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Tampa Bay’s Big Second Period, Kucherov’s Third Period Goal Spark Lightning to 6-2 Win Over VGK In Vegas Tuesday

October 20, 2026October 20, 2026 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Anthony Cirelli, Carter Hart, Ivan Barbashev, John Tortorella, Mark Stone, Nikita Kucherov, Ryan Craig, Victor Hedman

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VGK Start Strong, But Collapse In Final Period: Tampa Bay 6 Golden Knights 3 Thursday

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brandon Hagel, Bruce Cassidy, Carl Lindbom, Gage Goncalves, Ivan Barbashev, Mitch Marner, Nikita Kucherov

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Bittersweet Win For VGK With 4-2 Victory Over Tampa Bay Sunday As Vegas Evaluates Tomas Hertl’s Possible Injury

March 23, 2025March 23, 2025 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Bruce Cassidy, Emil Lilleberg, Ilya Samsonov, Jack Eichel, Nic Hague, Nic Roy, Nick Paul, Nikita Kucherov, Tomas Hertl

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Golden Knights Give Up Short-Handed, Soft Goals To Tampa Bay, Drop 5-3 Decision Before Announced 17,789 Tuesday

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Alan Snel Anthony Cirelli, Anthony Duclair, Ben Hutton, Brayden Point, Brett Howden, Bruce Cassidy, Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone, Nikita Kucherov, William Karlsson

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Lightning Avoid Elimination, Extend Stanley Cup Final To Game 6 In Tampa With 3-2 Win In Denver Friday: ‘We Just Find A Way To Win’

June 24, 2022June 25, 2022 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Darcy Kuemper, Jan Rutta, Jeff Vinik, Jon Cooper, Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat, Steve Stamkos, Steven Samkos

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com More money, more revenues. The Tampa Bay Lightning and the National Hockey League will collect

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.

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A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

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.