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Like The Good Ol’ Days: With Original Misfits Watching, Golden Knights Defeat LA Kings In OT, 2-1; Another VGK Non-Sellout At 16,768 Saturday

October 10, 2026October 10, 2026 Alan Snel Brad Hunt, Carter Hart, Cody Eakin, Erik Haula, Gerard Gallant, James Neal, Mitch Marner, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Trevor Connelly

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Man, it’s strange

A's A's Stadium Aces Athletics Golden Knights Mark Davis Raiders Raiders Stadium

Buffet Of Sports Personalities Creates Surreal Time At Raiders-VGK Charity Softball Game Saturday Night

July 12, 2025July 14, 2025 Alan Snel A.J. Cole, Aidan O'Connell, Daniel Carlson, James Neal, Mark Davis, Reggie Jackson, Reilly Smith, Ryan Reaves

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Charity

Erik Haula, here after the Knights lost Game 5 and the Stanley Cup Final to Washington, was traded to Carolina.

Golden Knights

Hard To Say Good-Bye After Golden Knights’ Miracle 2017-18 Season

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Alan Snel Colin Miller, David Perron, Erik Haula, George McPhee, James Neal, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Ryan Carpenter

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com They wore the number 18 jerseys with “Neal” on the back and even the number

NBA Summer League Thomas & Mack Center

Las Vegas’ Sports Industry Heats Up During Summer Months

July 4, 2018July 4, 2018 Alan Snel David Perron, Gennady Golovkin, James Neal, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com No time off. There was a time when Las Vegas’ sports industry had some

Golden Knights

Hair Experts On VGK’s Wild Bill Karlsson: ‘He’s A Hair Model. It’s Very Thor’

May 9, 2018May 10, 2018 Alan Snel Andre Agassi, Colin Miller, David Perron, James Neal, Jonathan Marchessault, Larry Johnson, Ryan Reaves, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com William Karlsson flipped his gorgeous blonde hair and each of the three women sitting at

Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights One Game From Checkmate; ‘They Have The City On Its Shoulders’

April 15, 2018April 16, 2018 Alan Snel Cody Eakin, James Neal, Steve Carell, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Downtown Los Angeles — This time, Vegas Golden Knights fans turned the tables.

Powerful scenes on ice before the puck dropped were moving and touching for Golden Knights fans. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz

Golden Knights

Strength, Healing, #VegasStrong Fuel Golden Knights First Game On Home Ice and Unites a City

October 10, 2017October 11, 2017 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Deryk Engelland, Gary Bettman, James Neal, Joe Maloof, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL Do you believe in #VegasStrong? I do. It was a jumble of emotions tonight

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Jerseys Selling For $34.99 At Costco Sold Out In Few Days

October 8, 2017 Alan Snel James Neal

By ALAN SNEL Several days before the Vegas Golden Knights took the NHL by storm after two games with

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

A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

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.