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Aces/Raiders owner Mark Davis talking with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert before Aces playoff game. Photos for this story: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Raiders/Aces Owner Mark Davis In No Mood To Discuss Raiders Lopsided Loss To Carolina, Says He’s ‘Compartmentalizing’ Raiders’ Defeat From Aces’ Playoff Game Sunday

September 22, 2024September 22, 2024 Alan Snel Antonio Pierce, Cathy Engelbert, Mark Davis

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Las Vegas Aces Owner Mark Davis To Packed House Of 10,419: ‘Let’s Three-Peat, Baby’ On Championship Ring And Banner Night; Aces 89 Phoenix 80 Tuesday

May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Cathy Engelbert, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Mark Davis, Natalie Williams, Tom Brady

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In-Season Tourney Cup Championship On Line: Las Vegas Aces Lose Again To New York As Fans Hoped To See Game On ESPN

August 15, 2023August 16, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Cathy Engelbert, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Mark Davis, Sandra Douglass Morgan

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Time For WNBA To Make Aces’ A’ja Wilson The Face Of League To Grow The W

September 13, 2022April 19, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Cathy Engelbert

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Las Vegas Aces Tie Semifinals Series Against Seattle Wednesday With Gutty 78-73 Win In Game 2 Before 9,755

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Breanna Stewart, Cathy Engelbert, Dearica Hamby, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Mark Davis, Noelle Quinn, Sue Bird, Tina Charles

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Phoenix Mercury’s Griner On Everyone’s Mind In Las Vegas As Aces Use Big Third Quarter To Defeat Phoenix, 86-74, At Mandalay Bay Tuesday

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Adam Silver, Brittney Griner, Cathy Engelbert, Chelsea Gray, Dearica Hamby, Diana Taurasi, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum

By Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The U.S. State Department is on the Brittney Griner case. So, don’t

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Las Vegas Aces Re-Sign Superstar Wilson As WNBA Looks To Grow With $75 Million In Capital

February 4, 2022 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Cathy Engelbert, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com From the moment she was drafted first overall in 2018, A’Ja Wilson has been a

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Aces/Raiders Owner Mark Davis All In With Hiring Of Hammon And Other Key Women Leaders For WNBA Las Vegas Team

January 3, 2022January 4, 2022 Alan Snel Becky Hammon, Bill Laimbeer, Blair Hardiek, Cathy Engelbert, Jennifer Azzi, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

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Aces Playoffs Semis Game 2: Phoenix Mercury Blast Las Vegas Aces Into Outer Space With 117-91 Win Before 6,432 Thursday

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry, Bill Laimbeer, Brittney Griner, Cathy Engelbert, Chelsea Gray, Dan Padover, Dearica Hamby, Diana Taurasi, Jim Murren, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis, Shaquille O'Neal

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Las Vegas Aces Open Season With 97-83 Loss In Great Northwest Saturday

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Cathy Engelbert, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces Saturday opened their much-anticipated 2021 WNBA season with a 97-83 loss

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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.

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Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

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

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.