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After Wild Opening 20 Minutes and Six Goals, Vegas Shuts Down Tampa and Defeats Lightning, 5-4, Saturday Before 18,317

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Corey Perry, Jonathan Marchessault, Nic Roy, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Shea Theodore, Steven Stamkos, Vladislav Namestnikov

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Some fans just will not wear masks.

COVID-19 Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

With COVID Knocking Out NHL Games, Golden Knights Arena Announcers Implore Fans In Venue To Wear Masks; Lightning’s Stamkos Goal Gives Tampa Bay 4-3 Win Over VGK Tuesday

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Anthony Cirelli, Bill Foley, Bruce Cusick, Daniil Miromanov, Evgenii Dadonov, Kelly McCrimmon, Laurent Brossoit, Mark Shunock, Mark Stone, Nic Roy, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Great Mask Blowoff is usually at work at Vegas Golden

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Golden Knights Deliver Lumps of Coal With 7-3 Loss to Colorado Two Days Before Christmas

December 23, 2019December 24, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell There was a holiday spirit inside T-Mobile Arena Monday,

VGK highlights on Nevada Day -- Chance the mascot making it to the Top of the Escalator.

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Avalanche Dominate Golden Knights, 6-1, On Nevada Day Before 18,420; VGK Coach Says Team Was A No-Show

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Alan Snel Garret Sparks, Marc Andre-Fleury, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Reilly Smith, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by Steve Rosenthal It was Nevada Day in Las Vegas and across the

Erik Haula, here after the Knights lost Game 5 and the Stanley Cup Final to Washington, was traded to Carolina.

Golden Knights

Hard To Say Good-Bye After Golden Knights’ Miracle 2017-18 Season

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Alan Snel Colin Miller, David Perron, Erik Haula, George McPhee, James Neal, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Ryan Carpenter

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com They wore the number 18 jerseys with “Neal” on the back and even the number

VGK goalie Malcolm Subban filled in for Marc-Andre Fleury again.

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Golden Knights Clinch Playoff Berth With Arizona Shootout Loss, But Slow Start Leads To 3-2 Loss To Minnesota Before Big Crowd Of 18,492

March 29, 2019 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Marc Andre-Fleury, Paul Stastny, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Well, at least the Vegas Golden Knights are

Raiders owner Mark Davis, like all VGK fans, looked to the heavens for answers to the VGK slump.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Drop Another Home Game as Franchise’s First Boos Heard on Home Ice

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Davis, Max Pacioretty, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It was not a good night for the

Nashville goalie robs VGK's William Karlsson.

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Golden Knights Head Into Break With Loss To Nashville and Increasing Attendance

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Alan Snel Juuse Saros, Kerry Bubolz, Nate Schmidt, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Another monster crowd poured into T-Mobile Arena Wednesday

The NHL's most popular photo Monday night.

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First-Year Golden Knights Clinch Playoff Berth During Historic Season

March 26, 2018March 27, 2018 Alan Snel Erik Haula, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Stanley Cup playoffs. It’s an unprecedented achievement for the first-year Vegas Golden Knights.

It doesn't matter that opposition colors are in the T-Mobile Arena stands. The Golden Knights keep on winning.

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Golden Knights Win At Home No Matter The Fans’ Allegiances

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Tonight, it was red. Thousands and thousands of fans in red Blackhawks jerseys sitting around

July 5, 2021

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

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Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

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