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Indie Film Producer/Henderson Sports Fan Michael Landier Reboots Vegas Thrill Women’s Pro Volleyball Team For 2027 Season

August 3, 2026August 4, 2026 Alan Snel Andy Abboud, Berkeley Oblad, Jon Bruning, Kendall White, Michael Landier, Rachel Morris, Rob Dondero, Ruben Herrera

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It was a

Raiders owner Mark Davis. pictured before a Raiders game

Allegiant Stadium College football LVCVA Mark Davis Marketing Sports Marketing Tourism

Raiders Execs, LVCVA Tourism Officials In Miami For College Football National Championship Game

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, John Spytek, Mark Davis, Rob Dondero, Steve Hill, Tom Brady

ADVERTISEMENT Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip

Steve Hill, LVCVA CEO

Allegiant Stadium College football Featured Featured LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Super Bowl Travel

LVCVA Spent More Than $70,000 On Travel, Meals For College Football Championship Game Expenses; LVCVA Says Travel Part Of Research Protocol Of Staging Title Game In Vegas

May 13, 2025February 14, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Feldman, Brian Yost, Erick Harper, Jim Gibson, John Saccenti, Katie Wik, Lisa Motley, Michael Naft, Mike Newcomb, Rob Dondero, Steve DePue, Steve Hill

(Publisher’s Note: Why did we report this travel expenses story? The Las Vegas market ranks low compared to its peer

Allegiant Stadium Marketing Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

And Another One: Las Vegas Lands Men’s College Basketball Final Four For Allegiant Stadium In 2028

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Alan Snel Brooks Downing, Chris Reynolds, Erick Harper, Jeremy Aguero, Michael Naft, Mike Newcomb, Rob Dondero, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer With Allegiant Stadium serving as both the Las Vegas Raiders home and an

LVCVA head Steve Hill discusses NHL awards show at Mandalay Bay in June in Las Vegas. Not included: public money spent on these sponsorship deals.

Golden Knights LVCVA Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Speedway Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena UFC

Public Price Of Subsidized Sports In Las Vegas: How Hype Doesn’t Include Public Cost

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz, Rob Dondero, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com It was April 16 at T-Mobile Arena and it turned out the date marked the

The NFL will not allow the Strip to be in TV commercials during NFL games to promote Las Vegas.

Golden Knights Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

NFL Will Have Team in Las Vegas But Bans Strip from TV Commercials Promoting Las Vegas During Broadcasts of Games

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Jonas Peterson, Mark Prows, Rob Cornelius, Rob Dondero

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The NFL happily approved the Raiders’ move from Oakland to Las Vegas — home of

Golden Knights Golf

Golden Knights Considered Anti-Bullying Campaign After Social Media Comments Skewered New Mascot Last Year

October 29, 2018October 30, 2018 Alan Snel Brandon Clark, Brian Killingsworth, Heidi Noland, Kevin Camper, Lisa Motley, Rob Dondero

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The nasty social media comments about the Golden Knights’ new mascot, Chance the gila monster,

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.