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Raiders coach Jon Gruden chats with quarterback Derek Carr.
Raiders Team 

Gruden Hopeful Of ‘Promising Young Players’ In Las Vegas

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Alan Snel Jon Gruden

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Jon Gruden likes the vibe in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Raiders coach discussed the

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Raiders Team 

Las Vegas Raiders’ Witten on NFL Team’s New Headquarters/Training Center In Henderson: ‘You Feel The Buzz Right When You Walk In’

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Alan Snel Jason Witten

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders players are learning about a new city, a new headquarters/training base

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Raiders Team 

Raiders Coach Jon Gruden On Fan-less Allegiant Stadium: ‘You Want To Cut It Loose With Your New Fan Base and It Is Disappointing’

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Alan Snel Jon Gruden

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Four questions from Jon Gruden’s media session Thursday. Question: How disappointing is it that there

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Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Southern Nevada Water Authority Shuts Faucet On Raiders’ 10-Year, $30 Million Sponsorship Proposal

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 Alan Snel Scott Huntley

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders have piled up an impressive number of new team sponsors as

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Raiders owner Mark Davis at a topping off ceremony last year. Photo credit: Tom Donoghue
Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Raiders Owner Davis: ‘If One Fan Couldn’t Go, Then I Don’t Know If Any Fan Should Be Able To Go’

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com This week, Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis told Raiders season ticket holders that no

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Allegiant Stadium and T-Mobile Arena in background.
COVID-19 Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Pandemic and Sports: Raiders’ Inaugural 2020 Season At New Stadium Will Be Without Fans In Las Vegas

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders told their season ticket holders Monday morning that Raiders games at

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Raiders coach Jon Gruden. All photos courtesy of Raiders.
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Gruden and The Pandemic: Raiders’ Coach Responds To Coronavirus-Related Media Questions

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Alan Snel Cory Littleton, Jon Gruden, Mike Mayock

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Raiders coach Jon Gruden did a Zoom interview with the media Thursday. LVSportsBiz.com was curious

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Raiders Team 

NFL Players Union Monitoring Team Markets For COVID-19 Cases, Trends; Las Vegas Ranks High In NFL For Coronavirus Cases

July 27, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com As the Las Vegas Raiders come down the home stretch of completing its $1.976 billion

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Raiders Team 

Lotus Broadcasting and Raiders Cut Deal To Have KOMP 92.3FM Serve As Raiders Flagship Radio Station In Las Vegas

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Alan Snel Clay Baker, Ed Graney, Jon Gruden, JT the Brick, Mike Pritchard, Scott Gulbransen, Tyler Bischoff, Vincent Bonsignore

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Lotus Broadcasting, a major radio broadcaster in Las Vegas, and the NFL Las Vegas Raiders

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Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Post-COVID Shutdown Of Las Vegas’ Hotels Means $19 Million Shortfall For Raiders Stadium Debt Service

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 Alan Snel Don Webb

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com With the novel coronavirus pandemic shutting down Las Vegas’ vaunted hotels and hospitality industry 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

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.”

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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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