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Lights 

Las Vegas Lights’ New Craft Beer Sponsor Has Roots In Both Hops and Cannabis Beverages

March 6, 2019March 11, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Ed Bernstein, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The pro soccer team in Las Vegas with already a dispensary sponsor has gone where

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Lights owner Brett Lashbrook guarantees a Lights win at the season-opener Saturday against the Austin Bold.
Lights 

Lights Owner Guarantees Home-Opener Win Or Fans Get Next Home Game Free (He Says He Has Money To Pay For Tix If Lights Lose Or Draw)

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas Lights FC owner Brett Lashbrook is back to his ol’ promotional tricks, saying

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Las Vegas Lights season ticket holder Carmen Garcia falls backwards after the Lights nearly scored during a Lights-Orange County scrimmage Saturday at Cashman Field.
Lights 

Lights Fans Enjoy Closeup View of Team’s Scrimmage With Orange County, Wolf Down Free Pizza at Final Exhibition Game

March 2, 2019March 2, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   What’s not to like? Las Vegas Lights FC invited season ticket holders to eat free

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Lights 

Lights to Let Cash Fly Again (Literally); Helicopter Money Drop Returns in Season Two

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Alan Snel Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The helicopter is back and the cash will be flying.   The Las Vegas Lights

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Las Vegas Lights coach Eric Wynalda has come to win -- there's no messing around with this coach.
Lights 

Lights’ New Coach Using Oldest Marketing Tool in the Biz to Get Fans’ Attention — Winning

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Alan Snel Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   It was just after lunchtime at Cashman Field Wednesday and Las Vegas Lights FC coach

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Lights 

From Preseason Confetti to Pregame Llamas, Lights Soccer Club Carves Its Own Sports Marketing Path

February 2, 2019February 2, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas is a market where the local MMA fight show producer/promoter sold for more

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Lights 

Las Vegas Lights Return to Preseason Pitch Saturday for Second Year of Wacky Promotions and More Stable Roster

February 1, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas’ zany professional soccer team promises to return the helicopter cash drop during

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The Las Vegas Lights FC is known for its wacky marketing stunts like the helicopter cash drop at halftime of a game last season. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com
Lights 

Lights Return to Wacky Marketing Ways, Searching for World’s ‘Most Interesting Player’

December 6, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   You get the sense that Brett Lashbrook was probably having a little marketing withdrawal this

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Lights 

Lights Owner: On-Field Performance Has To Match Off-Field Success

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   He looked like an older college student, sitting at a work cubicle in a co-working

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Lights 

Lights’ New Coach Wants to Stabilize Roster and Forge Stronger Connections with Las Vegas

October 18, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   It was the inaugural season for the Las Vegas Lights FC and the soccer team

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Briefs

July 5, 2021

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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. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president 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

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

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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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