Mikko Rantanen Archives

Bill Foley at last VGK homestand

Eights Goals For Year Eight: VGK Season-Opener Draws 18,388 For 8-4 Win Over Colorado Wednesday

October 9, 2024 Alan Snel Alexander Georgiev, Brett Howden, Bruce Cassidy, Casey Mittelstadt, Gary Bettman, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Mikko Rantanen, Victor Olofsson, Zach Whitecloud

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Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

Much-Anticipated Eichel Debut In Vegas Excites VGK Crowd, But Colorado Blanks Knights, 2-0, Wednesday

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Alex Tuch, Darcy Kuemper, Evgenii Dadonov, Gabriel Landeskog, Jack Eichel, Laurent Brossoit, Max Pacioretty, Mikko Rantanen, Peyton Krebs

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Adela may have postponed her show on the Strip, but

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Close Out Series Against Colorado In Six Games; Vegas 6 Avalanche 3 Before 18,149 Thursday; VGK Move On To Final Four Against Montreal

June 10, 2021June 11, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Andre Burakovsky, Devon Toews, Fleury, Keegan Kolesar, Max Pacioretty, Mikko Rantanen, Pete DeBoer, William Carrier, William Karlsson

Story by Alan Snel

Max Pacioretty with the game-winner in the VGK 3-2 win over Colorado Friday.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights’ Two Late Goals Deliver 3-2 Comeback Win Over Colorado Before 17,504 At T-Mobile Arena Friday; Avs Lead Series, 2-1, With Game 4 In Vegas Sunday

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Cameron Hughes, Carl Soderberg, Fleury, Jonathan Marchessault, Max Pacioretty, Mikko Rantanen, Pete DeBoer, Philipp Grubauer, William Karlsson

Story by Alan Snel Photos

Colorado wins in OT. Photo: Avalanche Twitter

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Lose Painful 3-2 Overtime Decision To Colorado Wednesday, Return To 100 Percent Capacity Crowds For Games 3 And 4 At T-Mobile Arena In Vegas

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Brandon Saad, Fleury, Mark Stone, Mikko Rantanen, Philipp Grubauer, Reilly Smith, Tyson Jost

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was a nice bounce-back performance by Vegas in Game 2 Wednesday after

Colorado cruises past VGK in Game 1 Sunday. Photo: Avalanche Twitter

Golden Knights

Well-Rested Colorado Avalanche Dismantle Sluggish Golden Knights, 7-1, In Lopsided Game 1 In Denver Sunday

May 30, 2021May 30, 2021 Alan Snel Brandon Saad, Cale Makar, Fleury, Gabriel Landeskog, Mattias Janmark, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, Patrick Brown, Robin Lehner, Ryan Reaves, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They matched point for point in the standings during the 56-game pandemic season. But in

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.

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

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.