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After Wild Opening 20 Minutes and Six Goals, Vegas Shuts Down Tampa and Defeats Lightning, 5-4, Saturday Before 18,317

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Corey Perry, Jonathan Marchessault, Nic Roy, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Shea Theodore, Steven Stamkos, Vladislav Namestnikov

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Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup over Tampa. Photos from Amalie Arena in Tampa courtesy of Michael Miller, Hobart College class of 1983.

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After Painful Playoff Loss To Vegas Last Year, Colorado Avalanche Hoist Stanley Cup With 2022 NHL Championship Over Tampa Bay Sunday

June 26, 2022June 27, 2022 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Artturi Lehkonen, Cale Makar, Darcy Kuemper, Gary Bettman, Joe Sakic, Nathan MacKinnon, Stan Kroenke, Steven Stamkos

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, the Vegas Golden Knights are the answer to this question: What NHL club was

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Lightning Avoid Elimination, Extend Stanley Cup Final To Game 6 In Tampa With 3-2 Win In Denver Friday: ‘We Just Find A Way To Win’

June 24, 2022June 25, 2022 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Darcy Kuemper, Jan Rutta, Jeff Vinik, Jon Cooper, Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat, Steve Stamkos, Steven Samkos

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com More money, more revenues. The Tampa Bay Lightning and the National Hockey League will collect

The Colorado Avalanche fans were jubilant tonight. Photo credits for this story: LVSportsBiz.com

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Colorado Fans, Even Avalanche Owner Stan Kroenke and His German Shepherds, Celebrate Wild 4-3 Overtime Win Over Tampa Bay In Stanley Cup Final Game One In Denver Wednesday

June 15, 2022June 16, 2022 Alan Snel Andre Burakovsky, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Artturi Lehkonen, Darcy Kuemper, Gabriel Landeskog, Gary Bettman, Mikhail Sergachev, Nathan MacKinnon, Nick Paul, Ondrej Palat, Stan Kroenke, Steven Samkos, Valeri Nichushkin

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Man, Stan Kroenke knows how to have a good time. The Colorado Avalanche owner, who

Some fans just will not wear masks.

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With COVID Knocking Out NHL Games, Golden Knights Arena Announcers Implore Fans In Venue To Wear Masks; Lightning’s Stamkos Goal Gives Tampa Bay 4-3 Win Over VGK Tuesday

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Anthony Cirelli, Bill Foley, Bruce Cusick, Daniil Miromanov, Evgenii Dadonov, Kelly McCrimmon, Laurent Brossoit, Mark Shunock, Mark Stone, Nic Roy, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Great Mask Blowoff is usually at work at Vegas Golden

Lightning have won two straight Cups. Photo: NHL

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As They Celebrate Another Stanley Cup Title In Champa Bay Wednesday, Back In Las Vegas They Could Only Be Thinking, What If?

July 7, 2021July 8, 2021 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Bill Foley, Fleury, Jeff Vinik

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In the 11 PM darkness of the Channelside section of downtown Tampa where Amalie Arena

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Golden Knights Hope To Replicate Islanders’ Game 6 Result and Force Game 7 Against Montreal

June 23, 2021June 24, 2021 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Anthony Beauvillier, Scott Mayfield

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The big screens at the Red Rock hotel-casino sportsbook showed the Dodgers-Padres game and next-door

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Tampa Bay Lightning Halfway Home To Reaching Stanley Cup Final

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brayden Point

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com For those expecting a Vegas vs Tampa Stanley Cup Final, the Lightning took another step

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NHL Final 4: In Tampa, Lightning Tie Series With 4-2 Win Over Islanders Tuesday

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brayden Point, Brock Nelson, Jan Rutta, Mat Barzal, Ondrej Palat, Victor Hedman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders are locked at one game apiece in

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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

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Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

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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