepreneurial Companies To Grow Basketball Innovations

July 14, 2025July 15, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — One by one, each company told its story Monday evening at the

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Expand On That: NBA Commish Adam Silver To Meet Media Tuesday After Board Of Governors Meeting In Las Vegas

July 14, 2025July 15, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Jackie Robinson, Tim Leiweke

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Bill Foley remembers Gary Bettman’s stern lecture to him nearly a

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NBA Is Here In Las Vegas! The Summer League, Not A Team (Yet)

July 11, 2025July 13, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Albert Hall, Bill Foley, Cooper Flagg, LeBron James, Warren LeGarie

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The Woodstock of

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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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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.”

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

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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.