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Sports Teams Will Not Stop Coming To Las Vegas: This Time, Professional Women’s Hockey League Starts At T-Mobile Arena In 2026-27
No Bidding: What Happens At LVCVA Board Meeting Includes R&R Partners Staying As Public Tourism Agency’s Ad Company For $530 Million
Anaheim Ducks Use Power Play To Score 4-3 Win Sunday, Evening Series At 2-2; Game 5 Is In Las Vegas Tuesday
Sorry Anaheim, It Was A Mitch Of A Loss To VGK Friday As Golden Knights Ride Marner’s Hat Trick And Beat Ducks, 6-2, To Take A 2-1 Series Lead
LVCVA Spends Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars On Sports, But Has Not Publicly Disclosed Salaries For Three New Sports Marketing Staffers; Also, LVCVA Board To Vote On Massive Contract For R&R Partners Tuesday

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NBA Expansion For Teams In Las Vegas, Seattle Takes Another Step Wednesday

March 25, 2026March 28, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Bill Hornbuckle, LeBron James, Magic Johnson

ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — An NBA team playing in Las Vegas

Basketball March Madness Mountain West Conference Sports Marketing Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

Up-and-Down Season Ends With A Thud: Frustrated UNLV Loses To Utah State, 80-60, At MWC Tourney Thursday

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 Alan Snel Dick Vitale, Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, Howie Fleming Jr., Isaac "Super John" Williamson, Jerrod Calhoun, Josh Pastner, Kimani Hamilton, Tyrin Jones, Walter Brown

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UNLV Wins Thriller, 73-70, Over Wyoming Wednesday, Goes For Third Win Of Season Over Top-Seeded Utah State Thursday In MWC Tourney

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 Alan Snel Josh Pastner, Tyrin Jones

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Basketball Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Stun League-Leading Utah State, 92-65, Thanks To 60-Point Second Half Tuesday

March 3, 2026March 4, 2026 Alan Snel Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, Howie Fleming Jr., Isaac "Super John" Williamson, Josh Pastner, Kimani Hamilton, Tyrin Jones

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UNLV Back To .500 Mark On Season With 82-75 Win Over San Jose State Tuesday

February 10, 2026February 11, 2026 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The Las Vegas sports day began in the morning

Basketball March Madness Marketing Sports Marketing Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

San Diego State Dismantles UNLV In Final 20 Minutes, Expands Small Second Half Lead To 82-71 Win At Thomas & Mack Saturday

January 24, 2026January 24, 2026 Alan Snel Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, Josh Pastner, Kimani Hamilton, Miles Byrd, Reese Dixon-Waters, Super John Williamson, Tyrin Jones, Walter Brown

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Fans National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center Tourism Travel

National Finals Rodeo Wraps Up Ten-Day Run Saturday; Final Night Attendance Was Top Night At 17,855; Ten-Day Attendance: 175,846,

December 13, 2025December 14, 2025 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — These ten days of bigtime rodeo just flew by

Fans National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center

Beefy NFR Crowds Fill Thomas & Mack Center This Year As Sellouts Roll On

December 9, 2025December 9, 2025 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — They have first names like “Rocker,” “Tucker” and “Cooper” and

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

Year 40 In Las Vegas: NFR’s Day One Delivers Check Of $18.5 Million To PRCA For Staging Rodeo In Vegas; Opening Day Attendance, 17,362

December 4, 2025December 6, 2025 Alan Snel

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Formula 1 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center Tourism

Las Vegas Returns To Horse Town Roots With National Finals Rodeo, Country/Western Fans In Vegas For NFR At Thomas & Mack Center

December 3, 2025December 3, 2025 Alan Snel Dana White, Derek Stevens, Erick Harper, Joe Lombardo, Michael Gaughan, Tom Glause

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LVSportsBiz Contact

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.

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.

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