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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Releases Video Statement: ‘Without Black Players There Would Be No National Football League . . . We Are Listening, I Am Listening’

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Alan Snel Colin Kaepernick, Drew Brees, George Floyd, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Twelve days after a black man died under the knee of a white police officer

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Raider on the Roof: NFL Team Has Roof in Place at Allegiant Stadium

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, it looks like the roof to the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium is done. All the

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The NFL draft layout on the Strip.
NFL Draft 

A Throwback NFL Draft: League Scrubs Public Events From Draft In Las Vegas April 23-25; Las Vegas Motor Speedway Says NHRA’s Four-Wide Nationals April 3-5 Postponed

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In this age of social distancing and a worldwide coronavirus threat, it came to no

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes during Super Bowl 54 media interviews in Miami last week. Photo by Tom Donoghue.
NFL 

The Great Super Bowl Economic Impact Debate: Host City Economic Studies Vs. The Economists

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Lori Nelson-Kraft, Roger Goodell, Roger Noll, Victor Matheson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently visited Las Vegas, he was frequently asked, “When is

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NFL 

NFL Commish to Las Vegas: Let’s Get Through NFL Draft in April, Then We’ll Talk Super Bowl in Sin City

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 Alan Snel Antonio Brown, Chris Doleman, Kobe Bryant, Ray Rice, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s part of the week leading up to the Super Bowl — the NFL commissioner

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Raiders Stadium 

It’s Inevitable Raiders Stadium Will Host Super Bowl One Day, But 300,000 Visitors Already Come To Las Vegas For Super Bowl

December 9, 2019 Alan Snel Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s nice to hear NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell tell the masses that Las Vegas is

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The groundbreaking photo most likely to go viral tonight. Photo credit: Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau
Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Raiders Stadium Groundbreaking, Vegas-Style

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Desiree Reed-Francois, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Roger Goodell, Tommy White, William Hornbuckle

By ALAN SNEL    They celebrated the marriage of Las Vegas and the NFL Raiders today with a stadium groundbreaking

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July 5, 2021

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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. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project 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

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

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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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