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VGK majority owner Bill Foley at arena construction site
COVID-19 Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Owner Bill Foley Wants To Increase Fan Capacity At T-Mobile Arena, Supports Arena Vaccination Sections, Says Most VGK Players Received First Vax Shots

March 31, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights are currently at 22 percent attendance capacity — or

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Golden Knights Silver Knights Sports Marketing Stadiums/Arenas (General) 

New Henderson Silver Knights Arena Will Be Called Dollar Loan Center Under 22-Year Naming Rights Deal (Hey, At Least It’s Better Than UpickTrade Arena)

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Chuck Brennan, Kerry Bubolz

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Henderson Silver Knights’ new arena off Green Valley Parkway in Henderson has

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COVID-19 Golden Knights 

Golden Knights To Increase Game Revenue Thanks To Increased Arena Attendance Capacity

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Bill Foley, Dylan Ferguson, Logan Thompson, Marc Andre-Fleury, Robin Lehner

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Golden Knights should be able to generate about another $200,000 in game-day

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Fans dressed for the occasion.
COVID-19 Golden Knights 

Tickets For All Seven Golden Knights Home Games In March Still Available, But You Better Have Cash In The Bank

February 26, 2021February 27, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Steve Sisolak

Fans are coming back to Golden Knights games starting March 1   Photo credit: L.E. Baskow/LVSportsBiz.com By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

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Speedway 

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sells Out March 7 NASCAR Event At 12,500 Under COVID Capacity Restrictions

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Chris Powell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NASCAR fans hungry to watch the Big Boys of Car Racing wasted no time in

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COVID-19 Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Will Start Selling Tickets To Season Ticket Holders Wednesday For Seven March Games At T-Mobile Arena

February 23, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Todd Pollock

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights will start selling tickets to VGK season ticket holders for games

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COVID-19 Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Get Green Light To Have 15 Percent Attendance Capacity — 2,605 Fans — At T-Mobile Arena Starting March 1

February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com These tickets might just be more difficult to get than the golden tickets to Willie

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Golden Knights 

VGK Owner Foley: ‘Silly’ For Clark County Health Officials To Allow Only 15 Percent Arena Capacity For Knights Games After Sisolak Said 20 Percent

February 21, 2021February 21, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Chris Maathuis

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Even though Gov. Steve Sisolak’s COVID-19 directive said 20 percent capacity is allowed

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COVID-19 Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Ship Out To Lake Tahoe This Week; Fan Starts Online Petition To Get Rid Of Gold Helmets

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Ryan Reaves, Steve Mayer

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com From the photos and video, Saturday’s setting for the NHL outdoor game matching the Vegas

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Gov. Steve Sisolak with VGK fans in 2018 in downtown Las Vegas.
COVID-19 Golden Knights 

UPDATE: Golden Knights President Says VGK Will Submit Plans Hoping To Have Fans Beginning March 1

February 14, 2021February 16, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Dana White, Kerry Bubolz, Mark Davis, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights plan on submitting a COVID-19 plan in hopes of having fans

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Briefs

July 5, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com CONTACT: 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Please read our investigative reports on:

F1 race promoting misleading economic data on race event in Las Vegas

Las Vegas still owing more than $1 billion on its debt for contributing $750 million for construction of Raiders’ NFL stadium.

LVCVA spending $165,000 on Super Bowl trip to LA

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill’s claiming that tourism decreases in Las Vegas in summer is wrong

Las Vegas consultant Jeremy Aguero having conflict of interest for asking Nevada Legislature for A’s stadium construction money while also working as administrative support for Las Vegas Stadium Authority.

LVCVA awarding $1.2 million contract to Phoenix-based sports marketing company that hires former husband of LVCVA’s vice president of sports & events less than a month after.


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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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