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Golden Knights founding partner Joe Maloof outside T-Mobile Arena. Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com

Maloof Brothers Sell Interests In Vegas Golden Knights To Bill Foley; Maloofs Worked With Foley To Launch NHL In Las Vegas

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 Alan Snel Adrienne Maloof, Bill Foley, Gavin Maloof, George Maloof, Joe Maloof, Phil Maloof, Tim Leiweke

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer They helped bring the National Hockey League to Las Vegas, making field trips to New

Golden Knights NHL Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Marketing

Golden Hour In Las Vegas: Team That Healed City In Year 1 Wins Stanley Cup In Year 6 Before Electric Crowd Of 19,058 Tonight; Golden Knights 9 Panthers 3 in Game 5

June 13, 2023June 14, 2023 Alan Snel Aaron Ekblad, Adin Hill, Alec Martinez, Bill Foley, Bruce Cassidy, Gary Bettman, Gavin Maloof, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, Joe Maloof, Kevin Weekes, Mark Stone, Nic Hague, Nic Roy, Reilly Smith, Sergei Bobrovsky, Steve Aoki, Steve Yeager

The Misfits Line of Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith and William Karlsson celebrated with their families like all the players did

Golden Knights Raiders Team T-Mobile Arena UFC

Las Vegas’ First Major League Sports Team Was Born Here Because Of T-Mobile Arena, Celebrating Its Fifth Anniversary This Week

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Garry DeLucia, Gary Bettman, Gavin Maloof, Joe Maloof, Rick Arpin

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s this simple — Las Vegas became a major league team sports town because of

Vegas Golden Knights minority owners Joe Maloof (left) and Gavin Maloof (right) at the VGK first home game on Oct. 10, 2017. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Walk Back In Time: How Foley Combined Forces With The Maloofs To Create Vegas Golden Knights

May 2, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gavin Maloof, Joe Maloof

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com (Bill Foley is the public face of ownership for the Vegas Golden Knights. He’s a

Gavin Maloof (right) who worked with brother Joe (left) to bring the NHL to Las Vegas, is re-branding a tech company this year.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Founding Partner Gavin Maloof Works With Two Others To Re-Brand Tech Company

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gavin Maloof, Nick Wilson, Robbie Vega

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com One of the founding partners of the Vegas Golden Knights and a key player in

T-Mobile Arena

World’s Top Grossing Arena for 12-Month Period? T-Mobile Arena of Las Vegas

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gavin Maloof, Jim Murren, Joe Maloof

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Joe and Gavin Maloof chatted with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman for years about the virtues

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

Founding partner Joe Maloof worked with his brothers to sell Las Vegas to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights Sports Marketing

Exclusive: Birth Of Golden Knights Began With Maloofs’ Trips To NHL Commish Bettman In NY

April 2, 2018February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Gavin Maloof, George Maloof, Joe Maloof, Phil Maloof

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Before a soft-spoken Swede made time stand still in Las Vegas Saturday night with hockey’s

An unbelievable week in Las Vegas sports-business news -- on the ice and off it, too. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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The SportsBiz Week That Was In Las Vegas: 4 Takeaways

October 14, 2017October 14, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Clint McComb, Gavin Maloof, Joe Maloof, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL They’re not image, message and PR experts for nothing. Our local public tourism agency, also known

Golden Knights

How The Outsiders Brought Las Vegas’ First Major League Team To Life

October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brian Killingsworth, Gary Bettman, Gary Lawless, Gavin Maloof, George Maloof, George McPhee, Gerard Gallant, Jim Frevola, Joe Maloof, Jonny Greco, Nehme Abouzeid

By ALAN SNEL They say Las Vegas with its 2 million people is still a small town. Indeed,

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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.