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Phoenix Mercury’s Griner On Everyone’s Mind In Las Vegas As Aces Use Big Third Quarter To Defeat Phoenix, 86-74, At Mandalay Bay Tuesday

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Adam Silver, Brittney Griner, Cathy Engelbert, Chelsea Gray, Dearica Hamby, Diana Taurasi, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum

By Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The U.S. State Department is on the Brittney Griner case. So, don’t

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Las Vegas Aces Launch Home Season With 85-74 Win Against Seattle Sunday With Owner Mark Davis’ Revamped Business Operations

May 8, 2022May 11, 2022 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Dearica Hamby, Jackie Young, Jennifer Azzi, Jim Murren, Kelsey Plum, Larry Delsen, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis, Natalie Williams, Nikki Fargas, Steve Sisolak

* Story by Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel/Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Las Vegas Aces took the floor at

Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson in action this season. Photo: Aces

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Las Vegas Aces’ Crowd Increases As WNBA Team Allows Non-Season Ticket Holders To Attend Home Games

September 3, 2021September 4, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Dearica Hamby, Kelsey Plum, Kia Stokes, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis, Riquna Williams

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Well, it’s been a while. You have to go back to those pre-COVID

Aces fans had a lot to root for after the team's 1-7 start.

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After Sluggish Start On Court and Off It, Las Vegas Aces Rebound With Entertaining Product and High Hopes for Season 2

August 19, 2018August 19, 2018 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Jim Murren, Lance Evans

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It was their inaugural season in Las Vegas,

The Aces jersey lacks a marquee sponsor across the top and has a clean look. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Aces In No Rush To Sign Up Marquee Corporate Partner For Uniform

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Alan Snel Lance Evans

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Take a look at the Las Vegas Aces basketball jersey and you will notice something

Boxer Floyd "Money" Mayweather checks his money during Aces game Thursday night.

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Aces’ First Season in Las Vegas Winds Down as Playoff Hopes Slip Away

August 10, 2018August 12, 2018 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Tamera Young

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Las Vegas — There was undefeated boxer Floyd “Money”

McGregor is worth too much money to UFC to not be fighting in the Octagon.

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Harmonic Convergence of Aces’ Travel Woes, McGregor/White and Wild Bill Shows Power of The Mighty Dollar

August 4, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com After the Las Vegas Aces travel headaches, you have to wonder how many metal dollies

Las Vegas Aces coach and president of basketball operations Bill Laimbeer. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Las Vegas Aces Offer Unique Entertainment Attraction — The Tall Dude Who Likes To Berate Refs

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi, Kayla McBride

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The WNBA has a home in Las Vegas and some of the world’s most

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After Sluggish Start, Las Vegas Aces Clicking On and Off Court at Mandalay Bay Events Center

July 22, 2018July 22, 2018 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Kayla McBride, Kelsey Plum, Lance Evans

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by Daniel Clark It was halftime at the Las Vegas Aces –

Las Vegas Aces player Kelsey Bone has a hair extension business and hopes to grow it in its second year.

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Las Vegas Aces Center Earns Off-Court Income With Hair Extension Business

July 15, 2018July 15, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Kelsey Bone

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Some people talk about starting businesses. Las Vegas Aces center Kelsey Bone said she woke

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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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.

The Thrill is back: The pro women’s volleyball team, the Thrill, was out of business last year but a press release says the Thrill has a new local owner and a new coach and details will be reveled at a Monday presser. The Las Vegas Thrill of Major League Volleyball used to play at the Lee Family Forum in Henderson.

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

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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.