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NFL Says 300,000+ Attended Three-Day Draft Event In Las Vegas

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Mark Davis, Roger Goodell, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com More than 300,000 fans attended the NFL Draft in Las Vegas from Thursday to Saturday,

Former Gov. Brain Sandoval at Raiders draft watch party Thursday.

NFL NFL Draft Raiders Team Sports Tourism

Man Who Politically Signed Off On Raiders Stadium Funding Law Among Fans At Raiders Draft Party Thursday

April 28, 2022April 29, 2022 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell There were hundreds of Raiders fans of all backgrounds lounging

Gov. Steve Sisolak greets NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at NFL Draft In Las Vegas

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NFL Meetup Of The Dudes At Flamingo and Las Vegas Boulevard: Goodell, Sisolak, Davis, Hill Open 2022 NFL Draft With Main Intersection Presser

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Alan Snel Dan Ventrelle, Jim Gibson, Mark Davis, Roger Goodell, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

Raiders owner Mark Davis chatting with Gov. Steve Sisolak Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

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NFL’s Clout, Influence In Full Bloom As League Takes Over Las Vegas Strip For Three Days At Player Draft Event

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Money buys access. When your sports league generates $18 billion a year in revenues thanks

Allegiant Stadium Marketing Sports Tourism Super Bowl

LVCVA COO: Las Vegas Tourism Agency Spending $164K To Attend Super Bowl In Los Angeles Provided ‘Invaluable’ Learning Experience

April 27, 2022 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Jeremy Aguero, Lisa Motley, Sam Joffray, Sandra Doug, Steve Hill, Steve Zanella, Virginia Valentine

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s all about learning the intricate planning details behind putting on an NFL Super Bowl.

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NFL Draft Looking To Create Woodstock Of Football Atmosphere On Strip Thursday-Saturday

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Alan Snel Eric Finkelstein

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The National Football League began snooping around Las Vegas back in 2017 to check out

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NFL Draft Using Las Vegas Draft Event To Amplify Brand, Generate Revenues With Annual Goal Of $25 Billion In 2027

April 23, 2022 Alan Snel Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s almost time. NFL Draft event organizers Saturday huddled on a sidewalk behind the giant

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MGM Resorts International Hitches Business Wagon To 2023 Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix With Founding Partnership Deal

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Hornbuckle

By Randall Cannon for LVSportsBiz.com Bill Hornbuckle, CEO and president of MGM Resorts International, added his official stamp this week

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Construction For NFL Draft Theater Behind High Roller Wheel, Red Carpet In Bellagio Fountains In Full Motion On Las Vegas Strip With NFL Event 10 Days Away

April 18, 2022April 19, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Hope the people of Las Vegas are ready. About half a million NFL fans people

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LVCVA Board Approves Another $525,000 For NFL Draft Slated For April 28-30 On Strip

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 Alan Snel Michael Naft

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Another $525,000 in public dollars have been approved Tuesday to be spent on the NFL

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.

BRIEFS

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.