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A's stadium designer Bjarke Ingels before a spring training game between the A's and Brewers at Las Vegas Ballpark in Downtown Summerlin Friday. Photo credits for this story: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

A’s Owner Fisher Insists New Stadium On Strip Can Be Built On Nine Acres And On Budget For $1.5 Billion; Prez Kaval Says More Than 30 Percent Of 33,000 Seats Will Be Premium

March 8, 2024March 9, 2024 Alan Snel Bjarke Ingels, Dave Kaval, John Fisher

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A's stadium for the Vegas Strip. Credit: Design by BIG/Image by Negativ

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A’s Prez Kaval On Vegas Stadium ‘Spherical Armadillo’ Renderings: Athletics Stadium On Strip Will Usher In New Generation Of MLB Ballpark Design

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Dave Kaval, John Fisher

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Athletics President Dave Kaval during the national anthem before the Athletics' spring home-opener at Hohokan Stadium in Mesa, Arizona.

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Athletics’ Point Man On Vegas Baseball Stadium Project For Strip Has History With MLB Stadiums: A’s Prez Dave Kaval Hit All 30 Ballparks On 38-Day Tour In 1998 As 22-Year-Old Baseball Fanatic

March 1, 2024March 2, 2024 Alan Snel Bill Veeck, Bjarke Ingels, Brad Null, Dave Kaval, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Steve Hill

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Cactus League Chronicles: Athletics Have One Leg In Oakland, One Leg In Las Vegas On Stadium Project

February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, John Fisher

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A's President Dave Kaval

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A’s Prez Kaval: Expect Fun Veeck-Like Promotions At Athletics Stadium On Strip In 2028; ‘We’re Going To Do Some Crazy Things In Vegas’

February 24, 2024March 2, 2024 Alan Snel Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, Dave Kaval, Michael Zagaris

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The Tropicana hotel site -- where the A's say they will build that baseball stadium in 2028. Photo credits for story: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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Las Vegas Stadium Board Meets Thursday But Subsidized Athletics Stadium Not On Agenda

January 13, 2024January 14, 2024 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer No stadium drawing. No public forums. No community outreach. Not even a mention on

Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board Chairman Steve Hill (left) chats with Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval (right) at a recent stadium board meeting in Las Vegas. Photo: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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Las Vegas Set To Get First Look At Athletics Stadium Renderings Monday (Previous Drawings Were Not Actual Baseball Stadium)

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Alan Snel Bjarke Ingels, Dave Kaval, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Keith Whitfield, Steve Hill, Susie Martinez

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The MLB Oakland Athletics are ready to show the public their renderings for their planned

Oakland Athletics team president Dave Kaval. Photo: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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As Expected: Lords Of Baseball Bless Athletics’ Relocation To Las Vegas Thanks To Public Stadium Funding For A’s In Nevada; A’s Owner Moved To Avoid Losing MLB Revenue Sharing Dollars

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Rob Manfred, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Lords of Baseball have cleared a path for the Oakland Athletics to

Alexander Marks, representative of Schools Over Stadiums, addresses the Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board last month. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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Athletics Stadium Funding Law In Nevada Violates State Constitution, Teachers PAC Says In Preparing Lawsuit Against A’s Stadium Bill

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Dave Kaval, Dawn Etcheverry, Joe Lombardo

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Only two days before Major League Baseball team owners could vote on the Oakland Athletics’

Proposed Athletics ballpark site -- Tropicana hotel on the Strip. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

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Judge Sacks Educators Group’s Legal Attempt At Forcing Public Vote On Government Funding Of Planned Athletics Stadium On Strip

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Dave Kaval

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer A First District Court judge in Carson City has struck down a lawsuit Monday that

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.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

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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.