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Fisher Brothers real estate wants to build an NBA areba in Las Vegas. All proposal graphics courtesy of Fisher Brothers

Join The NBA Arena Proposal Club: Real Estate Developers Fisher Brothers Pitch NBA Arena At AREA15 Entertainment District In City Of Las Vegas

October 21, 2026October 21, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Egon Durban, Fisher Brothers, Jerry Colangelo, Mark Lasry, Nancy Walton Laurie

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Well, now the city of Las Vegas can say there’s a proposal

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Raiders Minority Owner Egon Durban Joins Nancy Walton/Bill Laurie Group In Bid For NBA Expansion Team In Las Vegas, SBJ Says

October 15, 2026October 16, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Bill Laurie, Egon Durban, Jerry Colangelo, Mark Lasry, Nancy Walton Laurie, Steve Apostolopoulos.

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — When it comes to choosing an ownership group for an NBA

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Lauries, Foley, Colangelo Vie For NBA Expansion Team in Las Vegas, But What About Caesars and New Owner, Tilman Fertitta?

September 26, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bill Laurie, Jerry Colangelo, Nancy Brune, Nancy Walton Laurie, Tilman Fertitta

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Everybody loves Las Vegas apparently and the next league set to

Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Richard Brian

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Iger/Kushner Buy Lakers For Record $12.5 Billion Instead Of Trying To Launch NBA Expansion Team In Las Vegas

August 12, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bob Iger, Jerry Colangelo, Josh Kushner, Mark Walter

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Why try and start an NBA expansion team in Las

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NBA Commish Says Private Groups Bidding For Expansion Teams In Las Vegas, Seattle Besides Public Bidders (But He’s Not Saying Who They Are)

July 14, 2026July 15, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Jerry Colangelo, Kawhi Leonard

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The NBA’s top executive said there are some private ownership groups

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NBA Pushing Technology Frontier With Tech Expo, Launchpad Demo Event During NBA Summer League In Las Vegas

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Jaylen Brown, Jewell Loyd

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Kevin Gehsmann was chatting about his company, PROTECT3D, Monday when he

Basketball Bill Foley Fans NBA NBA Summer League Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) Thomas & Mack Center

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

Basketball NBA Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Proposed Jet Terminal Part Of NBA Arena Proposal On Strip Across From Mandalay Bay

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Tom Letizia

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The development company proposing to build an NBA arena across from Mandalay

Golden Knights owner Bill Foley talking with LVSportsBiz.com in 2017. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVsportsBiz.com.

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It’s Official: Bill Foley Wants To Own An NBA Team, Too

June 22, 2026June 22, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Now, Bill Foley is officially after an NBA team. The 1967 West

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

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

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A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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.