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Miracle On The Strip: A’s Celebrate Groundbreaking Of Partially-Subsidized $1.75 Billion MLB Stadium, Insist It Will Host First Pitch In 2028

June 23, 2025June 25, 2025 Alan Snel Dallas Braden, Dina Titus, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Logan Gerken, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Rob Manfred, Ross Edwards, Sandy Dean, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager, Tommy White

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne

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What Else Did You Expect?: Clark County Commissioners Approve Special Use Permit For A’s Stadium On Strip

April 3, 2025April 3, 2025 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, John Fisher, Marc Badain, Rob Manfred, Steve Hill, Tick Segerblom

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Oakland Athletics team president Dave Kaval. Photo: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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As Expected: Lords Of Baseball Bless Athletics’ Relocation To Las Vegas Thanks To Public Stadium Funding For A’s In Nevada; A’s Owner Moved To Avoid Losing MLB Revenue Sharing Dollars

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Rob Manfred, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Lords of Baseball have cleared a path for the Oakland Athletics to

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Dysfunctional Baseball: Oakland Athletics’ Bizarre, Strange, Surreal Adventure To Win $380 Million In Government Assistance From Nevada For Ballpark On Strip

June 7, 2023June 8, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Fabian Donate, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Nicole Cannizzaro, Rob Manfred, Rochelle Nguyen, Steve Hill, Steve Pastorino, Wayne Coy

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nobody invited the Oakland Athletics and their owner, John Fisher, to Las Vegas

Jeremy Aguero,center, during a stadium board meeting

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Eye Of Sports Hurricane In Las Vegas: Consultant Jeremy Aguero’s Fingerprints On Raiders Stadium, Athletics Ballpark Push, F1 Race Economic Numbers, Super Bowl Are Everywhere In Vegas

May 4, 2023February 14, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Carolyn Goodman, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, Rob Manfred, Sam Joffray, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

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Oakland Athletics President Hopes MLB Can Approve A’s Move To Las Vegas In The Fall: ‘We’re Turning Our Full Attention To Las Vegas’

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Joe Lombardo, Michael Naft, Rob Manfred

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval told LVSportsBiz.com he hopes to apply to Major

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Letter To Athletics: Hire All The Last Vegas Ballpark Lobbyists You Want, But Raiders Took All The Stadium Subsidy Money

February 18, 2023February 18, 2023 Alan Snel John Fisher, Rob Manfred

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On Sports Betting: Sports Bettors Savor An Almost Normal Day

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Alan Snel Alexsel Oleinik, Derek Brunson, Derrick Lewis, Edmen Shahbazyan, Rob Manfred

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com If you glanced at the schedule, it seemed like a normal day. There was a

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On Public Relations: Astros Foul Up PR Response to Cheating Scandal; Strike Out in Spring Training Opener with Fans

February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 Alan Snel Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa, Davey Martinez, Dusty Baker, Jim Crane, Jose Altuve, Max Scherzer, Rob Manfred

By Toby Srebnik for LVSportsBiz.com WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – On Saturday, I took my son with me to a

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.