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NBA superstar LeBron James wants to own a team in Las Vegas.

Next Major League Sports Team In Las Vegas? Follow The Venues

March 10, 2023March 12, 2023 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Don Garber, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, LeBron James, Tim Leiweke

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer More than 100 college basketball teams have played in Las Vegas this week.

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King James To NBA Commish Silver: Get An NBA Team In Las Vegas

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 Alan Snel Adam Silver, LeBron James

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The NBA is playing preseason games in the Middle East Thursday and Saturday.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver

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

NBA Summer League Wraps Up Action In Las Vegas Sunday As Portland Defeats Knicks To Win Summer Title; Attendance Today 9,713

July 17, 2022July 18, 2022 Alan Snel Adam Silver

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The curtain dropped on the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas Sunday. While the Summer

Basketball NBA Summer League Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) Thomas & Mack Center

NBA Summer League Thursday Attendance Comes In At 8,279

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Alex Rodriguez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Alex Rodriguez may have played more than 20 years in the Big Leagues and won

Basketball COVID-19 MGM Grand Garden Arena Michelob Ultra Arena National Finals Rodeo NBA Summer League T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center Competes Against Las Vegas’ Arenas By Hosting Two Major, Contrasting Events In July, December

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Albert Hall, Warren LeGarie

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com That ol’ warhorse of an arena in Las Vegas, the Thomas & Mack Center, is

Better Guards Founder/CEO Vinzenz Bichler explains how the ankle belt works for San Antonio Spurs CEO RC Buford after the NBA Launchpad presentation.

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NBA’s Starting Five Of Tech Companies Provide ‘Launchpad’ Project Updates During Summer League In Las Vegas; Ex-NBAer Turns Ref; Monday’s Attendance 11,003

July 11, 2022July 12, 2022 Alan Snel Adam Silver, R.C. Buford, Richard Jefferson, Steph Curry, Vinzenz Bichler

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Vinzenz Bichler noticed NBA star Steph Curry wears ankle braces, so

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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

Dana White is heading to Florida for UFC 261 . Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

UFC

Former Hotel Valet and Ex-Trainer, UFC’s Dana White Powers Through Pandemic With MMA Fight Shows While Sports Leagues Still Have Not Played Games In COVID-19 Age

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Dana White, Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He quit his hotel valet job decades ago, went on to become a workout trainer

UFC President Dana White

UFC

UFC’s Dana White: ‘I’m Planning For A Second Shutdown’

June 21, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Dana White, Julien BriseBois

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On the same day that the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning shut down a workout in

Basketball

MGM Resorts To NBA: Come To Las Vegas To Play Season; Disney World In Orlando Also Wooing NBA

May 3, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Jim Murren

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In March, LVSportsBiz.com suggested the notion of making Las Vegas an interim sports hub during the

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

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.