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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

VGK netminder Robin Lehner

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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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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

William Karlsson

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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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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

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.