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The stadium board will be told Thursday the Raiders stadium construction costs will be $1.8 billion -- which has been the estimate all along. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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Raiders Stadium Total Construction Costs = $1.8 Billion (Sound Familiar?)

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Alan Snel Marc Badain

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It’s turned out the construction bean counters/estimators for the new Raiders stadium were on the

Raiders President Marc Badain says team takes parking very seriously. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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Raiders Finalizing Land Deals For 27,000 Parking Spaces Within 1.5 Miles Of LV Stadium Site

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Mark Arnold

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Raiders President Marc Badain said the team is finalizing land deals that would offer

Raiders President Marc Badain talks with stadium board chairman Steve Hill before the stadium meeting today. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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9 Takeaways from Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Board Meeting Thursday

February 15, 2018February 16, 2018 Alan Snel Don Webb, Jeremy Aguero, Ken Evans, Lynn Littlejohn, Marc Badain, Mark Arnold, Monica Ford, Rebecca Fountain, Rose Davis, Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders/Las Vegas stadium board met Thursday afternoon and here are nine things you should

Gov. Steve Sisolak with VGK fans in 2018 in downtown Las Vegas.

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Meet Clark County Commissioner/Unofficial Sports Commissioner Steve Sisolak

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 Alan Snel Chris Giunchigliani, Len Jessup, Marc Badain, Steve Sisolak, Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com There were 10,000 Vegas Golden Knights fans at a downtown FanFest at Fremont Street Experience

You don't hear much about Don Snyder and the Raiders-UNLV football stadium, but he was a major player behind the scenes.

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Former UNLV Interim Prez Snyder Recalls Hosting First Closed-Door Raiders Stadium Meeting With Owner Davis In 2014

January 16, 2018January 17, 2018 Alan Snel Bo Bernhard, Don Snyder, Len Jessup, Marc Badain, Napolean McCallum, Rob Roy, Robert Rippee, Sheldon Adelson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com With UNLV expecting the Nevada Regents Friday to green light a deal for the university

Raiders President Marc Badain said the stadium authority selling bonds in April to finance the stadium works with the team's timing in its financing.

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Magic Finance Day: Stadium Board To Sell Bonds For Raiders Stadium In April At The Earliest

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com There are many moving parts to the Raiders building a football stadium with a healthy

Raiders President Marc Badain said Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak gave a "kick in the ass" to the stadium process in Las Vegas.

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Raiders Prez Badain Says County Commish Sisolak Gave LV Stadium Process a ‘Kick in the Ass’

December 14, 2017December 15, 2017 Alan Snel Len Jessup, Marc Badain, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak gave the Raiders stadium process a “kick in the ass,” according

The groundbreaking photo most likely to go viral tonight. Photo credit: Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau

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Raiders Stadium Groundbreaking, Vegas-Style

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Desiree Reed-Francois, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Roger Goodell, Tommy White, William Hornbuckle

By ALAN SNEL They celebrated the marriage of Las Vegas and the NFL Raiders today with a stadium groundbreaking

Raiders say hiring goals for stadium construction and operations are the highest in stadium history.

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Raiders Say Stadium Construction, Operations Hiring Targets For Minorities and Women Are Highest In Stadium History

November 9, 2017November 10, 2017 Alan Snel Dan Ventrelle, Lynn Littlejohn, Marc Badain, Steve Hill, Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL The Raiders want women, minorities, veterans, the LGBTQ community and local small businesses in Nevada involved

The Oakland Alameda stadium authority executive director tells LVSportsBiz.com that he is waiting to hear from the Raiders about whether the team needs to play in Oakland in 2019 or in 2019 and 2020.

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Will Raiders Play in Oakland in 2020? Oakland Alameda Stadium Chief Is Waiting to Hear from Raiders

September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Scott McKibben, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL The executive director of the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority told LVSportsBiz.com today that he is

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

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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.