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It's Aces basketball on local TV in Las Vegas. Photo credit: Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com
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WNBA Aces Cut TV Deal With Sinclair Broadcasting To Air Home Basketball Games On MyLVTV In Las Vegas

May 24, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Christine Monjer, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   The Las Vegas Aces of the 12-team WNBA has a deal to broadcast nearly all

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Special Olympics runners arrive with the torch Friday at the Raiders stadium site.
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Raiders Stadium Site Is Backdrop For Special Olympics Torch-Bearing Runners Friday

May 17, 2019 Alan Snel Jerry Robinson, Steve Wisniewski

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   The Raiders stadium is still more than a year away from opening, yet its skeleton

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VGK Flagman Matt Helfst at a Golden Knights practice this week.
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Golden Knights Flagman Turns Down Free Playoff Tickets Out Of Commitment To His Flag Waving Ways

April 20, 2019 Alan Snel Evander Kan, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Matt Helfst, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   He’s part of the outdoor landscape of a Vegas Golden Knights hockey game at T-Mobile

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On Sports Betting: In Las Vegas, It Pays to Have the Right Number

January 7, 2019 Alan Snel

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com   In Las Vegas, it’s all about the number. And we saw no better evidence of

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Joe and Gavin Maloof and their family have changed their hydration drink's name to Drinkade.
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Maloof Family, A Golden Knights Founding Partner, Re-names Its Hydration Drink To Drinkade

April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 Alan Snel Joe Maloof

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Maloof family, a founding partner of the Vegas Golden Knights and former owners of

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Gov. Brian Sandoval creates a sporting event committee for Southern Nevada.
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Gov. Sandoval Creates Sports Event Committee For Southern Nevada (But It Seems Highly-Paid People Are Already Recruiting Sports Events To Southern Nevada)

April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Marc Badain, Pat Christenson, Rossi Ralenkotter

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Raiders President Marc Badain is trying to bring a Super Bowl and World Cup soccer

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Drainage construction is going on at the Raiders' 62-acre stadium site.
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‘Fire in the Hole’: Crews Blast Away at Raiders Stadium Site To Make Room for Venue’s Foundation

January 5, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   While the Raiders’ To-Do List includes working out a parking deal at a neighboring golf

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The new pro soccer team in Las Vegas, the Lights, are based in a former church in downtown Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas’ New Pro Soccer Team Relying On Unpretentious Business Style To Reach Fans, Attract Business Deals

November 17, 2017November 19, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Steve Pastorino

By ALAN SNEL   Downtown Las Vegas’ permanent sports team is headquartered in an old church on 3rd Street, where

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Good-bye to my writing companion

November 14, 2017 Alan Snel

(Note: Pugsy was not a very athletic or sporty dog. But most of the stories you read on LVSportsBiz.com were

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Attendance at PBR World Finals at T-Mobile Arena Down 4 Percent from Last Year

November 8, 2017 Alan Snel Andrew Giangola

By ALAN SNEL   They come to Las Vegas with their beast vs. cowboy, toughest sport on dirt theme, and

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July 5, 2021

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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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