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Lightning win the Pandemic Cup. Photo: NHL Twitter

Golden Knights

NHL Concludes Pandemic Stanley Cup Tournament With Solid Game Presentation Minus Fans

September 29, 2020 Alan Snel Carnell Johnson, Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com And so it ended, the most unique Stanley Cup playoff tournament in National Hockey

NHL Commish Gary Bettman

Golden Knights

NHL Commish Bettman: NHL Teams Taking ‘Revenue Hit’ From Pandemic, But Clubs Will Weather Revenue Shortfall

September 19, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Kerry Bubolz

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com No fans at NHL games mean a “substantial revenue impact” to the league’s 31 teams,

Dana White is heading to Florida for UFC 261 . Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

UFC

Former Hotel Valet and Ex-Trainer, UFC’s Dana White Powers Through Pandemic With MMA Fight Shows While Sports Leagues Still Have Not Played Games In COVID-19 Age

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Dana White, Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He quit his hotel valet job decades ago, went on to become a workout trainer

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 30: Gilbert Burns of Brazil reacts after his victory over Tyron Woodley in their welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on May 30, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

UFC

UFC Brings Back Live Sports To Las Vegas Saturday Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, National Unrest

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Gary Bettman, George Floyd

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s strangely quiet inside the venue. But the two combatants are throwing punches and kicks

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Are Division Winners As NHL 24-Team Playoff Format Plays Out In A Hub City In Each Conference This Summer

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alan Snel Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s game on for the NHL in the age of COVID-19 — at some unknown

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in May 2018. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

From LVSportsBiz.com’s Archives: How Bill Foley and The Maloof Family Formed A Union To Create An NHL Team In Las Vegas

April 29, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Joe Maloof, Kerry Bubolz, Marc Andre-Fleury, Todd Pollock

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You might have noticed by now that the media types who determine programming on TV

Column

Brace Yourself Las Vegas, CES Starts This Week (And Yes, CES Includes Sports)

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s that wonderful techy time of year in Las Vegas, when 60,000 international CES

Basketball

Former NBA Commissioner David Stern, Who Grew NBA Into Global Brand, Dies Wednesday

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Stern, Gary Bettman, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The man who led the expansion of the National Basketball Association into an international, multi-billionaire-dollar

MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren chatting with WNBA Las Vegas Aces center Liz Cambage after Aces' win over Seattle Storm this past season.

Gambling Jim Murren

MGM Resorts International Signs Betting Deal With Yahoo Sports

October 29, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Greenblatt, Adam Silver, Gary Bettman, Jim Murren

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com MGM Resorts International has signed a multi-year partnership deal with Yahoo Sports. The Las Vegas-based

Golden Knights

NHL Commish Bettman Talks With VGK Owner Foley Wednesday About Holding Golden Knights Hockey Game At West Point’s Michie Stadium

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 Alan Snel Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman talked with Golden Knights owner Bill Foley Wednesday morning about staging

July 5, 2021

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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

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