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Gonzaga Fans Pack Orleans Arena For West Coast Hoops Tourney In Las Vegas, Pay Hotel Room Taxes That Help Pay Off Raiders NFL Stadium

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 Alan Snel Drew Timme, Julian Strawther

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Come early March, Orleans Arena in Las

Basketball Dollar Loan Center Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center Travel UNLV

Public Price Behind Las Vegas Becoming College Basketball Mecca This Week; Five College Basketball Tourneys Take Over Arenas Across Market

March 6, 2023March 7, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Dan Butterly, Gloria Nevarez, Stu Jackson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer They’re back. Dozens of college basketball teams from campuses like Gonzaga, Oregon,

Athletics Las Vegas Ballpark Major League Baseball Marketing Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Oakland Athletics Visit Las Vegas For Spring Games This Weekend, But Will They Try To Plant Roots Here With New Ballpark Near Strip?

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 Alan Snel Don Logan, Ernie Clement, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Larry Brown

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne A 26-year-old second baseman for

Chris Powell, Las Vegas Motor Speedway president

Speedway Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

Tourism Race At Speedway: Seventy Percent of NASCAR Race Attendees At LVMS Will Be Las Vegas Visitors

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Joe Lombardo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer There’s so much hype about the speedy, little open-wheel rockets coming to the

Golden Knights Marketing Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena

VGK Stage Third Period Comeback To Defeat Calgary, 4-3, In Overtime Before 17,609 Thursday Night

February 23, 2023February 24, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Alex Pietrangelo, Bruce Cassidy, Jack Eichel, Jakob Pelletier, Jonathan Huberdeau, Laurent Brossoit, Logan Thompson, Mikael Backlund, Reilly Smith, William Carrier

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Golden Knights season ticket holder and superfan Lan Beyster donated

The Rio hotel site -- one of three sites under consideration for a discussed Oakland Athletics baseball park.

51s Athletics Baseball Major League Baseball Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Ten Things You Need To Know About Oakland Athletics Ballpark Idea In Las Vegas

February 20, 2023February 24, 2023 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Christopher Kaempfer

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Well, here we go again. Another big-league sports team from Oakland will be

Golden Knights Marketing NHL Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) T-Mobile Arena

After Wild Opening 20 Minutes and Six Goals, Vegas Shuts Down Tampa and Defeats Lightning, 5-4, Saturday Before 18,317

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Corey Perry, Jonathan Marchessault, Nic Roy, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Shea Theodore, Steven Stamkos, Vladislav Namestnikov

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell When powerful Tampa

NFL Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Super Bowl Travel

Super Bowl 57 In Pictures: LVSportsBiz.com’s Top 10 Photos

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The last time I worked with photographer Jeff Goulding was more than 30

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.

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

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

February 15, 2023February 14, 2026 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

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

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, 2023February 14, 2026 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

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.

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A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

WNBA Commish retires: Following seven years as the first-ever Commissioner of the WNBA, Cathy Engelbert has informed the league of her decision to retire at the end of 2026.

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.