Chris Maathuis Archives

Happy Birthday, LVSportsBiz.com: Five Years Old Never Looked So Grateful

June 3, 2022June 5, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bryan Salmond, Chris Maathuis, Derek Carr, Derek Stevens, Ed Graney, Joe Maloof, Kerry Bubolz, Kevin Bolinger, Mark Davis, Mark Obmascik, Steve Carp, T.C. Martin

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A Chevrolet Cruze is a compact car with a low bumper. So when Dennis Brophy

UNLV

Five Years Ago Today A Distracted Motorist Knocked Me Out And Knocked Me Back To Las Vegas To Start LVSportsBiz

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Alan Snel Chris Maathuis, Joe Capozzi, Sharon Wynne

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The final touches on my last story I wrote in Florida came on the night

Allegiant Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Return to Los Angeles To Tackle Chargers, But Lose, 28-14, At SoFi Stadium On Monday Night Football

October 4, 2021October 5, 2021 Alan Snel Chris Maathuis, Daniel Carlson, Derek Carr, Jon Gruden, Josh Jacobs, Justin Herbert, Mark Davis, Stan Kroenke

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LOS ANGELES — You didn’t expect the Las Vegas Raiders to

PBR

PBR Shifting World Finals From Las Vegas To Texas After 2021

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Alan Snel Chris Maathuis, Sean Gleason

Story presented by #SameHere. Click image for more information. ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It seems anyone who has

Golden Knights

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

Gambling

Glimpse Inside Life — And House — Of Las Vegas Sports Bettor Lem Banker; His Funeral Was Three Days Ago

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 Alan Snel Al Davis, Chris Maathuis, John L. Smith, Lem Banker

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Most people take bicycle rides with a set route. But sometimes I let bike

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

Golden Knights

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,

Channel 8 KLAS in Las Vegas is debuting a new Sunday Raiders pregame show.

Raiders Team

Las Vegas’ KLAS-Channel 8 Debuts ‘Raiders Pregame Live’ Show Sunday Mornings As Local Media Beefs Up Raiders Coverage

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 Alan Snel Brandon Marshall, Chris Maathuis, Molly Sullivan

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders’ arrival has not only skyrocketed the franchise’s value thanks to a

Bicycling

Everyday Folks Bicycling The Strip: ‘It Was Las Vegas As I’d Never Seen It. So Worth Every Pedal’

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Alan Snel Chris Maathuis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s Las Vegas’ most famous road. Yet, just about everyone is afraid to ride a

July 5, 2021

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.

ADVERTISEMENT: Please shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. Jay’s Market is the official presenting sponsor of LVSportBiz.com’s stories.

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.