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Vegas Golden Knights Close Out 3-2 Win Over New York Rangers Tuesday; VGK Coach Cassidy Pleased With Defense

November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 Alan Snel Akira Schmid, Ben "EF" Hutton, Braeden Bowman, Bruce Cassidy, Igor Shesterkin, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, Jonny Brodzinski, Shea Theodore, Vincent Trocheck

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VGK Close Out Six-Game Homestand With 4-3 OT Loss To Islanders Thursday; Golden Knights Fail To Close The Deal In Loss

November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 Alan Snel Akira Schmid, Braeden Bowman, Bruce Cassidy, Emil Heineman, Ilya Sorokin, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Mark Stone, Mathew Barzal, Matthew Schaeffer, Mitch Marner, Pavel Dorofeyev, Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore, Tomas Hertl

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Golden Knights Hold On For 1-0 Win Over Detroit Behind Goalie Akira Schmid On Noche De Los VGK Tuesday

November 4, 2025November 4, 2025 Alan Snel Akira Schmid, Bruce Cassidy, Ivan Barbashev, John Gibson

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Entertaining Back-and-Forth Golden Knights/Devils Game Goes To Shootout With VGK Goalie Adin Hill Leading Knights To 4-3 Win Friday

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Akira Schmid, Brayden McNabb, Brett Howden, Bruce Cassidy, Dawson Mercer, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, Jesper Bratt, Jonathan Marchessault, Jonathan Quick, Miles Wood, Paul Cotter, Shea Theodore

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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.

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.