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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.

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

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

Aces Basketball Michelob Ultra Arena WNBA Aces

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

Column

Brace Yourself Las Vegas, CES Starts This Week (And Yes, CES Includes Sports)

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s that wonderful techy time of year in Las Vegas, when 60,000 international CES

Basketball

Former NBA Commissioner David Stern, Who Grew NBA Into Global Brand, Dies Wednesday

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Stern, Gary Bettman, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The man who led the expansion of the National Basketball Association into an international, multi-billionaire-dollar

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Year in Review: LVSportsBiz.com’s Top 10 Sports-Business Stories of 2019

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Dana White, Derek Stevens, Desiree Reed-Francois, Floyd Kephart, Garry Bettman, Jim Murren, Kerry Bubolz, Kevin Camper, Marcus Arroyo, Seth Klarman, T.J. Otzelberger, Tony Sanchez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas is the frontier for sports business development in the U.S. It was difficult

MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren chatting with WNBA Las Vegas Aces center Liz Cambage after Aces' win over Seattle Storm this past season.

Gambling Jim Murren

MGM Resorts International Signs Betting Deal With Yahoo Sports

October 29, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Greenblatt, Adam Silver, Gary Bettman, Jim Murren

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com MGM Resorts International has signed a multi-year partnership deal with Yahoo Sports. The Las Vegas-based

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.

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.