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Workers leave the stadium construction site Thursday afternoon.
Raiders Stadium 

Southern Nevada Health District Administers 847 COVID-19 Tests At Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Construction Site

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Southern Nevada Health District administered 847 COVID-19 tests at the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium construction

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Raiders Stadium 

A Green Retractable Football Field Grows In Las Vegas

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Alan Snel Jon Gruden

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When you visit the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium, you’re struck by the gleaming black exterior. But

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Raiders' Allegiant Stadium. Scaffolding is coming down.
Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Want To Buy Raiders-Saints Resale Ticket For Allegiant Stadium’s Opener Sept 21? You Better Have Deep Pockets

May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 Alan Snel

  By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Apparently — if football fans are allowed to attend games at the Raiders’ Allegiant

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Raiders Team 

Raiders’ First Scheduled Home Game At Allegiant Stadium: Sept. 21 Monday Night Vs Saints and Drew Brees

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Alan Snel Jon Gruden

The Raiders 2020 schedule was unveiled Thursday, but what affect will the coronavirus pandemic have on the schedule and will

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Gov. Steve Sisolak
COVID-19 Raiders Team 

Nevada Governor Outlines Reopening Guidelines: Restaurants, Retail Can Open With Employee Masks But Casinos/Gaming Still Grounded

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Hope for the future. Slowly, Las Vegas is coming back. Very slowly. Gov. Steve Sisolak

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Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Scoreboards, Seats, Lockers, Lights, Even Acoustic Materials Installed At Raiders Stadium As $1.97 Billion Project Forges Ahead Amid Pandemic

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders stadium exterior may look nearly complete, but hundreds of workers are toiling away

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Golden Knights Raiders Stadium UFC 

Raiders Stadium Visitors Keep Coming From LA; VGK Retail Store Sells Merchandise From Curb; UFC 249 A Go For Jacksonville Saturday

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Dana White, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There he was at 3 p.m. with temperatures in the 90s in early May Tuesday,

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Raiders Stadium 

COVID-19 and Sports: Las Vegas Stadium Authority Has $65 Million In Reserve To Handle Expected Hotel Room Tax Revenue Shortfalls For March, April

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s no secret that hotel room tax revenues will be a brutally low number for

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Raiders Stadium 

Raiders Stadium Construction Team On Workers Testing Positive For COVID-19: ‘Mostly Localized With Electricians Working On Site’

May 3, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Mortenson/McCarthy, the joint venture team overseeing construction of the $1.97 billion Raiders stadium project, is

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Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Raiders Fans Renew Weekend Rite Of Visiting New Stadium With Protective Face Mask As Part Of Their Outfits

May 2, 2020 Alan Snel Jon Gruden, Steve Sisolak

  By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com No worldwide pandemic or a team with a mediocre won-loss record will get in

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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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BRIEFS

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.”

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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

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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.

 

 

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