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Business has been good for the Golden Knights in Year One. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights 

LVSportsBiz’s 5 Business Takeaways from Golden Knights’ Season First Half

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Jonny Greco, Kerry Bubolz, Sean Henry

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Sunday’s face-off against the New York Rangers at T-Mobile Arena represents the 41st game of

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Golden Knights team president Kerry Bubolz met up with Nashville Predators president Sean Henry in match-up of teams from comparable entertainment markets.
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

T-Mobile Arena Hockey Atmosphere Impresses Predators President: ‘I Love The Way This City Loves This Team’

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz, Sean Henry

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Sean Henry sat in the front row of suite 45 and his eyes scanned T-Mobile

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Joey Totaro and Luc Roy check out Totaro's Golden Knights game poster collection.
Golden Knights 

Poster Child for Golden Knights Home Game Poster Collectors

December 30, 2017December 31, 2017 Alan Snel Chance, Joey Totaro, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL   It was a few weeks ago when Vegas Golden Knights fan Joey Totaro made a new

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Golden Knights President Kerry Bubolz . Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena 

Golden Knights Prez: One-Year Season Ticket Holders Face 5% Ticket Price Increase and $3/Ticket Arena Charge for 2018-19

December 22, 2017December 23, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Kerry Bubolz, Todd Pollock

By ALAN SNEL   For you 14,000 Golden Knights season ticket holders out there, there was some good news and

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Happy Holidays everyone. It's a privilege to report and write every day for LVSportsBiz.com
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Your LVSportsBiz Holiday Gift: Our Best Photos Since Launching in June

December 21, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL   LVSportsBiz.com has carved out a journalism niche in a town exploding with sports-business news, including photography

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Penguins fans have invaded T-Mobile Arena tonight.
Golden Knights 

Arena Usher Supervisor Tells Staff to Expect 55% Penguins Fans at Tonight’s Golden Knights Game

December 14, 2017December 15, 2017 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL   Pittsburgh Penguins fans have invaded the Vegas Golden Knights’ fortress tonight and ushers told LVSportsBiz,com that about

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The Golden Knights' opening night ceremony received high marks. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights UNLV 

In-Game Entertainment Leaders at Golden Knights, UNLV Games Shape Fans’ Experience

December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Jonny Greco, Kerry Bubolz, Megan Caligiuri, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL   A year ago, neither Jonny Greco nor Megan Caligiuri were living in Las Vegas.   But

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Golden Knights President Kerry Bubolz likes humor in the team homemade videos but they have to be in good taste.
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Using Humor In Homemade Videos to Help New Mascot, Promote Goal Horn

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Jim "Phil" Frevola, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL   The Golden Knights team is off to a hot start — and so are the franchise’s

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Golden Knights 

Golden Knights’ Historic Inaugural Homestand Began With Healing Win, Ends With Nevada Day Victory

October 27, 2017October 28, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brian Killingsworth, Gerard Gallant, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL   Oct. 10 to Oct. 27. It began with tears. It ended with more smiles than we

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Home fans and evening visiting fans enjoy posing with Golden Knights superfan Shawn Hickey for photos. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Superfan’s Costume So Authentic That People Think He’s a Team Performer

October 24, 2017October 24, 2017 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz, Shawn Hickey

By ALAN SNEL   With his golden armor from head to toe, you’d think 46-year-old Shawn Hickey was the Vegas

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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.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

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BRIEFS

Another day, another NBA arena idea in Las Vegas: During a quarterly earnings report call, VICI Properties execs said they’re teaming up with Caesars Entertainment on an idea to build an NBA arena  behind three hotel-casinos in the center of the Strip just north of Flamingo Road.

The Thrill is back: The pro women’s volleyball team, the Thrill, was out of business last year but a press release says the Thrill has a new local owner and a new coach and details will be reveled at a Monday presser.  The Las Vegas Thrill of Major League Volleyball used to play at the Lee Family Forum in Henderson.

Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

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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

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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.

 

 

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