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Golden Knights 

With Fleury In Goal, Golden Knights Score 5-4 OT Win Over Blues In St. Louis Friday

March 12, 2021March 13, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, David Perron, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Ryan O'Reilly, Tomas Nosek, Vladimir Tarasenko

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Marc-Andre Fleury is a good-natured fellow, with a gleeful personality and a prankster’s

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Fleury Pulled In Third Period As Minnesota Sweeps Two Games Against Golden Knights; VGK Lose, 4-3, With Coghlan Hat Trick Wednesday

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Brayden McNabb, Cody Glass, Dylan Coghlan, Fleury, Joel Eriksson Ek, Kaapo Kahkonen, Kirill Kaprizov, Logan Thompson, Mark Stone, Shea Theodore

ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com St. Paul, Minnesota has not been a pleasant place to visit for the Vegas

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Final At Night, Colorado 3 VGK 2 From Lake Tahoe Outdoors Game; Earlier During Day, Melted Ice Surface Prompts NHL To Pause Game After One Period

February 20, 2021February 21, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Alex Tuch, Devon Toews, Gary Bettman, Marc Andre-Fleury, Nathan MacKinnon, Philipp Grubauer, Sam Girard

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A 12 noon outdoor hockey game on Lake Tahoe under the bright sun transformed into

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VGK netminder Robin Lehner
Golden Knights 

VGK Season 3 Closed With Three Straight Losses To Dallas, Quiet Wrap-up Day With Media Via Zoom Wednesday

September 16, 2020 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Jonathan Marchessault, Kelly McCrimmon, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Reilly Smith, Robin Lehner, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There was magical Season 1 that took the underdog Vegas Golden Knights on a captivating

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Golden Knights 

Dallas Win Over Frustrated Golden Knights Saturday Leaves VGK A Game From Elimination In West Finals

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Anton Khudobin, Ben Bishop, Jamie Benn, Joe Pavelski, Marc Andre-Fleury, Miro Heiskanen, Robin Lehner, Shea Theodore

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights are learning the Dallas Stars are a cut above the Chicago

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William Karlsson
Golden Knights 

William Karlsson On Teammates Who Are Traded: ‘You Learn Not To Take Anyone For Granted’

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Cody Eakin, Malcolm Subban, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Nick Cousins, Robin Lehner, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Last year William Karlsson felt the loss of buddy Oscar Lindberg, who was traded to

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Golden Knights 

Vegas Golden Knights Ground Red-Hot Lightning With 5-3 Win Before 18,376 Thursday

February 20, 2020February 21, 2020 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Pete DeBoer, Ryan Reaves, Steven Stamkos

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell VGK winger Mark Stone took a feed from linemate

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Briefs

July 5, 2021

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LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president 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

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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