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Aces 

Las Vegas Aces Roundup: Aces Rout NY Tuesday; All-Star Game In Vegas July 14; WNBA Looking At Allowing More Fans

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com At T-Mobile Arena where the Vegas Golden Knights play, about 18,000 fans are packing the

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Nikki Fargas, Aces team president (center)
Aces Basketball 

LVSportsBiz Q and A: Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas

June 9, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Chelsea Gray, Nikki Fargas

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com It’s been barely a month since Las Vegas Aces owner Mark Davis introduced Nikki Fargas

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Aces COVID-19 

Las Vegas Aces Easily Beat LA Sparks In Home Opener Friday Before Nearly 2,000 and New Owner Mark Davis

May 21, 2021May 22, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Mark Davis

                          Story by Cassandra Cousineau       

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Aces 

Las Vegas Aces Bounce Back From Season-Opening Loss With Win Over Seattle Tuesday

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Chelsea Gray, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com It was all high fives and fist bumps in the air for Las Vegas Aces

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Aces Gambling Raiders Team 

On Sports Betting: Las Vegas Aces Illustrate How Zigzag Theory Works

September 28, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Cam Newton

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com You were ready and chomping on the bit to bet the Las Vegas Aces in

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Aces 

Las Vegas Aces’ Wilson Wins WNBA MVP For Top-Seeded Aces

September 18, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson has earned the WNBA Associated Press 2020 Player of

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Aces Gambling Golden Knights Raiders Team 

On Sports Betting: Vegas Golden Knights Frustrate Bettors, But Las Vegas Aces Roll

September 14, 2020September 18, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Pete DeBoer, Ryan Reaves

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Who wasn’t on the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2? It was a prime spot for

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Aces 

Las Vegas Aces Addressing Racial Injustice While Piling Up Wins In WNBA’s Bradenton, Fla. Bubble

August 30, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry, Bill Laimbeer, Dearica Hamby

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces clinched a playoff berth Saturday while staying the course with its

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Las Vegas Aces coach Bill Laimbeer gets a haircut at the WNBA Bubble Wednesday, marking the end of a hairy era. Photo: Aces.
Aces 

Las Vegas Aces Coach Bill Laimbeer Finally Gets Haircut (And Aces PR Director’s Hairy Updates Come To An End)

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, John Maxwell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 pandemic may have turned the sports industry upside-down and made our lives a

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Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson, league MVP
Aces 

A’jA Wilson Leads Las Vegas Aces To Scrappy Two-Point Win Over New York Sunday Despite Bill Laimbeer’s Gut Feeling

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry, Bill Laimbeer, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Before the Las Vegas Aces were about to play their third game in five days

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July 5, 2021

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LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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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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