Larry Delsen Archives

Aces owner Mark Davis and Aces president Nikki Fargas

As Las Vegas Aces President, Nikki Fargas Wears Many Hats: ‘I’m Position-Less’; Fargas Works On Both Player and Business Deals

August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Candace Parker, Jennifer Azzi, Larry Delsen, Mark Davis, Matt Delsen, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It was more than 20 years ago when Nikki Fargas was

Aces owner Mark Davis and Aces president Nikki Fargas

Aces Basketball Fans Mark Davis Michelob Ultra Arena Sports Marketing WNBA WNBA Aces

WNBA Aces Increase 2027 Season Ticket Prices By Blended 17.65%, With 72 Percent Of Season Tickets Under $35 and $10 Seats Still Sold

July 31, 2026July 31, 2026 Alan Snel Larry Delsen, Mark Davis, Matt Delsen, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After a year of holding the line on ticket prices,

Aces Allegiant Stadium Michelob Ultra Arena T-Mobile Arena WNBA WNBA Aces

Tuesday’s Home Court Was Sold Out T-Mobile Arena, Where 18,394 Watch Aces Handle Chicago Sky, 90-71, Before Aces’ East Coast Road Trip

September 3, 2024September 3, 2024 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Chelsea Gray, Kate Martin, Kelsey Plum, Larry Delsen, Mark Davis, Matt Delsen, Nikki Fargas

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel and Cassandra Cousineau Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The WNBA Las Vegas

Allegiant Stadium NFL Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Another Season, Another Year Of Dealing With Issues For Las Vegas Raiders And Owner Mark Davis

May 10, 2022May 13, 2022 Alan Snel Becky Hammon, Blair Hardiek, Carley Sisolak, Dan Ventrelle, Deandra Duggans, Henry Ruggs III, Jaime Stratton, Jennifer Azzi, Jeremy Aguero, Jon Gruden, Larry Delsen, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Natalie Williams, Nikki Fargas, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He sat courtside next to Raiders/Aces owner Mark Davis Sunday evening, cheering the Las Vegas

Aces Basketball WNBA Aces

Las Vegas Aces Launch Home Season With 85-74 Win Against Seattle Sunday With Owner Mark Davis’ Revamped Business Operations

May 8, 2022May 11, 2022 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Dearica Hamby, Jackie Young, Jennifer Azzi, Jim Murren, Kelsey Plum, Larry Delsen, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis, Natalie Williams, Nikki Fargas, Steve Sisolak

* Story by Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel/Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Las Vegas Aces took the floor at

Credit: Raiders.com

NFL Raiders Team

Close Friend of Raiders Owner Mark Davis Provides Advisor Role For Davis While Serving As Las Vegas Aces CEO

December 16, 2021December 31, 2021 Alan Snel Al Davis, Henry Ruggs III, Jeremy Aguero, Kevin Manara, Larry Delsen, Mark Davis, Michael Crome, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Officially speaking, Larry Delsen’s Las Vegas Raiders business card says he’s a member of the

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.

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

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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.

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.”

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.