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Stadium Tripping: Baseball Party At Big Crowds In San Diego; Padres Ballpark Vibe Makes It Wrigley West

August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Alan Snel Tony Gwynn

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer SAN DIEGO, California — It’s 20 minutes before Petco Park opens here in

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Sports Tourism Still Driving Economics In Las Vegas; A’s Rally For 6-4 Win Over Colorado At Las Vegas Ballpark Friday

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 Alan Snel Lawrence Butler, Max Muncy, Nick Kurtz, Shea Langeliers

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Strange Golden Cinema: VGK Squander Four-Goal Lead Against Carolina In Third Period Before Theodore Scores Winner In Second Overtime In SCF Game 3; VGK Lead Series, 2-1

June 6, 2026June 7, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brayden McNabb, Brett Howden, Cole Smith, Frederik Andersen, Jack Eichel, John Tortorella, Mitch Marner, Shea Theodore, Tomas Hertl

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne and Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — There is nothing

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Golden Knights Struggle In 4-2 Loss To Edmonton Oilers Sunday; VGK Clinging To Second Place In Division

March 8, 2026March 8, 2026 Alan Snel Bruce Cassidy, Jack Eichel, Leon Draisaitl, Noah Hanifin

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Golden Knights’ First Team President Kerry Bubolz Assumes New Role In Bill Foley’s Sports Empire As Foley Hires Vikings Exec To Run VGK Business Ops

June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 Alan Snel John Penhollow, Kerry Bubolz

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A’s Announce June 23 Groundbreaking For $1.75 Billion Domed Stadium In Las Vegas

June 10, 2025 Alan Snel

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Inoue/Cardenas Fight Night In Las Vegas At T-Mobile Arena Is Part Of Closing Chapter Of ESPN-Top Rank Media Deal

May 4, 2025May 4, 2025 Alan Snel Bob Arum, Floyd Mayweather, Jeff Horn, Manny Pacquiao, Terence Crawford, Tyson Fury, Vasiliy Lomachenko

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Industry Day At Sea Otter Classic: Bicycle World Comes Together At Bike Festival Outside Monterey

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 Alan Snel

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Ovechkin, Washington Zoom Past Golden Knights, 5-2, During 5PM Sunday Game Before 17,877; VGK Hype F1 Race In Vegas

November 17, 2024November 17, 2024 Alan Snel Alex Ovechkin, Ben Hutton, Brett Howden, Bruce Cassidy, Cole Schwindt, Jakob Chychrun, Jakub Vrana, Keegan Kolesar, Logan Thompson, Nic Roy, Tanner Pearson, Tomas Hertl

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Sponsorship Power On Full Display As WNBA Celebrates All-Star Game In Las Vegas This Week

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Arike Ogunbowale, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Omar Goff

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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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

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Another day, another NBA arena idea in Las Vegas: During a quarterly earnings report call, VICI Properties execs said they’re teaming up with Caesars Entertainment on an idea to build an NBA arena behind three hotel-casinos in the center of the Strip just north of Flamingo Road.

Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

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.