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Golden Knights 

Golden Knights and StubHub Engage In Legal Feud Over Playoff Ticket Sales Revenue

June 26, 2018June 27, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   A legal brawl has broken out between the Vegas Golden Knights and their secondary market

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Golden Knights General Manager George McPhee
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Missed Out On Winning Cup, But Karlsson, Gallant, Engelland, McPhee Sweep NHL Honors For VGK At League Awards Show In Vegas

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Deryk Engelland, George McPhee, Gerard Gallant, Jonathan Marchessault, Phil Pritchard

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman — and the team owners — just can’t get enough of

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Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Fans On Season Ticket Wait List To Be Charged $100 Membership Fee

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   A hockey season for the ages brings business leverage.   Vegas Golden Knights fans on

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Even a VGK fan by the name of Steve Sisolak, who won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to run for Nevada governor, was taking photos of the players like William Karlsson.
Golden Knights 

‘This City Is Home Now’: Golden Knights With Final Hurrah At Fan Thank You Rally

June 13, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bruce Cusick, Dave Goucher, George McPhee, Nate Schmidt, Shane Hnidy

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   It was June 13 and 5:30 p.m. and it was supposed to be Game 7

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Bill Foley from a previous interview.
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Owner Foley: VGK Crushing Postseason Game Ticket and Merchandise Sales At T-Mobile Arena

May 29, 2018June 4, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, George McPhee, Kerry Bubolz, Todd Pollock

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Before Golden Knights owner Bill Foley went to hit golf balls Tuesday afternoon, he chatted

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Inside Look At How Las Vegas Grew An NHL Team In The Desert

May 27, 2018February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Alex Ovechkin, Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Jon Merrill, Kerry Bubolz, Marc Andre-Fleury, Steve Sisolak, Todd Pollock

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The date was Feb. 10, 2015 and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and a wealthy businessman

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Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant says the success starts with the team's character leadership guys.
Golden Knights 

Expect Golden Knights’ ‘Leadership Character Guys’ Approach To Be Copied Not Only In Hockey But In Business Too

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, George McPhee, Gerard Gallant

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The adventures of a former metro newspaper reporter covering the business side of Las Vegas’

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George McPhee -- he can be a good college professor one day on assembling NHL team rosters.
Golden Knights 

In Over-The-Top, Hype-Peddling Las Vegas, Golden Knights GM George McPhee Provides Grounded Personality

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, George McPhee

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The last time Vegas Golden Knights General Manager George McPhee spoke to the media, the

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Golden Knights 

Even Foley’s Pizza Pub At Golden Knights Training Center Is Cleaning Up

May 6, 2018May 6, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Even when the Vegas Golden Knights are on the road — and clinching a spot

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Bill Foley, winemaker and hockey team owner. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Fans In San Jose Monday, Would You Like A Glass Of Wine With Your Hockey?

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Deal maker Bill Foley is a man of many business interests and he never misses

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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.

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

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LVSportsBiz.com endorses RIPT ULTRA for your sports headphones needs. I report hundreds of stories a year at venues where these headphones allow me to focus and write. Order these headphones here.

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LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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

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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

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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.

 

 

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