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Possible polling site on Election Day

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Use Of Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium As Polling Site In November Under Consideration

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Donald Trump, George Floyd, Joe Biden, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The idea of using the Raiders’ new Allegiant Stadium as a polling site in November

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Raiders Season Ticket Holders Receive Gift Of Allegiant Stadium

August 26, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Raiders season ticket holders will not be attending home games at new Allegiant Stadium in

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Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Pumps Brakes On Hiring Part-Time Workers In Light Of No Fans, Cancelled Events

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A mere two months ago, the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium was looking to hire 4,500 part-time workers

Raiders Derek Carr. Photo: Raiders

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.