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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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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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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

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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There’s New Horse In Town: VGK Affiliate Henderson Silver Knights Play Inaugural Regular Season Game At Orleans Arena Saturday Evening

February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Kerry Bubolz

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

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VGK’s Minor League Team Plays First Exhibition Game At Orleans Arena Friday And One Thing Is Sure: Goal Horn Is Loud

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Deryk Engelland

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights games without fans at high-powered T-Mobile Arena had some of the

Raiders owner Mark Davis has purchased the Las Vegas Aces

Aces

Raiders Owner Mark Davis Purchases WNBA Las Vegas Aces From MGM Resorts International

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis, frequently seen at Las Vegas Aces basketball games in

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VGK Training Camp: Knights Prep For Thursday’s Season-Opener Of What Will Be A Very Unique NHL Season

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Cody Glass, George McPhee, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Pete DeBoer, Robin Lehner, Ryan Reaves, Tomas Nosek, William Carrier

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Vegas Golden Knights are slicing some payroll fat

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Dion Phaneuf (3) takes a shot to the face from Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland (5) during their first period at the T-Mobile Arena.

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VGK’s Deryk Engelland Retires, Will Work As Owner Foley’s Community Ambassador; Defenseman Known For Stirring Pregame Speech After Oct. 1

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Deryk Engelland, Gerard Gallant, Kurt Busch, Pete DeBoer, Zach Whitecloud

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When Deryk Enegelland was selected in the expansion draft from the Calgary Flames roster in

Golden Knights owner Bill Foley in previous interview with LVSportsBiz.com. Photo credits: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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Serial Dealmaker/VGK Owner Bill Foley Strikes Again This Week With News Of $9 Billion Payment Platform Merger and New Indoor Lacrosse League Team For His Henderson Arena

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Chris Maathuis, Max Pacioretty

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You didn’t think Bill Foley was only about the Vegas Golden Knights, did you? Foley,

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

BRIEFS

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.

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.