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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

NHL Awards Show at Mandalay Bay Events Center Wednesday.

Golden Knights

LVSportsBiz.com Goes 1-on-1 With NHL Commissioner Bettman Before NHL Awards Show Takes Over Mandalay Bay Events Center

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 Alan Snel Alex Meruelo, Alex Trebek, Barry Trotz, Brent Burns, Gary Bettman, James Holzhauer, Kenan Thompson, Mark Stone

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com We chatted 1-on-1 with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman Wednesday, with the commissioner saying the league

Gavin Maloof drops a puck to get the Vegas Wants Hockey ticket campaign officially off an running on Feb. 10, 2015. Bill Foley (center) and NHL Commissioner are in the background.

Golden Knights

Just Four Years Ago, Bettman Visited Las Vegas to Bless a Hockey Ticket Campaign — And the Rest is VGKistory

February 11, 2019February 12, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Gavin Maloof, Joe Maloof

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com A lot can happen in four years. Sunday was the four-year anniversary of Gary

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman at a news conference at T-Mobile Arena last season. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

NHL Commish Bettman at VGK Games This Week to Check Player and Puck Tracking Technologies

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, John Dellapina

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was at T-Mobile Arena for two Vegas Golden Knights games this

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.