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It's Las vegas and the LVCVA is the main sponsor of the ballpark so it's showgirls for Big League Weekend.
Aviators 

Big League Weekend Brings MLB Spring Training To Downtown Summerlin

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 Alan Snel Rossi Ralenkotter

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Ballpark enjoyed a banner year in attendance in its first year in 2019

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Raiders Stadium 

LVSportsBiz Analysis: Why Do Raiders Want To Boot UNLV Football Out Of Stadium For Two Games In 2020? Because They Think They Can

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Len Jessup, Marc Badain, Rossi Ralenkotter, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Twenty years ago I sat across a table from a lobbyist for the Washington Redskins

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Aviators 

How Howard Hughes Corporation Gentrified Minor League Baseball in Las Vegas Thanks to an $80 Million Gift from LVCVA for Aviators Ballpark

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 Alan Snel Don Logan, Rossi Ralenkotter

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com   Back in the day before mega-giant ultra-bright scoreboards, outfield pools, $100-per-person party suites, air-flow mesh

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Las Vegas Ballpark, as seen on Tuesday morning.
Aviators LVCVA Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

The LVCVA: ‘It’s A Public Agency That Acts Like A Private Company’

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Rossi Ralenkotter, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   About a week after the “Great Las Vegas Snow Blizzard of 2019” coated the elevated

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51s Aviators 

Let’s Walk Minor League Baseball’s Trade Show Floor

December 12, 2018January 28, 2019 Alan Snel Don Logan, Rossi Ralenkotter

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The topic of Minor League Baseball is receiving more attention in Las Vegas these days

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Jonathan Marchessault and Erik Haula celebrate Marchessault's penalty shot score to defeat Ottawa in OT, 4-3.
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Launch Team Record 53 Shots, Defeat Ottawa in OT on Marchy Penalty Shot Sunday

October 28, 2018October 29, 2018 Alan Snel Jonathan Marchessault, Rossi Ralenkotter

    By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   They arrived in Las Vegas Sunday morning fresh off a visit to metro

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New Triple-A ballpark being built thanks to LVCVA $80 million contribution for naming rights of Las Vegas Ballpark.
51s Aces Aviators LVCVA National Finals Rodeo Speedway Sports Tourism 

LVCVA Enriches Las Vegas’ Older Sports, While New Teams Get Much Less

September 7, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Rossi Ralenkotter, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is your local tourism agency in Las Vegas

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Gov. Brian Sandoval creates a sporting event committee for Southern Nevada.
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Gov. Sandoval Creates Sports Event Committee For Southern Nevada (But It Seems Highly-Paid People Are Already Recruiting Sports Events To Southern Nevada)

April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Marc Badain, Pat Christenson, Rossi Ralenkotter

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Raiders President Marc Badain is trying to bring a Super Bowl and World Cup soccer

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The Big Leagues come to Las Vegas this weekend.
51s Aviators 

Big Leagues Visit Las Vegas In Busy Sports Month In Sin City

March 17, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Dick Calvert, Kris Bryant, Rossi Ralenkotter

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   It was a test run and the Cashman Field turf stayed sturdy through three pre-season

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LVCVA CEO Rossi Ralenkotter is a Hall of Famer in the Southern Nevada Sports of Fame.
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LVCVA’s Ralenkotter Reaches Hall of Fame (But Not for His High School Basketball Days)

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018 Alan Snel Rossi Ralenkotter

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   There’s so much media attention lavished on the new Las Vegas sports kids on the

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Briefs

July 5, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com CONTACT: Alan Snel, veteran journalist and LVSportsBiz.com publisher. If you read and appreciate our free journalism, please consider donating to LVSportsBiz.com via PayPal, asnel@LVSportsBiz.com. Thank you.

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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