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Raiders Owners, Team Donate $25 Million To Build Nevada’s First Stand-alone Children’s Hospital In Las Vegas

August 24, 2026August 24, 2026 Alan Snel Egon Durban, Mark Davis, Michael Meldman, Mitch Cloward, Sandra Douglass Morgan

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The Las Vegas Raiders and Intermountain Health Monday announced a $25 million

Aces owner Mark Davis and Aces president Nikki Fargas

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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

Garth Brooks fans make the pilgrimage from the east side of I-15 to the stadium via a closed Hacienda Avenue.

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When A $750 Million Stadium Public Subsidy Is Not Enough: Raiders Seek $75 Million In Public Money For $158 Million Allegiant Stadium North Plaza Project

August 19, 2026August 20, 2026 Alan Snel Al Davis, Mark Davis, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It must be nice to be a business that is valued at

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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,

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‘MVP’ Chants Echo Through Arena As A’ja Wilson Leads Las Vegas Aces To 104-99 Win Over NY Liberty Thursday

July 30, 2026July 31, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Mark Davis

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada

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Wanted: An Identity For The Raiders In Las Vegas; Training Camp Is In Session As Raiders Search For An Identity In Sin City

July 30, 2026 Alan Snel Ashton Jeanty, Dave Ziegler, Fernando Mendoza, Jon Gruden, Josh McDaniels, Kirk Cousins, Klint Kubiak, Mark Davis, Pete Carroll, Tyler Linderbaum

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBi.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The Raiders’ identity in Las Vegas since their arrival here in the

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Indiana Fever Bury Las Vegas Aces By 34 Points Sunday

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Chelsea Gray, Dana White, Dawn Staley, Kelsey Mitchell, Lisa Leslie, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas, Sophie Cunningham

Photos by Hugh Byrne and Story by LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas, Nevada — Las Vegas Aces games are celebrity

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Without A’ja, Las Vegas Aces Lose, 84-68, To Indiana Sunday; Attendance 17,796 At T-Mobile Arena

July 6, 2026July 6, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Caitlin Clark, Jackie Young, Jim Gray, Kelsey Mitchell, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

* Photos by Hugh Byrne with story by LVSportsBiz.com LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It was an impressive crowd of announced 17,796

Mendoze, Raiders' top pick. Photo: Raiders

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Fernandomania Comes To Las Vegas: Raiders’ Top Pick Mendoza Says, ‘All The Stars Are Aligning Here’

April 23, 2026April 27, 2026 Alan Snel Alex Leatherwood, Brock Bowers, Clelin Ferrell, Damon Arnette, Fernando Mendoza, Henry Ruggs III, John Spytek, Klint Kubiak, Mark Davis, Pete Carroll, Tyree Wilson

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Fernandomania kicked into high gear in Las Vegas Thursday when

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NFL Owners Approve Raiders Owner Mark Davis’ Succession Plan

April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 Alan Snel Egon Durban, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — With neither a wife nor children, Raiders owner Mark Davis now

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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.”

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.