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Raiders Derek Carr. Photo: Raiders
Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Raiders Dig Cleats Into New Domed Stadium’s Grass For First Time During Practice Friday

August 21, 2020August 22, 2020 Alan Snel Bruce Cusick, Jon Gruden, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In 2016, it began with a governor signing a bill into law — a bill

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Raiders owner Mark Davis at a topping off ceremony last year. Photo credit: Tom Donoghue
Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Raiders Owner Davis: ‘If One Fan Couldn’t Go, Then I Don’t Know If Any Fan Should Be Able To Go’

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com This week, Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis told Raiders season ticket holders that no

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Allegiant Stadium and T-Mobile Arena in background.
COVID-19 Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Pandemic and Sports: Raiders’ Inaugural 2020 Season At New Stadium Will Be Without Fans In Las Vegas

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders told their season ticket holders Monday morning that Raiders games at

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Raiders Stadium 

Raiders Stadium Receives Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (If Only There Were Events To Occupy Venue In August)

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 Alan Snel Don Webb, Marc Badain, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Amid a coronavirus pandemic and postponed stadium events, the Las Vegas Raiders will not have

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SoFi Stadium
NFL Raiders Stadium 

NFL’s Two Newest Stadiums In LV and LA Are An Odd Couple

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Alan Snel Eric Garcetti, Mark Davis, Stan Kroenke

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You could not conceive two more architecturally diverse football stadiums than the two new NFL

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Raiders Stadium 

Mortenson-McCarthy Will Fight OSHA Fine For Worker Social Distancing Violations At Raiders Stadium Construction Site In Las Vegas

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Eric Grenz, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The builder of the Raiders stadium says the two-company construction team will fight a $13,494

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The Raiders and Golden Knights are a contrast in business styles.
Golden Knights Raiders Team Sports Marketing 

Las Vegas’ Odd Couple Of Big League Teams: Golden Knights and Raiders Show Clash Of Business Cultures

June 8, 2020April 19, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, George Floyd, Kerry Bubolz, Marc Badain, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s hard to find a more major league sports Odd Couple in the same market

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Raiders owner Mark Davis signing stadium worker's helmet in January.
Raiders Team 

Different From Most NFL Owners, Raiders’ Down-to-Earth Davis Makes Mark In Las Vegas

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Joe Maloof, Jon Gruden, Marcus Allen, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com At the Raiders event in January when the NFL team was officially dubbed the Las

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Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Raider on the Roof: NFL Team Has Roof in Place at Allegiant Stadium

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, it looks like the roof to the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium is done. All the

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VGK win in OT
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Come Back To Knock Off Blues On Home Ice (Again)

February 13, 2020February 14, 2020 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Jon Gruden, Jonathan Marchessault, Marcus Allen, Mark Davis, Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt, Pete DeBoer

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Well, the Vegas Golden Knights did it again. They

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LVSportsBiz Contact

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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BRIEFS

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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