Brett Lashbrook Archives - Page 9 of 10

Las Vegas Lights FC owner Brett Lashbrook accepts every opportunity to discuss his team with the media, while MGM Resorts International has been mum about its new WNBA team. Photo credit: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Lights Stars

Transparency vs. Crickets: LV Lights FC and WNBA’s ‘New Las Vegas Team’ Follow Divergent Marketing Approaches

December 10, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Brett Lashbrook, Carolyn Goodman

By ALAN SNEL Two new professional sports teams in Las Vegas are launching in 2018. But you could

Lights owner Brett Lashbrook and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman recently announced that the Lights would also play three pre-season games against MLS team.

Lights

Zappos Partners With Las Vegas Lights FC on 3-Year Sponsorship Deal

December 6, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Tony Hsieh

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com called this one. We predicted Zappos and downtown Las Vegas’ new professional soccer team,

Las Vegas Lights FC owner Brett Lashbrook and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman announce that the Lights soccer team will play three pre-season games against MLS teams in February.

Lights

Lashbrook-Goodman Soccer Media Tour Delivers 3 Pre-season Lights Games with MLS Clubs in February

November 27, 2017November 27, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Carolyn Goodman

By ALAN SNEL When they’re out in public and the video cameras are focused on them, new Las Vegas

The new pro soccer team in Las Vegas, the Lights, are based in a former church in downtown Las Vegas.

Uncategorized

Las Vegas’ New Pro Soccer Team Relying On Unpretentious Business Style To Reach Fans, Attract Business Deals

November 17, 2017November 19, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Steve Pastorino

By ALAN SNEL Downtown Las Vegas’ permanent sports team is headquartered in an old church on 3rd Street, where

Lights

Las Vegas Lights Have Big Plans for Cashman Field After 51s Leave in 2019

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL Brett Lashbrook, owner of Las Vegas’ new pro soccer team, has big ideas for the team’s

Lights UNLV

Two Very Different Stories Behind the Two New Sports Logos in Las Vegas

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL It’s a tale of two sports logos in Las Vegas. One was just released Monday

The Vegas Golden Knights are just one of several rookie teams in the Las Vegas market.

51s Aviators Basketball Boxing Golden Knights Golf Lights NBA Summer League Raiders Team Thomas & Mack Center

Slow Down Las Vegas and Make Sure Southern Nevada Can Financially Support New Teams and Venues

October 30, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Ed Stolze

By ALAN SNEL OK, Las Vegas. How about a timeout? After years of not caving in to handout

Las Vegas Lights FC's new logo is released today.

Soccer

New Las Vegas Lights Soccer Team Releases Inaugural Logo, Season Ticket Prices

October 30, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL Las Vegas’ new pro soccer team today released its logo and 20-game season ticket plans, which

Las Vegas Lights FC owner Brett Lashbrook wants his new soccer team to be the most sports betting friendly pro team in the U.S. Photo credit: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Lights

Will Las Vegas Lights FC Be Encouraging Sports Gambling at its Soccer Games? You Bet!

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL Las Vegas’ new professional soccer team will be embracing sports gambling so much that placing bets

The LVCVA wants to spend $80 million on a new Las Vegas Ballpark marketing deal for a new 51s stadium in Summerlin.

51s Aviators LVCVA

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Wants To Spend $80 Million On New 51s Ballpark Marketing Deal

October 9, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Tom Warden

By ALAN SNEL After decades of declining to subsidize new sports stadiums, southern Nevada is jumping into the sports

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.