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The Aces' big crowd Saturday night.
Aces 

WNBA Aces Draw Big Crowd of 8,430 as Team Defeats LA Sparks, 92-86, On Busy Las Vegas Saturday Sports Night

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Jim Murren, Kelsey Plum, Mark Davis

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com   The Las Vegas Aces drew one of the team’s biggest crowds ever in Las Vegas

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Will Aces' attendance increase for the playoffs?
Aces 

Aces’ Year 2: More Wins, Less Attendance — What Gives? Will Playoffs Help Spike Attendance?

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Jim Murren, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com   Welcome to Las Vegas — Basketball City USA, for the summers anyway. The summer of

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MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren chats with Aces staffer Rushia Brown after a recent Aces-Seattle Storm game.
Aces 

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: Las Vegas Aces’ Rushia Brown Advises Players On Careers

July 25, 2019 Alan Snel Jim Murren, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage, Rushia Brown, Tamara Young

(We start our WNBA All-Star Game weekend coverage with a 1-on-1 with Rushia Brown, a former WNBA player and staffer

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MGM Resorts International CEO celebrates the Aces win with team center Liz Cambage at Mandalay Bay Events Center Tuesday night.
Aces 

LVSportsBiz Exclusive With MGM Resorts Intl CEO Murren: ‘We Won The Game When I Was Able To Bring The Team Here’

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Hornbuckle, Jim Murren, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   He drank a beer. And between sips, he gave some lip to the refs after

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NBA Summer League is here in Las Vegas July 5-15 for 83 games.
NBA Summer League 

Who Needs An NBA Team In Las Vegas When You Have The NBA Summer League?

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Albert Hall, Jim Murren, Warren LeGarie, Zion Williamson

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Adam Silver is no stranger to Las Vegas. The NBA commissioner comes to the big

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Las Vegas' three teams this summer have found their niches.
Aces Aviators Lights 

Las Vegas Teams of Summer Carve Out Unique Demographic Bases in Expanding Sports Market

June 29, 2019June 30, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Adam Silver, Bill Laimbeer, Brett Lashbrook, Jim Murren

  By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   At just after 7:30 pm Saturday, Las Vegas hit the trifecta. The WNBA Las

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Aces star A'ja Wilson scores during Aces' game with Los Angeles Sparks.
Aces 

MGM Resorts Chief Murren, Raiders Owner Davis, Kobe In House For Aces’ Season-Opening Win, 83-70, Win Over LA Sparks

May 26, 2019May 26, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Ed Winkle, Jim Murren, Kobe Bryant, Lance Evans, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   It was 10 minutes before the Las Vegas

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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

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Basketball 

NBA Commish Silver Talks Twitter, But Sidesteps Questions on Las Vegas Franchise and Sports Betting

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Levy, Jim Murren, Kerry Bubolz, LeBron James

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Adam Silver is easy to pick out.   Just look for the skinny, tall, head-shaven

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Gambling Jim Murren 

Ex-Gov. Sandoval Lands Job with MGM Resorts, Will Focus on Sports Betting

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Hornbuckle, Brian Sandoval, Jim Murren, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Brian Sandoval’s parachute has landed on MGM Resorts International’s headquarters.   One day after Nevada’s

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July 5, 2021

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LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president 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

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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