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Golden Knights owner Bill Foley talking with LVSportsBiz.com in 2017. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVsportsBiz.com.
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Small Business Saturday: After Banner Month For LVSportsBiz.com, We Ask For Your Help To Advertise Or Donate

November 30, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Dana White, Jim Frevola, Jim Murren, Joe Maloof, Liz Cambage, Marc Badain

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On the final day of November, I’m happy to report that this month had the

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Aces 

WNBA Aces Lose Semifinals To Washington Mystics Before 5,465 Tuesday Evening

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Dearica Hamby, Elena Delle Donne, Emma Meesseman, Kristi Tolliver, LeBron James, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell    Liz Cambage wrapped her arm around Dearica Hamby’s shoulder

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Kelsey Plum had a nice overall floor game Sunday.
Aces 

WNBA Aces Stay Alive With 92-75 Win Over Washington Mystics Before 6,175 Sunday

September 22, 2019September 23, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Elena Delle Donne, Kayla McBride, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis, Mike Thibault

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Photos by Steve Rosenthal The Las Vegas Aces extended their season by at least one more

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Don't judge the Aces product by the size of the crowds.
Aces 

Aces Offer Good Sports Value For The Dollar

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Jim Murren, Kayla McBride, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com   A week ago you couldn’t hear the ball bounce inside Thomas & Mack Center through

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Aces Aviators 

More Than 5,000 Watch WNBA Aces Defeat Phoenix, 84-79, in OT on Breast Health Awareness Night

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell    The Las Vegas Aces enjoyed one of their bigger

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Will Aces' attendance increase for the playoffs?
Aces 

Aces’ Year 2: More Wins, Less Attendance — What Gives? Will Playoffs Help Spike Attendance?

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Jim Murren, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com   Welcome to Las Vegas — Basketball City USA, for the summers anyway. The summer of

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Aces' star center Liz Cambage discussed mental health issues in a recent story. LVSportsBiz.com photo by J. Tyge O'Donnell
Aces 

Aces’ Cambage Shines Light On Mental Health Issues In WNBA

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Cathy Engelbert, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com   Sometimes things just aren’t what they appear to be. Especially from a distance. Las Vegas

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Aces 

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: WNBA Players Say Las Vegas Franchise Adds Marketing Punch To League

July 26, 2019July 27, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Elizabeth Williams, Lance Evans, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas and MGM Resorts International, owner of the Las Vegas Aces, received high grades

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MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren chats with Aces staffer Rushia Brown after a recent Aces-Seattle Storm game.
Aces 

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: Las Vegas Aces’ Rushia Brown Advises Players On Careers

July 25, 2019 Alan Snel Jim Murren, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage, Rushia Brown, Tamara Young

(We start our WNBA All-Star Game weekend coverage with a 1-on-1 with Rushia Brown, a former WNBA player and staffer

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MGM Resorts International CEO celebrates the Aces win with team center Liz Cambage at Mandalay Bay Events Center Tuesday night.
Aces 

LVSportsBiz Exclusive With MGM Resorts Intl CEO Murren: ‘We Won The Game When I Was Able To Bring The Team Here’

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Hornbuckle, Jim Murren, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   He drank a beer. And between sips, he gave some lip to the refs after

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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. 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.”

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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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