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Gary Bettman, NHL commissioner

A Year After COVID-19 Grounded Sports: NHL Commish Gary Bettman On The Virus, Fans Back In Arenas

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Daly, Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman loves Las Vegas. Sure, he was against legalized sports gambling at

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman during visit in Las Vegas. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

NHL Returns To ESPN For Seven-Year TV Broadcast Rights Deal Starting In 2022

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Alan Snel Gary Bettman

ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Thirsty for non-game day arena revenue, the National Hockey League has a new seven-year

Gambling Golden Knights UFC UNLV

Monday Morning Gambler: Runnin’ Rebels Win Two; VGK Lose Slush Rink Game To Avalanche In Tahoe

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Alan Snel Curtis Blaydes, Derrick Lewis, Gary Bettman, T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Start the weekend with a bet on the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels? Why not? They were

Golden Knights

Final At Night, Colorado 3 VGK 2 From Lake Tahoe Outdoors Game; Earlier During Day, Melted Ice Surface Prompts NHL To Pause Game After One Period

February 20, 2021February 21, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Alex Tuch, Devon Toews, Gary Bettman, Marc Andre-Fleury, Nathan MacKinnon, Philipp Grubauer, Sam Girard

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A 12 noon outdoor hockey game on Lake Tahoe under the bright sun transformed into

Captured on 09,14, 2017 by Brian Walker / Brian Walker Photography

Golden Knights

NHL Commish Bettman Says NHL Will Lose $1 Billion Plus In Revenues Because Of Pandemic, Shortened Season

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Snel Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will lose $1 billion this new season that

Golden Knights Marketing Sports Marketing

NHL Signs Up Sponsors For Division Naming Rights Deals

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com During this age of COVID-19, the Vegas Golden Knights play in a newly-reconfigured West Division

COVID-19 NFL

NFL Commish Roger Goodell On No COVID-19 Playoff Bubble: ‘Protocols Are Working’

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com These being the crazy, upside-down pandemic times that they are, college basketball icon/storyteller/bicyclist Bill Walton’s

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

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

BRIEFS

T-Mobile Arena’s plaza has a new naming rights partner: Toshiba Plaza is now called Paramount+ Plaza.

A’s stadium site partner announces CFO move:

A’s Spring Training schedule in the Arizona Cactus League

WNBA Commish retires: Following seven years as the first-ever Commissioner of the WNBA, Cathy Engelbert has informed the league of her decision to retire at the end of 2026.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2026-27 NATIONAL TV BROADCASTS

Tue. Sept. 29 vs. Chicago (ESPN)

Tue. Oct. 20 vs. Tampa Bay (ESPN)

Wed. Nov. 11 vs. Utah (TNT)

Tue. Nov. 17 vs. Dallas (TNT)

Thu. Nov. 19 vs. Dallas (ESPN+)

Tue. Nov 24 at Edmonton (TNT)

Wed. Dec. 16 vs. San Jose (TNT)

Tue. Dec. 22 at Anaheim (TNT)

Thu. Jan. 7 vs. Minnesota (ESPN)

Wed. Jan. 20 vs. Edmonton (TNT)

Sat. Feb. 20 at Dallas (ABC) 2027 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series™

Wed. Feb. 24 vs. Florida (TNT)

Sun. March 7 at N.Y. Rangers (ESPN)

Tue. March 9 vs. San Jose (ESPN+)

Tue. April 6 vs. St. Louis (ESPN)

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.