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Business Owner On Formula 1 Race Impact On Las Vegas: ‘We As A Community Got Bamboozled, We Got Fooled’; Businesses Ask Clark County, LVCVA, F1 For Compensation For Revenue Losses

January 3, 2024January 6, 2024 Alan Snel Randy Markin, Steve Hill, Terry Miller, Tick Segerblom, Wade Bohn

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Businesses that lost millions of dollars in revenues because of the Formula 1 car race

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

Former Nevada Legislator Who Backed Athletics Stadium Subsidy Bill Takes Offense To ‘Corruptively’ In Social Media Post, Tells A’s Fan To ‘Get Off Your Mom’s Couch, Leave The Basement And Learn To Live’

January 1, 2024January 1, 2024 Alan Snel John Fisher, Scott Hammond

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Former Nevada lawmaker Scott Hammond, who supported the Athletics baseball stadium funding bill, got into

Bicycling Sports Tourism

It’s Another Planet: Death Valley’s Artist Drive Is Bicycle Ride Gold

December 24, 2023December 24, 2023 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Bicycle Travel Writer Death Valley, California — There’s no place like Death Valley. Think about it. I

Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas Bowl Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

With Pac-12 Dissolving And New 12-Team College Football Playoff Starting In 2024, Las Vegas Bowl Will Need To Change With The Times

December 23, 2023December 23, 2023 Alan Snel David Braun, John Saccenti, Michael Wilbon

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne The Northwestern and Utah players got to see Las Vegas magician

National Finals Rodeo Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Thomas & Mack Center Travel UNLV

National Finals Rodeo Wraps Up Annual Visit To Las Vegas Saturday With 157,580 Fans For Nine Rounds, Average 17,509 A Night

December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 Alan Snel Steve Hill, Tim Keener, Tom Glause

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Jeff Goulding For many years in Las Vegas, the National Finals Rodeo,

National Finals Rodeo Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

National Finals Rodeo Averaging 17,454 Fans A Night With Three Performances To Go In Las Vegas

December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 Alan Snel Tim Keener

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Jeff Goulding This time, Las Vegas Events and the pro rodeo cowboys took

NBA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena Travel

Impressive Turnout For NBA’s Inaugural In-Season Tourney Semifinals Shows Las Vegas Is Ready For NBA Expansion Team; Bucks-Pacers, 16,837 Attendance; Lakers-Pelicans, Sellout 18,017

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 Alan Snel LeBron James, Rick Carlisle, Tyrese Haliburton

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It was a basketball convergence of the NBA and Las

NFL Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) Super Bowl

Super Bowl Pep Rally Brunch Brings Together Las Vegas Movers And Shakers To Listen To NFL Commish Roger Goodell

December 5, 2023December 6, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Kerry Bubolz, Nikki Fargas, Roger Goodell, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Sean McManus, Steve Hill

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne The kickoff for Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas on Feb. 11

Allegiant Stadium College football Las Vegas Bowl Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

It’s Utah vs Northwestern in Las Vegas Bowl At Allegiant Stadium Dec. 23

December 3, 2023 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl will match Northwestern from the Big Ten and Utah

Formula 1 Formula One Sports Tourism Travel

The Car Race That Won’t Go Away: Las Vegas Grand Prix Work To Remove Road Fences, Light Mounts, Grandstands Will Last For Weeks After F1 Event Ended Ten Days Ago

November 28, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The big hotel companies like MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment generated tens of millions

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.

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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.