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NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace at a luncheon Thursday. Photo credits for story: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Prez Says More Than 100,000 Fans Expected For Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Weekend

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 Alan Snel Chris Powell

ADVERTISEMENT Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection. ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com

Chris Powell, Las Vegas Motor Speedway president

Speedway Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

Tourism Race At Speedway: Seventy Percent of NASCAR Race Attendees At LVMS Will Be Las Vegas Visitors

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Joe Lombardo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer There’s so much hype about the speedy, little open-wheel rockets coming to the

Dollar Loan Center Esports Fans Golden Knights NHL Speedway

LVSportsBiz.com News Summary: Motorsports Promoter Icon Smith Dies; Allegiant Stadium Is Hiring; ‘Gaymer Meet Up’ At HyperX Arena; And More

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bruton Smith, Chris Powell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NASCAR has lost one of its most prominent businessmen with a strong connection to Las

Speedway

Fans Return To Las Vegas Motor Speedway As Kyle Larson Wins NASCAR Race Sunday

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson

Story and photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Las Vegas Motor Speedway welcomed fans for the first time during the COVID-19

Speedway

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sells Out March 7 NASCAR Event At 12,500 Under COVID Capacity Restrictions

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Chris Powell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NASCAR fans hungry to watch the Big Boys of Car Racing wasted no time in

COVID-19 Speedway

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Seeking Permission To Have Fans At NASCAR Weekend March 5-7

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Alan Snel Chris Powell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Motor Speedway is looking to have some fans at its NASCAR weekend March

Speedway

NASCAR Weekend At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sept. 25-27 Will Not Include Fans

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Alan Snel Chris Powell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NASCAR fans suffered a big loss Friday when they learned the South Point 400 NASCAR

Speedway

Students, Start Your Engines: Faith Lutheran High School Graduates To Receive Diplomas In Cars At Las Vegas Motor Speedway

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Steve Buuck

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Class of 2020 at Faith Lutheran High School will have a graduation they will

The NFL draft layout on the Strip.

NFL Draft

A Throwback NFL Draft: League Scrubs Public Events From Draft In Las Vegas April 23-25; Las Vegas Motor Speedway Says NHRA’s Four-Wide Nationals April 3-5 Postponed

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In this age of social distancing and a worldwide coronavirus threat, it came to no

NASCAR fans cope with heat at South Point 400 Sept. 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Speedway

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Looking To Finish NASCAR Races Under Lights in Sept. 2019

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Alan Snel Chris Powell

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com After staging its first South Point 400 race in the early afternoon in the heat

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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.