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Las Vegas Desert Dogs Lacrosse Team Migrates To Lee’s Family Forum Arena In Henderson For 2024-25 Season

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Joe Tsai, Paul Speaker, Steve Nash, Wayne Gretzky

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What A Week: LVSportsBiz.com’s Top 10 SportsBiz Items In Las Vegas

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 Alan Snel Bernie Fratto, Chelsea Gray, Gary Bettman, Wayne Gretzky, William Karlsson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer One: Well, it’s officially official now. That’s because the U.S. Senate’s passage of

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Stanley Cup Final Game 2: Vegas Routs Florida, 7-2, Before Giant Crowd Of 18,561 Monday; VGK Two Wins From Hoisting Stanley Cup

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Alec Martinez, Alex Lyon, Billy Smith, Brett Howden, Bruce Cassidy, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault, Kevin Weekes, Mark Stone, Matt Tkachuk, Michael Amadio, Paul Maurice, Wayne Gretzky, William Karlsson

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Las Vegas Desert Dogs Part-Owner Joe Tsai Instrumental In Launching First Outdoor Game For Indoor Lacrosse League In San Diego Saturday

March 2, 2023 Alan Snel Dustin Johnson, Joe Tsai, Steve Nash, Wayne Gretzky

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer It’s a big deal when a professional indoor lacrosse league game is moved

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Even With High Attendance Capacity Rates, VGK Still Using Pogoseat Vendor To Sell Last-Minute Tickets For Home Games

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Alan Snel Dan Ventrelle, Joe Tsai, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Timo Meier, Wayne Gretzky

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer “The Devils are in Sin City!” With a lede like that, how can

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Vegas Adds Another Pro Team To Market As Lacrosse’s Desert Dogs Make Debut On Strip With 9-3 Loss Friday; Team Says Attendance Was 7,072

December 16, 2022December 17, 2022 Alan Snel Davante Adams, Joe Tsai, Mark Fine, Shawn Williams, Wayne Gretzky

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The Great One also is part-owner of a professional indoor lacrosse team.

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High-Powered Team Owners Hope Their New Dawg In Las Vegas Will Take Bite Out Of Competitive Sports Market

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Dustin Johnson, Joe Tsai, Mark Davis, Mark Fine, Shawn Williams, Steve Nash, Wayne Gretzky

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer You may have not heard of any of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs

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Selling Sports In Vegas: UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Roll Out Four-Ticket Deal Complete With Chicken Fingers To Lure Fans To Watch Unbeaten Hoopsters at Thomas & Mack Saturday

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Cayla Barnes, Dana White, Dustin Johnson, Hannah Bilka, Joe Tsai, Phil Anschutz, Rory Guilday, Steve Nash, Wayne Gretzky

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Happy Holidays. It’s the season for joy and the season to promote sports

LAS VEGAS, NV - NOVEMBER 20, 2022: The Las Vegas Desert Dogs defeated the Colorado Mammoth 12-9 at Michelob ULTRA Arena on Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Candice Ward/Las Vegas Desert Dogs)

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Another Pro Team Grows In Las Vegas: Indoor Lacrosse Desert Dogs Launch Inaugural Home Game Dec. 16

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 Alan Snel Dustin Johnson, Joe Tsai, Mark Fine, Steve Nash, Wayne Gretzky

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The professional sports teams just keep on coming to Las Vegas, the final

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Another Day, Another New Pro Team Name In Las Vegas: Lacrosse Team Called ‘Desert Dogs’

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Alan Snel Dustin Johnson, Joe Tsai, Steve Nash, Wayne Gretzky

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The new Las Vegas indoor lacrosse team that is partially owned by hockey legend Wayne

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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.

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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

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.