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COVID-19 Golden Knights Raiders Team 

NHL, Players Release Statement On Returning To Ice; No Timelines But Maybe Small Player Groups Practicing Mid Or Late May

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The NHL and the players association issued a statement Thursday, with the best case scenario

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Raiders owner Mark Davis signing stadium worker's helmet in January.
Raiders Team 

Different From Most NFL Owners, Raiders’ Down-to-Earth Davis Makes Mark In Las Vegas

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Joe Maloof, Jon Gruden, Marcus Allen, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com At the Raiders event in January when the NFL team was officially dubbed the Las

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Raiders Stadium 

Seven Construction Workers At Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Construction Site Have Now Tested Positive For COVID-19

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The number of workers at the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium construction site who have tested positive

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COVID-19 Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center 

Las Vegas Has Sports Venue, Hospitality Infrastructure To Serve As Western USA Major League Sports Hub For Interim Period Of Televised, Fan-free Games

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com These are New Normal Times of #flattenthecurve, social distancing, local telethons and donated masks and

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Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Las Vegas and Raiders Officially Make Their Mark As One Phrase This Week With NFL Draft Merchandise; New Stadium Getting All Lit Up

April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 Alan Snel Henry Ruggs III, Tom Donoghue

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders made their presence known in their new market on several fronts

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Quiet Bellagio fountain this week.
Raiders Team 

Las Vegas Gets NFL Draft In 2022 After Event Was Cancelled This Year Because Of Coronavirus Pandemic

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 Alan Snel Damon Arnette, Henry Ruggs III, Kliff Kingsbury, Mike Vrabel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, it was as good a consolation prize as Las Vegas could have expected Thursday

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Raiders stadium construction
Raiders Stadium 

Tour de Construction: LVSportsBiz.com Visits Six Las Vegas Construction Sites On 34-Mile Loop

April 22, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There’s no date to re-open non-essential businesses in Nevada, but construction is forging ahead all

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COVID-19 Golden Knights Raiders Team 

Jon Taffer: ‘Sports Teams Need To Play, We Have To Get Back To Work’

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Alan Snel Chris Hartweg, Jon Taffer

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was a doubleheader of Facebook Live interviews today as we spoke with Jon Taffer

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Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Raider on the Roof: NFL Team Has Roof in Place at Allegiant Stadium

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, it looks like the roof to the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium is done. All the

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Raiders Stadium 

Raiders Stadium Update: Let er Roll at Allegiant Stadium

April 18, 2020February 14, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A road-paving crew was on the job Saturday afternoon, adding a beefy layer of asphalt

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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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