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Coliseum, home of both the Raiders and A's.

Here We Go Again: More Chit-Chat About Oakland Athletics Moving To Las Vegas

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com I’d love to see Bill Murray in a modern adaptation of Groundhog Day play some

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

NFL In Las Vegas: Raiders Going Primetime On Monday Night Football At Allegiant Stadium Sept. 13

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com This time, there should be fans. The Las Vegas Raiders will open the 2021 season

Nikki Fargas (center) new president of the Las Vegas Aces

Aces

Nikki Fargas Named Las Vegas Aces President; Aces Will Refund All 2,000 Season Ticket Holders For 2020 Season So That They Attend For Free

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Alan Snel Angel McCoughtry, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The WNBA Las Vegas Aces will refund ticket prices to all 2,000 season ticketholders for

Allegiant Stadium

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Invite Season Ticketholders To Check Out Their Stadium Seats May 26 or June 2

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Alan Snel Mark Davis

ADVERTISEMENT Buy a book and receive a FREE Raiders cap! ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Raiders season ticketholders rejoice.

COVID-19 Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Stadium Looking To Hire Game Day Workers

April 26, 2021 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Before the COVID-19 pandemic prompted Raiders owner Mark Davis to not have fans at

COVID-19 Raiders Team UFC

On Language: Las Vegas Sports Leaders Dana White, Mark Davis Show Tweets Can Be Tricky Forms Of Communication

April 24, 2021April 24, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, LeBron James, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com I saw that Las Vegas sports industry big-wigs Mark Davis and Dana White shared a

Raiders Team

Las Vegas Raiders’ Tweet On Chauvin Guilty Verdict In Floyd Death Triggers Strong Reaction

April 20, 2021April 21, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders and owner Mark Davis offered three words in response to Tuesday’s

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

COVID-19 Golden Knights

UPDATE: Golden Knights President Says VGK Will Submit Plans Hoping To Have Fans Beginning March 1

February 14, 2021February 16, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Dana White, Kerry Bubolz, Mark Davis, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights plan on submitting a COVID-19 plan in hopes of having fans

Mark Davis at previous Aces game. Photo: J. Tyge O'Donnell

Aces Raiders Team

It’s Official: Las Vegas Raiders Owner Mark Davis Also Owns WNBA Las Vegas Aces

February 12, 2021 Alan Snel Cathy Engelbert, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Flush with cash from moving the Raiders to Las Vegas, Raiders owner Mark Davis is

Aces Marketing

MGM Resorts Cuts Naming Rights Deal To Change Mandalay Bay Events Center To Michelob ULTRA Arena

February 11, 2021 Alan Snel Chuck Bowling, Mark Davis, Matt Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The home arena of the WNBA Las Vegas Aces has a new name under a

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.

BRIEFS

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.