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Epicenter Of Global Hoops Here In Las Vegas Through July 19; NBA Summer League Enjoys 17,500 Sellout For Day 1 Thursday

July 10, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Jerry Colangelo

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Year after year, I refer to the NBA Summer League

Jerry Colangelo from 2017's Summer League. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

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Colangelo-Led Group Enters NBA Expansion Competition In Las Vegas With Bid To Create Las Vegas Jacks Team

July 8, 2026July 8, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Levy, Jay Williams, Jerry Colangelo, Jonathan Thomas, Scott Colangelo

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After VGK owner Bill Foley entered the Las Vegas NBA expansion sweepstakes

Basketball NBA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center Tourism

NBA Expansion For Teams In Las Vegas, Seattle Takes Another Step Wednesday

March 25, 2026March 28, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Bill Hornbuckle, LeBron James, Magic Johnson

ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — An NBA team playing in Las Vegas

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Lure of Las Vegas: NBA Owners To Vote Next Week On Exploring Expansion To Las Vegas For 2028-29

March 16, 2026March 19, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Joe Lombardo, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Shaquille O'Neal

ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It’s only a matter of

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With News Of NBA Awarding Team To Las Vegas, T-Mobile Arena Could Be In Spotlight To Host Expansion Franchise

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, LeBron James

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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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Basketball NBA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena Tourism Travel

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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NBA NBA Summer League Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena Tourism

Knicks Coach Mike Brown Hopes Las Vegas, Seattle Both Get NBA Teams; NBA’s Global Reach On Display For Cup Games In Vegas

December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mike Brown

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A's Stadium Allegiant Stadium LVCVA NBA Sports Marketing Tourism

LVCVA Is Hiring In City Addicted To Sports: Chief Sports Officer Wanted And Pay Is $248,600 to $347,400

December 10, 2025December 11, 2025 Alan Snel Abe Madkour, Adam Silver, Jim Phillips

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NBA Commish Adam Silver

Basketball Marketing NBA NBA Summer League Sports Tourism Thomas & Mack Center Travel

NBA Summer League Attendance In Las Vegas July 10-20 Hits 136,130

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley

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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.

BRIEFS

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.