Nikki Fargas Archives

Aces owner Mark Davis and Aces president Nikki Fargas

As Las Vegas Aces President, Nikki Fargas Wears Many Hats: ‘I’m Position-Less’; Fargas Works On Both Player and Business Deals

August 20, 2026August 20, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Candace Parker, Jennifer Azzi, Larry Delsen, Mark Davis, Matt Delsen, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It was more than 20 years ago when Nikki Fargas was

Aces owner Mark Davis and Aces president Nikki Fargas

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WNBA Aces Increase 2027 Season Ticket Prices By Blended 17.65%, With 72 Percent Of Season Tickets Under $35 and $10 Seats Still Sold

July 31, 2026July 31, 2026 Alan Snel Larry Delsen, Mark Davis, Matt Delsen, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After a year of holding the line on ticket prices,

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Indiana Fever Bury Las Vegas Aces By 34 Points Sunday

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Chelsea Gray, Dana White, Dawn Staley, Kelsey Mitchell, Lisa Leslie, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas, Sophie Cunningham

Photos by Hugh Byrne and Story by LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas, Nevada — Las Vegas Aces games are celebrity

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Without A’ja, Las Vegas Aces Lose, 84-68, To Indiana Sunday; Attendance 17,796 At T-Mobile Arena

July 6, 2026July 6, 2026 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Caitlin Clark, Jackie Young, Jim Gray, Kelsey Mitchell, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

* Photos by Hugh Byrne with story by LVSportsBiz.com LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It was an impressive crowd of announced 17,796

Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan (right) and Aces president Nikki Fargas (left). Photos by Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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LVSportsBiz.Com News Roundup: Two Team Presidents Form Duo At Preview Vegas; VGK’s First Employee Moves On; Flavor Flav Invites U.S. Gold Medal-Winning Women’s Team To Vegas To Celebrate

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 Alan Snel Eric Tosi, Flavor Flav, Jack Eichel, Kerry Bubolz, Mark Stone, Mitch Marner, Nikki Fargas, Noah Hanifin, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Shea Theodore, Todd Pollock

ADVERTISEMENTS * * ADVERTISEMENTS By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — They often spend time together at Las Vegas

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Vegas Chamber’s 2026 Preview Includes Aguero’s Patented Data Presentation Friday

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 Alan Snel Fernando Mendoza, Jeremy Aguero, Nikki Fargas, Sandra Douglass Morgan

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On Team Owners: In Las Vegas, You Could Not Find Two More Different People Owning NHL Golden Knights And NFL Raiders/WNBA Aces

November 25, 2025November 25, 2025 Alan Snel Antonio Pierce, Bill Foley, Egon Durban, George McPhee, Josh McDaniels, Kelly McCrimmon, Mark Davis, Michael Meldman, Nikki Fargas, Pete Carroll, Rich Bisaccia, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Steve Sisolak, Tom Brady, Tom Wagner

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VGK Prez Kerry Bubolz in action at T-Mobile Arena.

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Kerry Bubolz, VGK’s First Team President, Resigns: ‘It Was An Amazing Nine-Year Run With The Organization’

October 21, 2025October 21, 2025 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Emily Prazer, John Penhollow, Kerry Bubolz, Marc Badain, Nikki Fargas, Sandra Douglass Morgan

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Indiana Fever Ruin A’ja Wilson MVP Party Sunday; Final: Indiana 89 Las Vegas 73 In WNBA Semis Game 1 As A’ja Wins Record Fourth MVP

September 21, 2025September 21, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Alanna Smith, Caitlin Clark, Dana Evans, Jackie Young, Kelsey Mitchell, Mark Davis, Napheesa Collier, Nikki Fargas, Stephanie White

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Aces owner Mark Davis and Roscoe Wilson -- dad of ces star A'ja Wilson -- watch the Aces defeat Golden State.

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Aces Bounce Back After Lopsided Minnesota Loss With Big 101-77 Win Over Golden State, Former Assistant Coach Nakase Sunday

August 3, 2025August 5, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Jewell Loyd, Mark Davis, Natalie Nakase, Nikki Fargas, Roscoe Wilson

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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.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

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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.

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.