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June 9 Special Day For Las Vegas Sports Industry: VGK Play Stanley Cup Final Game 4 While A’s Host Brewers In MLB Game At Las Vegas Ballpark
It’s Vegas Vs Carolina For Stanley Cup Title; VGK Visit Raleigh June 2 and 4; Vegas Hosts Game 3 on June 6 and Game 4 on June 9
Golden Knights Will Start Stanley Cup Final On Road Either June 2 or June 4; VGK Will Host Games 3 and 4 either June 6, 9 Or June 9, 11
VGK Melt No.1 Seed Avalanche’s Season In Four-Game Sweep, Off To Stanley Cup Final For Third Time In Franchise’s Nine-Year History
VGK Storm Back Against Avalanche, Scoring Five Straight Goals In 5-3 Comeback Win Over Stunned Colorado For 3-0 Lead In Series Sunday

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LVCVA Hires New Chief Sports Officer; Janis Burke Worked Previously At Houston Sports Authority

March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Janis Burke, Jennifer Hawkins, Will Hunter

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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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Raiders Execs, LVCVA Tourism Officials In Miami For College Football National Championship Game

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, John Spytek, Mark Davis, Rob Dondero, Steve Hill, Tom Brady

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Las Vegas Is Not Hosting World Cup Games But Will Still Try To Cash In On Global Soccer Event By Appealing To Ticket-Less Fans

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 Alan Snel Steve Hill

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CES Attracts 148,000 Visitors, 4,100 Exhibitors To Las Vegas This Week And LVCVA Did Not Even Spend Event Sponsorship Dollars

January 9, 2026 Alan Snel

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New Tech Products To Usher In New Year At Massive CES Convention In Las Vegas

January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 Alan Snel

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NBA Gauging Interest Level Among Team Owners, Conducting Economic Analysis For Franchise In Las Vegas; Commish Adam Silver Believes LV Could Support NBA Team; Knicks Win Cup Before 18,609 At T-Mobile Arena

December 16, 2025December 16, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Victor Wembanyama

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NBA Cup Taking Hold In Third Year With Semis, Final In Las Vegas; Knicks Beat Orlando To Play Spurs After OKC Suffers Second Loss Of Season

December 13, 2025December 13, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mike Brown, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama

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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

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LVCVA Hiring New Staff For Sports Work: New VP Of Sports Development Named After Events VP Hired In October; Next Job To Be Filled: Chief Sports Officer

December 13, 2025 Alan Snel Jennifer Hawkins, Steve Hill, Will Hunter

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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.

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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

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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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