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Las Vegas Tourism Agency Proposes Using Public Dollars To Buy $7 Million Worth Of Las Vegas Grand Prix F1 Race Tickets

March 13, 2023April 19, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Las Vegas’ publicly-funded tourism agency, charged with drawing visitors to Southern Nevada, likes

The giant Super Bowl 58 football is making the rounds in Las Vegas. Photos for story: LVCVA and Las Vegas Super Bowl Host Committee Twitter.

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As Super Bowl 58 Host, Las Vegas Is Going ‘Super Balls To The Wall’ To Promote NFL Title Game In Feb. 2024

February 15, 2023April 19, 2023 Alan Snel Sam Joffray, Tom Brady

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer It’s Las Vegas’ first time. So, you’ll have to excuse Sin City if

NFL groundskeeper George Toma at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ on Tuesday during Super Bowl week. Photos of Toma for this story: Jeff Goulding/LVSportsBiz.com

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Monday Morning Sodfather: God of Sod, George Toma, Says Slippery Super Bowl 57 Field In Glendale, AZ Could Have Used More Sand After Turf Absorbed Pounding From Halftime Show Rehearsals During Week

February 13, 2023April 19, 2023 Alan Snel George Toma, Haason Reddick, Jake Elliott, Jordan Mailata

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer GLENDALE, Arizona — Longtime NFL groundskeeper and “Sodfather” George Toma, who

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Time For WNBA To Make Aces’ A’ja Wilson The Face Of League To Grow The W

September 13, 2022April 19, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Cathy Engelbert

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Memo to WNBA: Make A’ja Wilson the face of your league. What makes

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Raiders Stadium Update: Making of a Sports Palace

April 5, 2020April 19, 2023 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They grow up so fast these days. Sports venues — domed stadiums and baseball parks.

Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Inside Look At How Las Vegas Grew An NHL Team In The Desert

May 27, 2018August 30, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Ovechkin, Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Jon Merrill, Kerry Bubolz, Marc Andre-Fleury, Steve Sisolak, Todd Pollock

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The date was Feb. 10, 2015 and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and a wealthy businessman

Founding partner Joe Maloof worked with his brothers to sell Las Vegas to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com

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Exclusive: Birth Of Golden Knights Began With Maloofs’ Trips To NHL Commish Bettman In NY

April 2, 2018August 30, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Gavin Maloof, George Maloof, Joe Maloof, Phil Maloof

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Before a soft-spoken Swede made time stand still in Las Vegas Saturday night with hockey’s

July 5, 2021

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

ADVERTISEMENT: Please shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. Jay’s Market is the official presenting sponsor of LVSportBiz.com’s stories.

Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.