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Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman

Las Vegas Sports-Biz News On A VGK Playoff Game 7 Friday

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Alan Snel Carolyn Goodman, Dave Kaval, Richard Derrick

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s not every day a Game 7 comes to Las Vegas. But this evening, the

Las Vegas Bowl Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

Las Vegas Bowl Has Five-Year Naming Rights Deal With SRS Distribution

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Alan Snel Dan Tinker, John Saccenti

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Bowl, the ESPN-owned college bowl game played in December, has a new

LVCVA Speedway Sports Tourism

Your Public Dollars At Work: Las Vegas Tourism Agency Gives $7.75 Million To Las Vegas Motor Speedway For Sponsorship Through 2031

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Always in a generous mood to give public dollars for private sports events, venues and

Derek Stevens

Gambling Sports Tourism

Stevens Melds Old Vegas and New Vegas at Circa

October 29, 2020 Alan Snel Carolyn Goodman, Derek Stevens

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The pandemic forced Las Vegas’ vaunted hotel-casinos to go dark in April and May and

Gambling Sports Tourism

Derek Stevens Unleashes Wow Factor With Debut Of Circa Hotel-Casino In Downtown Las Vegas Wednesday

October 27, 2020October 30, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Stevens, Sheldon Adelson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In old cities like New York it’s all about who you know and family legacies.

Gambling Sports Tourism

Derek Stevens’ Circa Hotel-Casino Poised To Open Next Week

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Stevens

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Circa is opening in downtown Las Vegas and it will have a big impact on

MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle next to Raiders/Aces owner Mark Davis at a Las Vegas Aces WNBA game. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Jim Murren Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Sports Tourism

Veteran MGM Resorts Executive Bill Hornbuckle Becomes MGM Resorts’ Acting CEO; Gov. Sisolak Picks Ex-MGM Resorts CEO Murren As Covid-19 Response Task Force Chief

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Hornbuckle, Jim Murren, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Bill Hornbuckle, a familiar MGM Resorts International name in the Las Vegas hotel-casino industry who

Gambling Sports Tourism Travel

Las Vegas Sports-Business World Absorbs Punch to the Gut as MGM Resorts, Wynn Will Shut Down Operations Starting Tuesday in Response to Virus Pandemic

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 Alan Snel Jim Murren

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The spread and threat of coronavirus hit Las Vegas in the gut Sunday when two

Sports Tourism

Las Vegas Goes Big: NFL Outlines April 23-25 Player Draft Event Plan On Strip Before Clark County Commission Tuesday; LVCVA Head Says Public Tourism Agency Will Spend $2.5 Million On Draft

January 21, 2020January 22, 2020 Alan Snel Jonathan Barker, Marc Badain, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s Las Vegas, so the NFL Draft red carpet will be in the middle of

LVCVA CEO/President Steve Hill.

Sports Tourism

On Las Vegas Sports Marketing: LVCVA CEO/President Steve Hill On Raiders Stadium Use

July 13, 2019July 14, 2019 Alan Snel Steve Hill

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders’ new domed stadium is still more than a year away from opening, but

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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VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2026-27 NATIONAL TV BROADCASTS

Tue. Sept. 29 vs. Chicago (ESPN)

Tue. Oct. 20 vs. Tampa Bay (ESPN)

Wed. Nov. 11 vs. Utah (TNT)

Tue. Nov. 17 vs. Dallas (TNT)

Thu. Nov. 19 vs. Dallas (ESPN+)

Tue. Nov 24 at Edmonton (TNT)

Wed. Dec. 16 vs. San Jose (TNT)

Tue. Dec. 22 at Anaheim (TNT)

Thu. Jan. 7 vs. Minnesota (ESPN)

Wed. Jan. 20 vs. Edmonton (TNT)

Sat. Feb. 20 at Dallas (ABC) 2027 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series™

Wed. Feb. 24 vs. Florida (TNT)

Sun. March 7 at N.Y. Rangers (ESPN)

Tue. March 9 vs. San Jose (ESPN+)

Tue. April 6 vs. St. Louis (ESPN)

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.