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CABDA Bicycle Trade Show Is Coming To Las Vegas In March 2025

May 23, 2024 Alan Snel Jim Kersten

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer A bicycle trade show director who puts on B2B bicycle shows in Chicago and New

Aces coach Becky Hammon. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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WNBA Investigating LVCVA’s Sponsorship Payments To Las Vegas Aces Players, Reports Say; Aces Defeat LA Sparks, 89-82, Saturday

May 18, 2024May 18, 2024 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Candace Parker, Dearica Hamby, Dyaisha Fair, Emma Cannon, Jackie Young, Kate Martin, Kelsey Plum, Kierstan Bell, Mark Davis, Megan Gustafson, Steve Hill, Sydney Colson

By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com WNBA/Aces Writer A day after Las Vegas’ tourism promotion agency drew national attention for giving $100,000

Renee Wilm, Las Vegas Grand Prix CEO (left) and Betsy Fretwell, the grand prix's new chief operating officer (right)

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Las Vegas Grand Prix Chief Operating Officer Leaves F1 Race After Five Months; Former Las Vegas City Manager Betsy Fretwell Returns To Consulting

May 17, 2024May 17, 2024 Alan Snel Betsy Fretwell, Renee Wilm

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Former Las Vegas City Manager Betsy Fretwell’s tenure as chief operating officer with the Las

Steve Hill at a stadium board meeting on Thursday.

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Still Early Innings For Athletics Stadium Project On Strip; Stadium Groundbreaking Is April, Clark County Commissioners To Vote On $120 Million In Bonds In 2025 1Q

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Dave Kaval, John Fisher, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne Lots of private talk, chatter and drama about an

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Copying Super Bowl PR Strategy: Las Vegas Grand Prix Attempts to Clean Up Public Relations Mess By Giving Away Two Race Tickets To Nevada Teacher Of The Year

May 15, 2024May 16, 2024 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Well, Formula 1 is trying. After ticking off Las Vegas locals with race track disruptions

Interbike might be returning to Las Vegas. The LVCVA is working on it. Photo credit: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

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LVCVA Sent Three Staffers To Bicycle Leadership Conference In Tucson To See If Bike Industry Is Interested In Interbike Trade Show Returning To Las Vegas

May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Lisa Motley

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is so interested in bringing the bicycle

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Is Bicycle Trade Show Interbike Returning To Las Vegas? LVCVA Tourism Agency Discussing Having Interbike When L’Etape Las Vegas Bicycle Event Is Also In Vegas

May 13, 2024May 13, 2024 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s strictly at the discussion stage, but Las Vegas’ public tourism agency is talking

Some A's fans are now wearing the Las Vegas hat. Photos for this story: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Athletics Baseball Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Athletics Stadium On Strip Scheduled To Be Discussed At Thursday’s Las Vegas Stadium Board Meeting

May 10, 2024May 11, 2024 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The A’s stadium is on Thursday’s Las Vegas stadium board meeting agenda, with this

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WrestleMania 41 Coming To Allegiant Stadium April 19 And 20 In 2025

May 4, 2024May 5, 2024 Alan Snel Nick Khan

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas is scheduled to host WrestleMania 41 April 19 and 20

Bicycling LVCVA Sports Tourism

Windy Weather Forecast Prompts Bicycle Ride Promoters To Cancel L’Etape Las Vegas By Tour De France In Red Rock Canyon Sunday

May 4, 2024May 5, 2024 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Extreme windy weather forecast for Sunday morning has prompted event organizers to scrub a bicycle

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.