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Raiders get ready for their Monday stadium groundbreaking in Las Vegas. Photo credit: Lou DeSalvio Twitter

Behind That Tough-Guy, Renegade Image Is A Franchise Dealing With Stress Like All Of Us

November 12, 2017 Alan Snel Mark Shearer

By ALAN SNEL Say it ain’t so, Al. The sports franchise known for its bad-ass, renegade, we’ll-move-wherever-whenever-we-want persona

A groundbreaking building grows on the Raiders stadium site for Monday's 5 p.m. groundbreaking.

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Raiders Stadium Groundbreaking Will Not Be Your Typical Shovel-to-Dirt Ceremonial Event

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 Alan Snel Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL I bicycled over to the building that looked like a gigantic greenhouse that was quickly erected

Raiders say hiring goals for stadium construction and operations are the highest in stadium history.

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Raiders Say Stadium Construction, Operations Hiring Targets For Minorities and Women Are Highest In Stadium History

November 9, 2017November 10, 2017 Alan Snel Dan Ventrelle, Lynn Littlejohn, Marc Badain, Steve Hill, Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL The Raiders want women, minorities, veterans, the LGBTQ community and local small businesses in Nevada involved

Ronnie Rivera of Temecula, California is in Las Vegas for the Indian Rodeo at South Point and came to Town Square with his wife when they stumbled into the new Raiders store Monday.

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Raiders Open New Team Store In Las Vegas and Surprise Guest Comes Strolling By

November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 Alan Snel Carl Peterson, Mark Fine

By ALAN SNEL The Oakland Raiders opened their first official merchandise store in Las Vegas Monday and to mark

Laborers 872 leader Tommy White says state lawmakers who voted against Raiders stadium $750 million subsidy should not attend Nov. 13 groundbreaking. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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Raiders Stadium Board Member Says Nevada Lawmakers Who Voted Against Stadium Subsidy Should Not Attend Nov. 13 Groundbreaking

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 Alan Snel Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com learned more about the Raiders’ mystery stadium groundbreaking for Nov. 13 when VIP guests received

The Vegas Golden Knights are just one of several rookie teams in the Las Vegas market.

51s Aviators Basketball Boxing Golden Knights Golf Lights NBA Summer League Raiders Team Thomas & Mack Center

Slow Down Las Vegas and Make Sure Southern Nevada Can Financially Support New Teams and Venues

October 30, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Ed Stolze

By ALAN SNEL OK, Las Vegas. How about a timeout? After years of not caving in to handout

The Raiders hope to move into their new Las Vegas stadium in 2020.

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Raiders Stadium Groundbreaking Set for Nov 13

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 Alan Snel Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL The Raiders plan to break out the shovels and have a groundbreaking at its stadium site

The Oakland Alameda stadium authority executive director tells LVSportsBiz.com that he is waiting to hear from the Raiders about whether the team needs to play in Oakland in 2019 or in 2019 and 2020.

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Will Raiders Play in Oakland in 2020? Oakland Alameda Stadium Chief Is Waiting to Hear from Raiders

September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Scott McKibben, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL The executive director of the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority told LVSportsBiz.com today that he is

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He Loves Las Vegas and Raiders, But Laments NFL Team Leaving Oakland for Sin City

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Alan Snel Al Davis

(LVSportsBiz.com Founder’s note: We will post occasional essays from fans who have a gift for explaining how we grow emotionally

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10 Things You Need To Know About The Raiders Stadium Community Benefits Plan

September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 Alan Snel Aaron Ford, Richard Copeland, Steve Seroka, Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL It’s full steam ahead for the Raiders $1.9 billion stadium project in Las Vegas. The Raiders

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.