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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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UNLV Basketball Coach Wanted: Athletics Director Erick Harper Fires Kevin Kruger

March 15, 2025March 16, 2025 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Dan Mullen, Desiree Reed-Francois, Erick Harper, Kevin Kruger, T.J. Otzelberger

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Big Dance Denied (Again): UNLV’s Basketball Season Ends With 70-58 Loss To Utah State In MWC Quarterfinals Thursday

March 14, 2025 Alan Snel Dedan Thomas Jr., Jaden Henley, Jailen Bedford, Jalen Hill, Julian Rishwain, Kevin Kruger

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Gutsy UNLV Bounces Back In Second Half Against Air Force To Advance In Mountain West Hoops Tourney; Runnin’ Rebels Play Utah State Thursday

March 12, 2025March 13, 2025 Alan Snel Bear Cherry, Dedan Thomas Jr., Jaden Henley, Jailen Bedford, Jalen Hill, Julian Rishwain, Kevin Kruger

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UNLV Men’s Basketball Closes Out Win Against San Diego State Tuesday; Mountain West Tourney Returns To Thomas & Mack Next Week

March 4, 2025March 5, 2025 Alan Snel Dedan Thomas Jr., Jaden Henley, Jailen Bedford, Jalen Hill, Julian Rishwain, Kevin Kruger

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UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Crush Air Force, But Thomas & Mack Crowd Remains Small For Growing Las Vegas Market

February 11, 2025 Alan Snel Bear Cherry, Brooklyn Hicks, Dedan Thomas Jr., Jaden Henley, Jailen Bedford, Julian Rishwain

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Another Loss For UNLV Hoops; Runnin’ Rebels Drop 71-62 Decision To Boise State Tuesday, Fall To 11-12 On Season

February 4, 2025February 5, 2025 Alan Snel Bear Cherry, Carnell Johnson, Dedan Thomas Jr., Jailen Bedford, Kevin Kruger

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Grambling State Vs Jackson State At Allegiant Stadium Oct. 25; LVCVA Approved $350,000 For ‘Las Vegas HBCU Classic’ Football Game

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Alan Snel Sandra Douglass Morgan

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Las Vegas Hooks Another Major Sports Event: College Football’s National Championship Game Set For Allegiant Stadium Jan. 25, 2027

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 Alan Snel

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‘C’mon Rebels, Wake Up’: Sluggish UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Lose To Wyoming On Home Court Tuesday

January 21, 2025January 22, 2025 Alan Snel Bear Cherry, Dedan Thomas Jr., Hunter Thompson, Josh Allen, Kevin Kruger

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UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Score Upset Over Ranked No. 22 Utah State, 65-62, With Attendance Announced At 4,659 Wednesday

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025 Alan Snel Dedan Thomas Jr., Jailen Bedford, Jalen Hill, Julian Rishwain, Kevin Kruger

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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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