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Golden Knights Lose Post-Super Bowl Game To Minnesota Wild, 5-3, With Announced Crowd Of 18,207 Monday

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Alex Pietrangelo, Jon Merrill, Jonathan Marchessault, Lil Jon, Marc Andre-Fleury, Michael Amadio, Travis Kelce

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COVID-19 Golden Knights

Knights Use Rooks To Checkmate Minnesota, 3-2, Thursday

November 11, 2021November 12, 2021 Alan Snel Cam Talbot, Jon Merrill, Jonas Rondbjerg, Jonathan Marchessault, Laurent Brossoit, Paul Cotter, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith

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In This Crazy World, Vegas Golden Knights Season-Opener On Strip Brings Smiles And Pinch Of Normalcy Thursday

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Snel Deryk Engelland, Gerard Gallant, Jon Merrill, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Nate Schmidt, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In this messed-up, sadness-filled, convoluted world of a novel coronavirus that has killed 383,000 Americans,

Golden Knights

COVID-19 and Sports: Many Unanswered Questions Facing NHL, Golden Knights With Jan. 1 Targeted Season Start Date

November 14, 2020November 15, 2020 Alan Snel Deryk Engelland, Jon Merrill, Marc Andre-Fleury, Nate Schmidt, Robin Lehner

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The National Hockey League wants to start the new new season Jan. 1, a mere

Nate Schmidt -- traded ti Vancouver. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

One Day After Raiders Shock Defending Super Bowl Champs In KC, Golden Knights Say Hold My Beer: Nate Schmidt Traded, Alex Pietrangelo Signed To $61.6M Contract

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Colin Miller, Erik Haula, Gerard Gallant, Jon Merrill, Kelly McCrimmon, Marc Andre-Fleury, Nate Schmidt, Paul Stastny, Robin Lehner

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com So many new hockey fans in Las Vegas are learning an important lesson. Be careful

Golden Knights

Goodbye Jon Merrill — Original Golden Knight Will Be Missed As He Signs With Detroit

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 Alan Snel Deryk Engelland, Gerard Gallant, Jon Merrill, Jonathan Marchessault

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On Oct. 1, 2017 a gunman killed 60 people who attended a country music

Golden Knights

Pandemic Playoffs: VGK One Win From Western Conference Finals After 5-3 Triumph Over Vancouver With Fleury In Goal Sunday

August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 Alan Snel Bo Horvat, Chandler Stephenson, Elias Pettersson, Jacob Markstrom, Jon Merrill, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt, Nick Holden, Quinn Hughes, Shea Theodore, Tyler Toffoli, William Carrier, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Marc-Andre Fleury’s fans celebrated even before the Golden Knights played the Vancouver Canucks in Game

Pete DeBoer, VGK coach

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Golden Knights Return To Big Ice House After Four-Week Absence, Lose 6-5 Heartbreaker To Carolina In Shootout Before 18,417 Saturday

February 8, 2020February 9, 2020 Alan Snel Jon Merrill, Max Pacioretty, Pete DeBoer, Shea Theodore

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Golden Knights’ return to Las Vegas after

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Shake Up Line Combos Against Flyers and Defeat Philly, 5-4, Before 18,415 Thursday (And Career D-man Jon Merrill Scored A Goal As A Forward)

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Gerard Gallant, Jon Merrill, Jonathan Marchessault, Max Pacioretty, Nicolas Roy, Reilly Smith, Ryan Reaves, Shea Theodore, William Carrier, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant mixed up his line-up

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Family Of Four Cost To Attend Golden Knights Game Is Nearly $560 – Fifth Highest In NHL, According to Data-Tracking Team Marketing Report

November 18, 2019November 21, 2019 Alan Snel Jon Merrill

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When some Vegas Golden Knights fans say it costs $500 to take their family of

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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

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