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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

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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

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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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Golden Knights Ignore Outside Noise, Take Conference Final Game 1 Against Colorado Avalanche, 4-2, In Denver Wednesday

May 20, 2026May 21, 2026 Alan Snel Brett Howden, Bruce Cassidy, Cale Makar, Carter Hart, Dylan Coghlan, Gabriel Landeskog, John Tortorella, Kelly McCrimmon, Mark Stone, Nic Dowd, Pavel Dorofeyev, Valeri Nichushkin

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — There sure was a lot of noise off the ice for the

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Excitement For Professional Women’s Hockey On Display At PWHL Team Announcement In Las Vegas Wednesday

May 13, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The line of parents with girls of all ages stretched for

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Vegas Golden Knights Find A Way Without Stone, McNabb To Defeat Anaheim, 3-2, In Overtime; VGK One Win From Conference Final

May 12, 2026May 13, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella, Olen Zellweger, Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — One swing

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Anaheim Ducks Use Power Play To Score 4-3 Win Sunday, Evening Series At 2-2; Game 5 Is In Las Vegas Tuesday

May 10, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Brett Howden, Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The hometown Ducks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3, tonight and guaranteed

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LVCVA Spends Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars On Sports, But Has Not Publicly Disclosed Salaries For Three New Sports Marketing Staffers; Also, LVCVA Board To Vote On Massive Contract For R&R Partners Tuesday

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Erick Harper, Janis Burke, Jennifer Hawkins, Will Hunter

How Las Vegas spends your public dollars: The LVCVA meets Tuesday May 12 and the public tourism agency board will

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Getting Defensive: Anaheim Earns Split In Las Vegas In Round 2 Series, Beating VGK, 3-1, In Game 2 Wednesday

May 6, 2026May 7, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Carter Hart, Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella, Leo Carlsson, Lukas Dostal, Mark Stone

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

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Golden Knights Host Anaheim Monday and Wednesday In Games 1 And 2; First Time For VGK To Play Ducks In Playoffs

May 1, 2026May 2, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After knocking out the feisty Utah Mammoth in six games, the

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.