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Announced Record 63,969 Attend USC 27 vs LSU 20 Classic Thriller At Allegiant Stadium In Vegas Sunday; First Time Standing-Room-Only Tickets Were Sold For Football Game At Stadium

September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 Alan Snel John Saccenti

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

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With Pac-12 Dissolving And New 12-Team College Football Playoff Starting In 2024, Las Vegas Bowl Will Need To Change With The Times

December 23, 2023December 23, 2023 Alan Snel David Braun, John Saccenti, Michael Wilbon

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne The Northwestern and Utah players got to see Las Vegas magician

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Florida Didn’t Show Up As Oregon State Wallops Undermanned Gators, 30-3, In Saturday Morning Las Vegas Bowl Saturday; Attendance: 29,750

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 Alan Snel John Saccenti, Silas Bolden

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Omer Khan From a tourism standpoint,

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Las Vegas Bowl Attendance Estimate At About 30,000 For Florida Vs Oregon State At Allegiant Stadium 11:30 AM Saturday; Change Of Game’s Start Time Affected Ticket Sales

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Alan Snel John Saccenti

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer John Saccenti caught a bad break. The executive director of the Las Vegas

At last year's Las Vegas Bowl, Arizona State played Wisconsin.

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Florida Plays Oregon State In Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 17; Start Time Will Change If Raiders Game At Allegiant Stadium Is Flexed Out Of Sunday Night Slot Dec. 18

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 Alan Snel John Saccenti

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The Las Vegas Bowl has its matchup: It’s 14-ranked Oregon State (9-3) out

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Crowd of 32,515 For Las Vegas Bowl At Allegiant Stadium Watches Wisconsin Defeat Arizona State, 20-13, Thursday

December 30, 2021December 31, 2021 Alan Snel Dan Tinker, Herm Edwards, John Saccenti

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Just the facts: Wisconsin 20 Arizona State 13 Attendance:

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Las Vegas Bowl’s First Game In Allegiant Stadium Has Its Teams: Wisconsin vs Arizona State Dec. 30

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Alan Snel John Saccenti

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The first Las Vegas Bowl in Allegiant Stadium will match Wisconsin against Arizona State Dec.

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With So Much Public Money Invested In Birth Of Stadium, So Much At Stake For Las Vegas’s Tourism Industry; BYU Defeats Arizona, 24-16, In Vegas Kickoff Classic Saturday

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, John Saccenti

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell I’m back at Allegiant Stadium for today’s BYU

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Las Vegas Looks To Become Western Hub Of Neutral Site Major College Football Games Thanks To Allegiant Stadium

September 2, 2021 Alan Snel John Saccenti

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com With fans allowed in the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium, there are a lot of

Bicyclist on Hacienda Avenue heading to Raiders' Allegiant Stadium.

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Allegiant Stadium To Host Major Neutral-Site College Football Game, USC Vs LSU, During Labor Day Weekend In 2024

August 26, 2021August 30, 2021 Alan Snel John Saccenti, Mike Bohn, Scott Woodward

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Allegiant Stadium will be the host of a major college football game to start the

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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.

ADVERTISEMENT: Please shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. Jay’s Market is the official presenting sponsor of LVSportBiz.com’s stories.

Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

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

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.