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Season Over For Vegas Golden Knights: Edmonton Wins 1-0 Thriller In OT, Takes Series In Five Games In Round 2 Before 18,288 Wednesday

May 14, 2025May 15, 2025 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Alex Pietrangelo, Bruce Cassidy, Calvin Pickard, Connor McDavid, Flavor Flav, Kasperi Kapanen, Leon Draisaitl, Mark Stone, Pavel Dorofeyev, Reilly Smith, Stuart Skinner

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McDavid To Draisaitl In OT For Game-Winner In Game 2 And Vegas Loses Both Home Games To Edmonton In Conference Semifinals

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden McNabb, Bruce Cassidy, Calvin Pickard, Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse, Jake Walman, Leon Draisaitl, Mark Stone, Vasily Podkolzin, Victor Olofsson, Viktor Arvidsson

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Golden Knights Squander Strong 2-0 Start Against Edmonton, Lose, 4-2, Before 18,111 In Game 1 Of Conference Semifinals Tuesday

May 6, 2025May 7, 2025 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Calvin Pickard, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Mark Stone, Zach Hyman

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Golden Knights Render Three Goals To Edmonton In Decisive Second Period, Lose, 3-2, To Oilers Before Announced 18,335; VGK Clinch Playoff Spot For Seventh Time In Eight Years

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Bruce Cassidy, Calvin Pickard, Jack Eichel, Jake Walman, Leon Draisaitl, Nic Roy, Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl, Viktor Arvidsson

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Don’t Plan That VGK Stanley Cup Parade On Strip Yet; Florida Scores Late In Game To Force OT, Then Defeats Vegas, 3-2, In Overtime In Game 3 Thursday

June 8, 2023June 9, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Bruce Cassidy, Carter Verhaeghe, Jonathan Marchessault, Laurent Brossoit, Leon Draisaitl, Mark Stone, Matthew Tkachuk, Paul Maurice, Sergei Bobrovsky

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Edmonton Ambushes Golden Knights In Game 2 To Tie Second Round Series; Oilers Dominate VGK, 5-1, Before 18,504 Saturday

May 6, 2023May 6, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Bruce Cassidy, Chandler Stephenson, Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard, Ivan Barbashev, Keegan Kolesar, Laurent Brossoit, Leon Draisaitl, Shea Theodore, Stuart Skinner

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Stanley In Vegas: Knights Hold On To Defeat Edmonton, 6-4, In Thrilling Game 1 Wednesday Before 18,243

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Alan Snel Bruce Cassidy, Chandler Stephenson, Connor McDavid, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, Jay Woodcroft, Laurent Brossoit, Leon Draisaitl, Mark Stone, Michael Amadio

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With Oilers Fans Flowing Into Las Vegas For Big Crowd of 18,391, Edmonton Scores Four Straight For 7-4 Win Over VGK Thursday

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Alan Snel Brett Kulak, Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard, Jonathan Marchessault, Jonathan Quick, Laurent Brossoit, Leon Draisaitl, Michael Amadio, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Stuart Skinner, William Karlsson

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Golden Knights Drop Another Game To Division Opponent; This Time, Edmonton Oilers Outscore VGK, 4-3, Before 18,143 Saturday

January 14, 2023January 15, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bruce Cassidy, Jonathan Marchessault, Keegan Kolesar, Klim Kostin, Leon Draisaitl, Mattias Janmark, Nic Roy, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith, William Carrier, William Karlsson

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Missing Firepower, Golden Knights Drop 5-3 Decision To Edmonton With Stone, Pacioretty, Martinez, Tuch Out For VGK Friday

October 22, 2021October 23, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Alex Tuch, Chandler Stephenson, Connor McDavid, Dylan Coghlan, Leon Draisaitl, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Nic Hague, Nic Roy, Pete DeBoer, Peyton Krebs, Reilly Smith, Robin Lehner, Zach Hyman, Zach Whitecloud, Zack Kassian

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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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Please read our investigative reports on:

F1 race promoting misleading economic data on race event in Las Vegas

Las Vegas still owing more than $1 billion on its debt for contributing $750 million for construction of Raiders’ NFL stadium.

LVCVA spending $165,000 on Super Bowl trip to LA

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill’s claiming that tourism decreases in Las Vegas in summer is wrong

Las Vegas consultant Jeremy Aguero having conflict of interest for asking Nevada Legislature for A’s stadium construction money while also working as administrative support for Las Vegas Stadium Authority.

LVCVA awarding $1.2 million contract to Phoenix-based sports marketing company that hires former husband of LVCVA’s vice president of sports & events less than a month after.

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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

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 2025: $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.