Carnell "Golden Pipes" Johnson

LVSportsBiz.com Interview: Carnell “Golden Pipes” Johnson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

Carnell “Golden Pipes” Johnson is synonymous with the start of Vegas Golden Knights home games.

Johnson’s operatic voice booms the national anthem for VGK fans and players — even at the Edmonton host city Bubble for the NHL playoffs whne the Knights are the designated home team.

LVSportsBiz.com interviewed Johnson after the Knights’ 4-3 OT win over Chicago Thursday.


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Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.