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From left to right: VGK's Kerry Bubolz, Raiders' Marc Badain, Lights FC's Brett Lashbrook, Aviators' Don Logan and UFC's Lawrence Epstein at Las Vegas Property Development and Infrastructure Conference panel discussion at South Point Wednesday.

Las Vegas Sports Execs Schmooze About Sports’ Local Impacts

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Don Logan, Kerry Bubolz, Lawrence Epstein, Marc Badain

Left to right: Logan, Epstein, Lashbrook, Bubolz and Badain By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Now that Las Vegas is

Las Vegas Ballpark, as seen on Tuesday morning.

Aviators LVCVA Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

The LVCVA: ‘It’s A Public Agency That Acts Like A Private Company’

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Rossi Ralenkotter, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com About a week after the “Great Las Vegas Snow Blizzard of 2019” coated the elevated

Raiders owner Mark Davis at a Las Vegas Aces WNBA game last season in 2018.

Raiders Team

Raiders Stadium Architect Also Designing Owner Davis’ New House in Summerlin

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 Alan Snel David Manica, Don Webb, Marc Badain, Marc Davis

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Raiders owner Mark Davis has a reputation for being a down-to-earth, fun-loving guy with his

Raiders President Marc Badain standing in front of team headquarters rendering at a groundbreaking event Monday in Henderson.

Raiders Team

Raiders Officially Plant Headquarters Roots in Henderson with Groundbreaking for $75 Million Training Center

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Jim Plunkett, Jonas Peterson, Marc Badain

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com When you’re the Second City in a market with the name recognition of Las Vegas

Raiders President Marc Badain: rent offer to play in Oakland in 2019 is off the table. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Timing Is Everything: Day After Oakland Sues Raiders, NFL Says Draft Will Be In Las Vegas In 2020

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018 Alan Snel Marc Badain

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The NFL showed the city of Oakland. A mere day after the city alleged

Raiders President Marc Badain is already talking with event organizers and promoters.

LVCVA Raiders Stadium

Sports Event Panel’s Game Plan Defines Roles for LVCVA and Las Vegas Events to Handle New Mega Events

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com A Las Vegas sports events panel heard a proposal Wednesday that would beef up event

Governor-elect Steve Sisolak addressing local 872 union members at a stadium rally in 2017. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights Raiders Stadium

Sisolak’s Gubernatorial Victory Over Laxalt Means Raiders, Golden Knights Have a Good Friend in Nevada’s Highest Office

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 Alan Snel Adam Laxalt, Brian Sandoval, Len Jessup, Marc Badain, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com He was credited with giving the Raiders-UNLV stadium negotiations a “kick in the ass” a

Raiders Stadium

Caesars Entertainment Becomes Raiders Stadium’s First Founding Partner

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 Alan Snel Chris Holdren, Marc Badain

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment made a big splash in the sports marketing world Thursday by

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Post First Episode of Stadium Construction Video Series

October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 Alan Snel Don Webb, Marc Badain, Mark Davis

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders have posted the first episode of a stadium construction video series narrated by

Steve Sisolak said he's happy to work with Raiders if they want to come to Las Vegas in 2019. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Sisolak To Raiders: Come To Las Vegas in 2019 IF You Want To Move A Year Early

September 9, 2018 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Marc Badain, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Breakups can be nasty, especially when lawyers are involved. And those on-again, and now

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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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.”

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.