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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

A's A's Stadium Baseball Fans Major League Baseball Sports Marketing Stadium Board Stadiums/Arenas (General)

A’s To Vegas: Athletics Have Sold 92 Percent Of 294 High-End Seats In Exclusive Athletic Club Behind Home Plate At Luxurious Stadium On Strip

July 8, 2026July 9, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The A’s might be plummeting in the standings, but Las Vegas’ future

Allegiant Stadium College football Investigative LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

On The Open Records Beat: LVSportsBiz.com Uncovers LVCVA Sports Executive Salaries, Including $347,000/Year For Chief Sports Officer

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Janis Burke, Jennifer Hawkins, Joe Lombardo, Kevin McMahill, Steve Hill, Will Hunter

By Alan Snel, LVportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — You can make a nice living promoting sports for the Las Vegas

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

Basketball Bill Foley Bournemouth Golden Knights NBA Silver Knights Sports Marketing T-Mobile Arena

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

Golden Knights NHL Sports Marketing Stanley Cup Playoffs T-Mobile Arena Vegas Golden Knights

Perfect Storm Knocks Out Golden Knights In SCF Game 6 As Carolina Hurricanes Shut Out VGK To Claim 2026 Stanley Cup Championship

June 14, 2026June 15, 2026 Alan Snel Braeden Bowman, Brandon Bussi, Dylan Coghlan, John Tortorella, Jordan Staal, Keegan Kolesa, Keegan Kolesar, Kevin Weekes, Nikolaj Ehlers, Reilly Smith, Taylor Hall, William Karlsson

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne and J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — VGK

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Sports Tourism Still Driving Economics In Las Vegas; A’s Rally For 6-4 Win Over Colorado At Las Vegas Ballpark Friday

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 Alan Snel Lawrence Butler, Max Muncy, Nick Kurtz, Shea Langeliers

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS,

Bill Foley Golden Knights Marketing NHL Sports Marketing Stanley Cup Playoffs T-Mobile Arena

Carolina Evens Stanley Cup Final Series In Game 4 With 5-3 Win After Heartbreaking Game 3 Loss; It’s Game 5 In Raleigh On Thursday

June 9, 2026June 10, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brandon Bussi, Elvis Presley, Frederik Andersen, Jackson Blake, John Tortorella, Jordan Staal, Kevin Weekes, Logan Stankoven, Mark Stone, Mitch Marner, Nikolaj Ehlers, Rod Brind'Amour, Wayne Newton

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne and Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada

A's Baseball Las Vegas Ballpark Major League Baseball Sports Marketing Stadiums/Arenas (General)

A’s Give Las Vegas Market Real Taste Of MLB Regular Season Game Product With Series Against Brewers, Rockies This Week

June 8, 2026June 9, 2026 Alan Snel Carnell Johnson, Chris Caray, John Fisher, Jonah Heim, Marc Badain, Nick Kurtz, Shea Langeliers, Tyler Soderstrom, Zack Gelof

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada — As if hosting

Golden Knights NHL Sports Marketing Stanley Cup Playoffs T-Mobile Arena

VGK Melt No.1 Seed Avalanche’s Season In Four-Game Sweep, Off To Stanley Cup Final For Third Time In Franchise’s Nine-Year History

May 26, 2026May 27, 2026 Alan Snel Brayden McNabb, Bruce Cassidy, Cale Makar, Cole Smith, Gabriel Landeskog, Jared Bednar, John Tortorella, Kaedan Korczak, Kelly McCrimmon, Mackenzie Blackwood, Mark Stone, Nathan MacKinnon, Nic Dowd, Pavel Dorofeyev

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The fans’ “We

Golden Knights NHL Sports Marketing Stanley Cup Playoffs

Golden Knights Rally In Third Period For 3-1 Win Thanks To Eichel, Barbashev Goals; VGK Lead Series, 2-0, With Game 3 In Las Vegas Sunday

May 22, 2026May 23, 2026 Alan Snel Bruce Cassidy, Cale Makar, Carter Hart, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, John Tortorella, Mark Stone

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — You know that Colorado vs Carolina Stanley Cup Final? Don’t book those

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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.

BRIEFS

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

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

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.