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NBA Summer League executive director Warren LeGarie (right) after the summer league title game Monday night at Thomas & Mack Center.

NBA Summer League

LeGarie on NBA Summer League: We Were At Social Media Epicenter

July 15, 2019July 16, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Albert Hall, Brandon Clarke, Brandon McCoy, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Sisolak, Warren LeGarie

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com It began with Zion-mania filling Thomas & Mack Center July 5 when an earthquake put

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and sports fan chatted with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Sunday.

NBA Summer League

Unofficial Nevada Sports Commissioner (He Just Happens To Be Governor) Schmoozes With NBA Commish At NBA Summer League Day 3 Sunday

July 7, 2019July 7, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com He has been known to wear Derek Carr’s number four Raiders jersey and he’s been

NBA Summer League is here in Las Vegas July 5-15 for 83 games.

NBA Summer League

Who Needs An NBA Team In Las Vegas When You Have The NBA Summer League?

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Albert Hall, Jim Murren, Warren LeGarie, Zion Williamson

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Adam Silver is no stranger to Las Vegas. The NBA commissioner comes to the big

Las Vegas' three teams this summer have found their niches.

Aces Aviators Lights

Las Vegas Teams of Summer Carve Out Unique Demographic Bases in Expanding Sports Market

June 29, 2019June 30, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Adam Silver, Bill Laimbeer, Brett Lashbrook, Jim Murren

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com At just after 7:30 pm Saturday, Las Vegas hit the trifecta. The WNBA Las

VGK President Kerry Bubolz chats with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman right and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly left. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Sports Commissioners Visiting Las Vegas During CES Week

January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Levy, Gary Bettman, Jack Dorsey, Jerry Jones, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com They come to CES just like you do — to chit-chat with industry buddies, walk

Basketball

NBA Commish Silver Talks Twitter, But Sidesteps Questions on Las Vegas Franchise and Sports Betting

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Levy, Jim Murren, Kerry Bubolz, LeBron James

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Adam Silver is easy to pick out. Just look for the skinny, tall, head-shaven

The NBA has reached a historic sports gambling partnership with Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International.

Basketball Gambling

With MGM Resorts and NBA Forging Historic Sports Betting Partnership, When Will This Romance Conceive An NBA Team For MGM’s T-Mobile Arena?

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Jim Murren

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Now that we have learned that MGM Resorts International has become the official sports betting

51s Aviators Basketball Raiders Stadium

LVSportsBiz’s Sunday Insider Look At Las Vegas’ Sports-Business Scene

July 21, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Don Logan, Jim Murren

(Publisher’s Note: LVSportsBiz.com will be talking sports-business with KSNV News 3 Sports Anchor Randy Howe Sunday night after the 11

Gambling

It’s Nevada vs. The Field; Supreme Court Overturns Sports Gambling Ban

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Chris Christie, Desiree Reed-Francois, Jennifer Roberts, Pete Rose

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com First booze. Then pot. Now sports gambling. America said it was OK to place

The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas set an attendance record in July. Photo credits: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Basketball UNLV

Orlando Summer League Closes, Setting Up NBA Summer League Extravaganza In Las Vegas For 2018

November 21, 2017 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL Las Vegas, you want the NBA? You got it. All of it. 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.

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.