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Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

T-Mobile Arena Installs Safety Posts at Venue’s West VIP Entrance; VGK $3 Ticket Improvement Fee Revenue Helps Pay for Bollards

January 13, 2019 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   T-Mobile Arena has installed a couple dozen heavy steel posts known as “bollards” to protect

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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman at a news conference at T-Mobile Arena last season. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

NHL Commish Bettman at VGK Games This Week to Check Player and Puck Tracking Technologies

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, John Dellapina

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was at T-Mobile Arena for two Vegas Golden Knights games this

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T-Mobile Arena 

PBR World Finals Means It’s Time for Cowboys (the Real Ones) in Las Vegas

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   It’s part of the annual rites of early November in Las Vegas — cooler weather,

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NBA Summer League Day 2 was a sellout of 17,500, including this big crowd watching the Suns-Kings game.
Lights NBA Summer League T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center UFC WNBA Aces 

NBA Summer League Day 2 and UFC 226 Are Sellouts, While WNBA Aces’ Attendance Is Down Saturday

July 7, 2018July 8, 2018 Alan Snel Lance Evans, Marc Andre-Fleury

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Las Vegas Golden Knights finished their season a month ago, the Las Vegas Raiders

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MGM Resorts International backed the $750 million public subsidy for the Raiders stadium and believes the visitors who attend stadium events will help build revenue at MGM's properties.
Esports Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena 

MGM Resorts Intl Highlights Sports In Presentation To Analysts, Investors

May 11, 2018May 11, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   MGM Resorts International is hooking its wagons to Las Vegas’ growing sports industry, explaining to

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Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Golden Knights Tickets On Secondary Market Will Not Come Cheap For Game 5 At T-Mobile Arena Friday

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 Alan Snel William Karlsson

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Some things to ponder after the San Jose Sharks shut down the Vegas Golden

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Photo credit: L.E. Baskow/LVSportsBiz.com
51s Aviators Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena WNBA Aces 

On A Rainy Las Vegas Morning, LVSportsBiz Has Only Questions (For Now)

May 2, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Sometimes, I wake up and I have no answers. Just questions. Here is LVSportsBiz.com’s Top

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Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

T-Mobile Arena vs. Staples Center Is Also Very Competitive In VGK-Kings Attendance

April 16, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Vegas Golden Knights and Los Angeles Kings have played three one-goal games, with the

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Sports get under our skin. And on our skin, too.
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Sports Get Under Our Skin — And On Our Skin, Too (In Other Words, You Will Like These VGK Photos)

April 14, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Sports.   There’s UFC fighter Conor McGregor throwing a dolly into a bus window and

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Photo credit: L.E. Baskow/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Henderson Company Fabricates Giant Golden Knights Helmet Prop That Wowed Game 1 Crowd

April 12, 2018April 13, 2018 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Jonny Greco, Marc Andre-Fleury, Robert Waroway

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Did you enjoy the 20-foot-tall Golden Knights helmet making a 45-second descent from the T-Mobile

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July 5, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com CONTACT: Alan Snel, veteran journalist and LVSportsBiz.com publisher. If you read and appreciate our free journalism, please consider donating to LVSportsBiz.com via PayPal, asnel@LVSportsBiz.com. Thank you.

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. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president 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

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

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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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Las Vegas Sports Venues Driving Sports Industry

T-Mobile Arena home to Vegas Golden Knights and UFC
T-Mobile Arena opened in April 2016 and is home to Vegas Golden Knights and UFC
Las Vegas Ballpark home to Triple A baseball's Las Vegas Aviators
Las Vegas Ballpark opened in April 2019 and is home to Triple A baseball's Las Vegas Aviators
Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas
Allegiant Stadium opened in late July 2020 as home for Las Vegas Raiders and UNLV football team
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Dollar Loan Center arena in Henderson scheduled to open in 2022

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