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Frozen Four Receives $500,000 LVCVA Sponsorship To Stage Event In Las Vegas; Blueblood Hockey Teams Face Off Thursday At T-Mobile Arena, With Final Saturday

April 8, 2026April 8, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Well, since Las Vegas is a legit hockey town

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Mitch Marner Notches Hat Trick In Vegas’ 6-3 Win Over Calgary Thursday; Torts Is 2-For-2 As VGK’s New Coach

April 2, 2026April 3, 2026 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Akira Schmid, Brett Howden, Carter Hart, Ivan Barbashev, John Tortorella, Mitch Marner, Zach Whitecloud

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

Mark Davis Marketing NFL Raiders Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Sports Marketing Stadiums/Arenas (General)

NFL Owners Approve Raiders Owner Mark Davis’ Succession Plan

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 Alan Snel Egon Durban, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — With neither a wife nor children, Raiders owner Mark Davis now

Allegiant Stadium LVCVA NFL Sports Marketing Super Bowl Tourism Travel

Las Vegas, LVCVA Embrace Another Super Bowl For 2029; Super Bowl 63 Coming Five Years After Vegas Hosted Its First Big Game in 2024

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 Alan Snel Janis Burke, Joe Lombardo, Justin Carley, Michael Naft, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Las Vegas’ publicly-funded tourism agency — the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors

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Golden Knights Find Another Way To Lose In Extra Time: VGK Rally For 4-3 Lead Before Losing To Washington, 5-4, In Shootout Saturday

March 28, 2026March 28, 2026 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Alex Ovechkin, Jack Eichel, Logan Thompson, Mitch Marner, Nic Dowd, Rasmus Andersson

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Vegas Golden Knights: Hello Overtime, My Old Enemy; Edmonton Beats VGK In OT, 4-3, Thursday

March 26, 2026March 26, 2026 Alan Snel Bruce Cassidy, Connor Ingram, Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard, Ivan Barbashev, Mark Stone

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The flyover before Super Bowl was stunning. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Allegiant Stadium LVCVA NFL Raiders Raiders Stadium Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) Super Bowl

Look For NFL Owners To Likely Award 2029 Super Bowl To Las Vegas, Allegiant Stadium

March 25, 2026 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENTS By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After the NFL staged Super

Basketball NBA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center Tourism

NBA Expansion For Teams In Las Vegas, Seattle Takes Another Step Wednesday

March 25, 2026March 28, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Bill Hornbuckle, LeBron James, Magic Johnson

ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — An NBA team playing in Las Vegas

LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

Three Percent Of Las Vegas Visitors Say Primary Reason To Visit Vegas In 2025 Was To Attend Sports Event, According to LVCVA Tourist Report

March 20, 2026March 20, 2026 Alan Snel Jennifer Hawkins, Molly Castano, Will Hunter

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Las Vegas’

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VGK’s Slow Start: Utah Scores Three Goals On First Three Shots Against Golden Knights As VGK Lose Eighth Game In Last 11

March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Akira Schmid, Bill Foley, Bruce Cassidy, Clayton Keller, George McPhee, Karel Vejmelka

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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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

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.

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.