George McPhee Archives

Golden Knights Pull Out 5-4 OT Win Over Utah In Third Preseason Game Thursday; Attendance, 14,809; Season-Opener Vs Chicago Tuesday

September 24, 2026September 24, 2026 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Carter Hart, George McPhee, Jack Eichel, Kelly McCrimmon, Ryan Craig, Tomas Hertl, Trevor Connelly, Victor Olofsson

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It’s season

Hockey ops boss George McPgee (left) and GM Kelly McCrimmon (right)

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Golden Knights Clinch Fifth Division Title In Nine Years With 4-1 Win Over Seattle In Season’s Final Game Wednesday; VGK Host Utah In Gm 1 Sunday

April 15, 2026April 16, 2026 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Carter Hart, George McPhee, Jack Eichel, John Tortorella, Kelly McCrimmon, Mitch Marner, Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada — On the Vegas Golden

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VGK’s Slow Start: Utah Scores Three Goals On First Three Shots Against Golden Knights As VGK Lose Eighth Game In Last 11

March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Akira Schmid, Bill Foley, Bruce Cassidy, Clayton Keller, George McPhee, Karel Vejmelka

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Allegiant Stadium Bill Foley Golden Knights Mark Davis NFL NHL Raiders Raiders Stadium Sports Marketing T-Mobile Arena

On Team Owners: In Las Vegas, You Could Not Find Two More Different People Owning NHL Golden Knights And NFL Raiders/WNBA Aces

November 25, 2025November 25, 2025 Alan Snel Antonio Pierce, Bill Foley, Egon Durban, George McPhee, Josh McDaniels, Kelly McCrimmon, Mark Davis, Michael Meldman, Nikki Fargas, Pete Carroll, Rich Bisaccia, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Steve Sisolak, Tom Brady, Tom Wagner

ADVERTISEMENT Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection east of the

Bill Foley Desert Dogs Fans Golden Knights NHL T-Mobile Arena

VGK’s New Business Prez Wants To Upgrade Medical Facilities, Build New Sheets Of Ice, Consider Sports Academy, Centralize Operations, Increase Links Between Foley’s Wineries/Hotels And Sports Properties

October 30, 2025 Alan Snel Bill Foley, George McPhee, Jim "Phil" Frevola, John Penhollow, Kelly McCrimmon, Kerry Bubolz

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Las Vegas Aces Blast Fever In Semis Game 2 On Las Vegas’ Big Sports Night; VGK Start Home Preseason Sked; Even Aviators See Playoff Action

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, George McPhee, Mark Davis

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Golden Knights Players Will Receive Championship Rings At Private Dinner Sunday; Public Can Buy Rings Starting Monday For As Much As $75,000

October 5, 2023October 9, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Eric Tosi, George McPhee, Jonathan Marchessault, Kelly McCrimmon, Mark Stone, Nic Roy, Paul Cotter, Pavel Dorofeyev

This magic moment 🤩💍 pic.twitter.com/KQzyAWAP6p — 🏆 – Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) October 9, 2023 Story by Alan

Athletics Bill Foley Golden Knights NBA NHL Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark T-Mobile Arena

VGK Owner Foley On Subsidized Athletics Stadium On Strip: ‘Baseball Will Be Tough, There’s A Lot Of Games’

June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bruce Cassidy, George McPhee, John Fisher, Kelly McCrimmon, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Tim Leiweke

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Fresh off winning the Stanley Cup, Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley was

McCrimmon to DeBoer: You're fired.

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As The Knight Turns: VGK GM Kelly McCrimmon Fires Coach Pete DeBoer As Golden Knights Perhaps Trotz Out New Coach

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Alan Snel Barry Trotz, Bill Foley, George McPhee, Gerard Gallant, Kelly McCrimmon, Mark Stone, Pete DeBoer

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Some NHL teams (like Gerard Gallant’s New York Rangers) are getting ready for round two

COVID-19 Golden Knights

No Exit: NHL’s Endless Fight To Navigate A Virus Pandemic In Two Nations

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Bill Foley, Bruce Cusick, Gary Bettman, George McPhee, Kelly McCrimmon, Mark Davis, Mark Stone

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Bruce Cusick’s booming voice on the powerful T-Mobile Arena public address system advises Vegas Golden

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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. 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.